Dolores Mitchell is the Executive Director of the Group Insurance Commission, the agency that provides life, health, disability and dental and vision services to more than 285,000 state and certain municipalities, employees, retirees and their dependents.  She has been in that position since 1987, serving in the administrations of Governors Dukakis, Weld, Cellucci, Swift, Romney, and now Governor Patrick.

Mrs. Mitchell is a member of a number of professional and community organizations, including the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, of which she is a Director, the Greater Boston Big Sister Association, of which she is Board Chairman, the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, the Massachusetts Health Council, the Leadership Group of the E-Health Initiative, and the Mass E-Health Collaborative of which she is a Director. 

Most recently, Mrs. Mitchell is a member of the governing board of the new Massachusetts health reform law, the Connector Authority, and its companion organization, the Quality and Cost Council and last year was elected to the board of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA), Disclosure Group and the eHealth Initiative and eHealth Initiative Foundation.

Mrs. Mitchell is a frequent speaker on health care, politics, women's career issues, and related subjects.