Philip Edmundson
Chairman and CEO
William Gallagher Associates

Phil Edmundson (Right) at the Fall 2009 PBLN Summit
where he was a speaker on healthcare cost containment.
Pictured here with fellow PBLN member J.J. Bartlett,
CEO of Fishing Partnership Health Plan

Mr. Edmundson co-founded WGA in 1983 with Mr. Gallagher. It is now the largest independent brokerage in New England. His strategic and technical expertise in risk management matters is the driving force behind WGA's growth and success.


He serves as the Chairman of Affordable Care Today, a coalition of business, consumer, provider, and labor organizations working to increase health care access in Massachusetts. Mr. Edmundson is the Director and past President of the Insurance Library Association of Boston, a Trustee of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation and a Trustee of the Trustees of Reservations. He is also a Director of the Progressive Business Leaders Network. He is the former chairman of the Hingham Board of Selectmen. He is an honors graduate of Amherst College, with a B.S. in Psychology, received his Master of Business Administration degree with honors from Babson College. He also received a Master of Public Policy degree from the Kennedy School at Harvard University.

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