About Our Founder

Judith E. Starkey

Chamberlin Edmonds and Associates, Inc.
Founder

From a personal challenge, a company emerges

In the 1980's, as the mother of an autistic child, Judith Starkey personally experienced the frustration of dealing with a complex healthcare bureaucracy to win approval for disability benefits. Combining knowledge gained from this ordeal with a decade of experience in the healthcare field, she decided to make a career of helping those unable to help themselves.

In 1986, Judy founded Chamberlin Edmondsand began building the company on a platform of patient advocacy. Chamberlin Edmonds has grown to be a national leader in the provision of government program eligibility and enrollment services.

Judy's full biography

The principles she established endure today

Chamberlin Edmonds has never veered from the principles of its founder and her dedication to patient advocacy.

• The company remains focused on providing eligibility services for the healthcare industry. Our patient advocates have backgrounds in clinical or social services disciplines and are emphatic to the patient populations they serve. As such they are dedicated to helping as many patients as possible and finding creative methods to reach out.
• Chamberlin Edmonds consistently works in collaboration with various agencies such as Catholic Social Services and the United Way to access and educate as many people as possible regarding available advocacy services.

The Judith E. Starkey Advocacy Award

This annual award represents the compassion, spirit and unwavering commitment to patient advocacy that Judy instilled in the company she built. The award honors employees who distinguish Chamberlin Edmonds through their extraordinary commitment to patient advocacy, inside or outside the company. Judy Starkey was recognized and presented with the inaugural award in March 2009. Each year, all Chamberlin Edmonds employees are invited to nominate deserving colleagues for this honor.