Clay Britton

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Clay Britton is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS), the state’s largest and only locally owned health insurance provider. As a mutually owned, not-for-profit health plan, BCBSKS serves nearly one million members with the state’s largest provider network and award-winning customer service.

Britton is responsible for providing legal counsel, managing litigation, leading the company's Legal Services and Compliance departments, and overseeing Information Technology, Government & Community Relations, and Internal Audit. He also serves as Corporate Secretary for BCBSKS. Britton’s oversight of these areas will ensure BCBSKS has the infrastructure in place to meet both members’ needs and requirements under state and federal law. While his role is challenging, Britton is passionate about his work because he knows that every day he can positively impact his friends and neighbors. He has served in this role since 2023.

Britton joined BCBSKS in December 2021 as Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to joining BCBSKS, Britton served as Chief Counsel for Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and oversaw the work of attorneys in 13 cabinet agencies. Britton also previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney, as an associate with Lathrop & Gage LLP in Kansas City, and as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Kansas Attorney General.

Britton earned his law degree from the University of Kansas (KU) School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif and where he and his moot court partner won the 2007 National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Tournament. He also received his bachelor’s degree in political science and history from KU.

A native Kansan, Britton serves his community in several capacities. He serves on the Board of Directors of Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and Kansas Action for Children, has served in numerous roles with his church, and sat on the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission for six years, serving as chair in 2015-2016.