Jennifer Kocourek has been hired as an account executive in the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota district office in Bismarck. She is responsible for BCBSND group benefits and is focused on sales, service and retention.

Kocourek grew up in Mandan and graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead with a bachelor's degree in finance. She previously worked as a supervisor with the Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Paul, Minn.

BCBSND is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.