TAMPA, FL: WellCare Initiates Leadership Transition Process

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. President and CEO Heath G. Schiesser has told the company's board of directors that he will resign when they appoint his replacement. The board has formed a search committee. Because Schiesser intends to serve until his replacement has been named, the board reaffirmed his nomination to stand for reelection as a director at the company's 2009 annual meeting of stockholders scheduled to be held on July 30.