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2010
Health Care Benefits New York is the 6th Annual
New York
conference and show for benefits and health care
technology.
David Albertson
Editorial Director, Employee Benefit
News and Conference Chair
Washington, DC
David
Albertson is Editorial Director for SourceMedia's
Employee Benefits Group. He has served Employee
Benefit News since the magazine's inception in 1986,
and in his current position since 1999. David is also
responsible for editorial content of the sister
magazines Employee Benefit Adviser, Employee Benefit
News Canada, the Web site Benefitnews.com, and four
e-newsletters. Among industry meetings, he serves as
Chairman of his group's annual conference, Benefits
Management Forum & Expo and numerous related one-day
events. In his 25-year career, David has contributed to
nearly two-dozen business publications in the fields of
health care, employee benefits and finance.
Jennifer A.
Borislow
Founder and Principal
Borislow Insurance
Jennifer
A. Borislow is co-author of the book Bend the Healthcare Trend
and the founder and principal of Borislow Insurance. She is a
Life Member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) and Top of
the Table. She is the 2009-2010 2nd Vice President of the MDRT
and her term will culminate with her 2012 MDRT Presidency. She
has been quoted and published nationally in Advisor Today,
Round the Table, Business Week, the Boston Globe and
Harvard Pilgrim’s annual report.
Kelley Butler
Editor-in-Chief, Employee Benefit News
Washington, DC
Kelley
M. Butler is the Editor-in-Chief of Employee Benefit News,
the leading trade publication for employee benefits
professionals. She has more than 10 years of experience writing
about health care, has worked with EBN for seven years, and has
been Editor in Chief since 2006. EBN reaches more than 70,000
benefits stakeholders, with news and trend information that
influences their decision-making on employee benefits for
millions of the nation’s workers.
Mark S. Gaunya
Equity
Partner and Principal
Borislow Insurance
Mark
S. Gaunya is co-author of the book Bend the Healthcare Trend
and an equity partner and Principal at Borislow Insurance. He
previously worked for Tufts Health Plan in Massachusetts,
Destiny Health and Cigna Healthcare in Chicago, CareFirst Blue
Cross Blue Shield in Washington, DC, and Therapeutic Healthcare
in Alexandria, VA. He is a member of the Million Dollar Round
Table and Top of the Table, President of the Massachusetts
Association of Health Underwriters and has been quoted and
published in the Wall Street Journal, the Boston
Globe, Round the Table, Insurance News Net, Harvard
Pilgrim’s annual report and the Boston Business Journal.
Ronald
Leopold, M.D.
Vice President & National Medical Director, Institutional
Business
MetLife
Ronald
S. Leopold, MD, MBA, MPH, is Vice President and National Medical
Director of MetLife US Business. Dr. Leopold is an industry
thought leader for MetLife focusing on the future of work,
health and benefits. He is a member of the National Speakers
Association and is recognized for his entertaining style that
blends thought-provoking industry insight with compelling
illustrations and humor.
He is a Board Certified
Occupational Medicine Physician who holds a Masters in Business
Administration from the Wharton School of Business, the
University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Public Health from
Boston University.
In addition to publishing many
articles on employee benefits, Dr. Leopold is the author of two
books about benefits: The Benefits Edge: Honing the
Competitive Value of Employee Benefits, a business book
about the future of employee benefits, was published in June
2009, and A Year in the Life of a Million American Workers,
an almanac of absence data that provides a comprehensive picture
of one million American workers and their health conditions,
illnesses and absence patterns over a one-year period, was
published in 2003.
Evans
works with large organizations across a broad array of benefits
management initiatives. In particular Evans focuses on
redesigning retirement programs to meet compensation objectives
and realize operational efficiencies. Additionally, Evans
consults on employee education and wealth accumulation efforts
such as total compensation and benefit statements and also
assists clients in the development of other targeted
communications and customized tools.
Evans has been a member of
Fidelity Consulting Services for five years. Prior to joining
Fidelity, Evans spent three years managing the pension programs
for a Fortune 50 company, defining the strategic direction of
the pension programs as well as managing all financial,
compliance and governance related issues. Before this, Evans was
an actuarial consultant with Deloitte, performing financial
calculations and projections for client pension and defined
contribution programs, and advising on plan design and
administration.
Evans holds a B.S. in
Mathematics and a B.S. in Economics from the University of
Michigan.
Christopher H.
Mills
Partner, Attorney at Law
Fisher & Phillips LLP
Chris
Mills is a partner in the New Jersey office. For more than 30
years he has assisted clients in navigating through the maze of
labor and employment laws. Chris has a wide range of experience
in employment litigation, employment discrimination, workforce
reduction, employment-at-will and wrongful termination,
traditional labor relations law, affirmative action plans and
OFCCP, and employee pension and benefit plans. He has been
selected to represent major corporations in class actions under
ERISA and collective claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
He is currently lead counsel
defending AT&T against a class action challenging the conversion
of its Management Pension Plan to a cash balance formula, and he
serves as chief collective bargaining negotiator for a number of
employers. Chris has been recognized by his peers by being
listed in The Best Lawyers in America, selected as a New Jersey
Super Lawyer, and elected a Fellow of the College of Labor and
Employment Lawyers.
Chris joined Fisher & Phillips
after 12 years heading what was considered the premier labor and
employment boutique law firm in New Jersey, which he joined in
1989. Previously, he had worked as in-house counsel at AT&T for
12 years, where he held a number of labor law positions,
completing his service as the company's labor and employment law
counsel for its corporate headquarters.
Cyndy Nayer
President
The Center for Health Value Innovation
Cyndy
Nayer is a founder of the Center for Health Value Innovation and
serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer. The Center
has grown into the nation’s premier organization dedicated to
sharing the evidence of improved health and economic outcomes
through value-based designs.
She is the
co-author of the first book from the Center, Leveraging
Health: improve health status and bend the financial trend with
value-based design, published in 2009. In 2006 she published
a consumer handbook for value-based health decisions, entitled
101 Life Tips for Personal Health Management, identifying
the roadmap for becoming the CEO of one’s health-wealth
portfolio, a concept she has copyrighted.
Mark
Parabicoli
Managing Director, Auto & Home Voluntary Benefits
Liberty Mutual
Mark
Parabicoli has been with Liberty Mutual for 18 years working in
the Affinity Marketing and Claims arena. Mark’s current role in
the Affinity Marketing department is securing and maintaining
partnerships with employer groups in order to incorporate our
auto and home products into members’ voluntary benefits programs
offered to their employees.
Prior to transitioning in
January 2009 to his current position, Mark was the Manager of
Examining and Quality Assurance for the Claims Department. In
this roll he managed a team that acted as technical consultants
for the national Claims field operations for complex and
high-exposure claims. His Examining team also monitored and
managed large exposure litigated files, including class action
lawsuits. Mark’s Quality Assurance teams monitored the quality
of ongoing Claims work product so that a consistent product was
delivered to our customers with superior quality service, while
also remaining complaint with all state claims handling
regulations.
Mark earned his Bachelors of
Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts in
1990.
Barry
is a Partner in Mercer's Health and Benefits business, working
with both Mercer's Norwalk and New York consulting offices. He
has been involved in insurance, benefits and actuarial work for
over thirty years: over twenty years in group benefits
consulting-the last sixteen with Mercer-preceded by twelve years
as an insurance company actuary, primarily involved in health
care programs.
Barry is a Fellow of the
Society of Actuaries, and a Member of the American Academy of
Actuaries. As an actuary and senior consultant at Mercer, he
advises large employers on the structure and financing of their
group benefit programs. Projects cover the full range of
benefits, active employees and retirees, insured and self-funded
arrangements, managed care, single option and flexible benefits,
traditional and non-traditional programs. Barry is the New York
spokesperson for Mercer's National Survey of Employer-Sponsored
Health Plans, the largest survey of its kind.
Barry has been quoted in such
publications as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time,
Crain's New York Business and Newsday on a variety of
benefit-related issues. He has appeared on CNBC, Business Week
TV, the NBC Nightly News and the Fox Business Network,
discussing the cost of employer-sponsored health care and trends
in active and retiree medical benefits.
Education: University of
Michigan, Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial
Science.
Joan
Smyth is a Partner in the New York office of Mercer
Health & Benefits and is the office sales manager for
New York City and Long Island.
Joan has over 20 years
experience in the industry, working with mid-sized employers in
the design and implementation of benefit programs. Her focus is
on strategy, long term solutions and enhancement of overall
benefit offerings, as well as cost control, and she is a
frequent speaker at industry events. Before joining the firm in
1993, she was vice president at a regional brokerage firm, and
was previously with The Equitable Life (now AXA). She also has
experience in the interior design, fashion and electronics
industries.
Joan graduated from The Queen's
University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with honors in English
Literature and Language.
Adam
Stavisky
Senior Vice President
Fidelity Investments Consulting Services
Adam
is a Senior Vice President in Consulting Services of Fidelity
Investments. His current responsibilities include managing the
East region for Fidelity’s Consulting practice. Adam provides
strategic guidance to organizations on the design, funding and
positioning of their benefits programs.
Adam joined Fidelity in
November of 2004. Prior to joining, Adam was the Health and
Group practice leader for Mercer’s Boston and Rochester markets.
Prior to Mercer, Adam was the Health Management practice leader
for Hewitt’s Philadelphia market.
Adam earned a BA in Mathematics
from Northwestern University and a MA in Mathematics from UCLA.
David
Tinkelman, M.D.
Vice President of Health Initiatives
and Medical Director for FitLogix and QuitLine programs
National Jewish Health
David
Tinkelman is a physician, an executive and a researcher.
Currently he serves as Professor of Pediatrics and Vice
President of Health Initiatives at National Jewish Health in
Denver, Colorado, a position he has held since 1995. During his
tenure at National Jewish, Dr. Tinkelman created and served as
the Medical Director of the Disease Management programs. These
include the “Quit Line”, a smoking cessation telephonic and
Internet program serving various United States markets and, most
recently, FitLogix, a new multi-media weight management program
with special capabilities for co morbidities, such as diabetes
and cardiovascular disease.
Active in medical research and the author of over 135 journal
publications and book chapters focusing on asthma, COPD and
allergy, Dr. Tinkelman has more recently expanded his research
to include socioeconomic issues in healthcare. He is a past
president of the Joint Council of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
and a past Editor of the Journal of Asthma. He is the
co-editor of four textbooks related to respiratory disease.
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David
Albertson is Editorial Director for SourceMedia's
Employee Benefits Group. He has served Employee
Benefit News since the magazine's inception in 1986,
and in his current position since 1999. David is also
responsible for editorial content of the sister
magazines Employee Benefit Adviser, Employee Benefit
News Canada, the Web site Benefitnews.com, and four
e-newsletters. Among industry meetings, he serves as
Chairman of his group's annual conference, Benefits
Management Forum & Expo and numerous related one-day
events. In his 25-year career, David has contributed to
nearly two-dozen business publications in the fields of
health care, employee benefits and finance.
Jennifer
A. Borislow is co-author of the book Bend the Healthcare Trend
and the founder and principal of Borislow Insurance. She is a
Life Member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) and Top of
the Table. She is the 2009-2010 2nd Vice President of the MDRT
and her term will culminate with her 2012 MDRT Presidency. She
has been quoted and published nationally in Advisor Today,
Round the Table, Business Week, the Boston Globe and
Harvard Pilgrim’s annual report.
Kelley
M. Butler is the Editor-in-Chief of Employee Benefit News,
the leading trade publication for employee benefits
professionals. She has more than 10 years of experience writing
about health care, has worked with EBN for seven years, and has
been Editor in Chief since 2006. EBN reaches more than 70,000
benefits stakeholders, with news and trend information that
influences their decision-making on employee benefits for
millions of the nation’s workers.
Mark
S. Gaunya is co-author of the book Bend the Healthcare Trend
and an equity partner and Principal at Borislow Insurance. He
previously worked for Tufts Health Plan in Massachusetts,
Destiny Health and Cigna Healthcare in Chicago, CareFirst Blue
Cross Blue Shield in Washington, DC, and Therapeutic Healthcare
in Alexandria, VA. He is a member of the Million Dollar Round
Table and Top of the Table, President of the Massachusetts
Association of Health Underwriters and has been quoted and
published in the Wall Street Journal, the Boston
Globe, Round the Table, Insurance News Net, Harvard
Pilgrim’s annual report and the Boston Business Journal.
Ronald
S. Leopold, MD, MBA, MPH, is Vice President and National Medical
Director of MetLife US Business. Dr. Leopold is an industry
thought leader for MetLife focusing on the future of work,
health and benefits. He is a member of the National Speakers
Association and is recognized for his entertaining style that
blends thought-provoking industry insight with compelling
illustrations and humor.
Evans
works with large organizations across a broad array of benefits
management initiatives. In particular Evans focuses on
redesigning retirement programs to meet compensation objectives
and realize operational efficiencies. Additionally, Evans
consults on employee education and wealth accumulation efforts
such as total compensation and benefit statements and also
assists clients in the development of other targeted
communications and customized tools.
Chris
Mills is a partner in the New Jersey office. For more than 30
years he has assisted clients in navigating through the maze of
labor and employment laws. Chris has a wide range of experience
in employment litigation, employment discrimination, workforce
reduction, employment-at-will and wrongful termination,
traditional labor relations law, affirmative action plans and
OFCCP, and employee pension and benefit plans. He has been
selected to represent major corporations in class actions under
ERISA and collective claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Cyndy
Nayer is a founder of the Center for Health Value Innovation and
serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer. The Center
has grown into the nation’s premier organization dedicated to
sharing the evidence of improved health and economic outcomes
through value-based designs.
Mark
Parabicoli has been with Liberty Mutual for 18 years working in
the Affinity Marketing and Claims arena. Mark’s current role in
the Affinity Marketing department is securing and maintaining
partnerships with employer groups in order to incorporate our
auto and home products into members’ voluntary benefits programs
offered to their employees.
Barry
is a Partner in Mercer's Health and Benefits business, working
with both Mercer's Norwalk and New York consulting offices. He
has been involved in insurance, benefits and actuarial work for
over thirty years: over twenty years in group benefits
consulting-the last sixteen with Mercer-preceded by twelve years
as an insurance company actuary, primarily involved in health
care programs.
Joan
Smyth is a Partner in the New York office of Mercer
Health & Benefits and is the office sales manager for
New York City and Long Island.
Adam
is a Senior Vice President in Consulting Services of Fidelity
Investments. His current responsibilities include managing the
East region for Fidelity’s Consulting practice. Adam provides
strategic guidance to organizations on the design, funding and
positioning of their benefits programs.
David
Tinkelman is a physician, an executive and a researcher.
Currently he serves as Professor of Pediatrics and Vice
President of Health Initiatives at National Jewish Health in
Denver, Colorado, a position he has held since 1995. During his
tenure at National Jewish, Dr. Tinkelman created and served as
the Medical Director of the Disease Management programs. These
include the “Quit Line”, a smoking cessation telephonic and
Internet program serving various United States markets and, most
recently, FitLogix, a new multi-media weight management program
with special capabilities for co morbidities, such as diabetes
and cardiovascular disease.