Mark A. Abate
Mark Abate is a Principal of Strategic Benefit Advisors, Inc. He specializes in the design, funding and administration of group medical, dental, life and disability programs. Mark's eighteen year career in this field includes two years as a group underwriter at Hartford Life Insurance Company and fifteen years as a consultant at Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
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Gina Alongi
Gina Alongi has been employed by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 4 Fringe Benefit Funds for over 28 years. In 1996 she became Administrator and is responsible for the administration of 8 Multi-Employer Trust Funds including Health & Welfare, Pension, Annuity and 401(k). In the fall of 2007, she was elected as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Coalition of Taft-Hartley Trust Funds.
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Alden J. Bianchi
Alden J. Bianchi is the practice group leader of the Mintz Levin's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice and a member in the Employment, Labor and Benefits Section. Alden has written and lectured extensively on employee benefits issues. He is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Suffolk University and Georgetown University law schools, and he holds an LL.M. in taxation from Boston University School of Law.
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Alan S. Breitman
Al Breitman is Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Kinloch Consulting Group in Boston. Prior to joining Kinloch, he was employed by Hilb, Rogal and Hobbs and William M. Mercer. Al is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and is an Enrolled Actuary. He received a BS degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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John Brouder
John Brouder is a Partner at Boston Benefit Partners. Previous positions include, Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Vice President, First New England Dental Centers, Inc. and Fund Administrator, Massachusetts Public Employees Fund. John is a Member of the Delta Dental Plan of Massachusetts Corporation. He holds both an undergraduate and graduate degree from Tufts University, and an MPA from Harvard University.
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Dan Cassidy
Dan Cassidy is President of Cassidy Consulting Group, with 15 plus years of benefits consulting experience serving companies in the US, Canada and the UK.
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Kevin J. Counihan
Kevin J. Counihan is Chief Marketing Officer of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority. He is former Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Member Services for Tufts Health Plan. Prior to joining Tufts Health Plan, he worked for CIGNA as Regional Vice President of Sales for the Employee Benefits Division. Mr. Counihan was educated at the University of Michigan, the Juilliard School of Music, and at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Jack Curley
Jack Curley has been executive director of the New England Employee Benefits Council since December, 1998. Previous positions include Senior Human Resources Consultant and Manager of Benefits Services, BankBoston; Executive Director, National Society to Prevent Blindness- Massachusetts Affiliate; and Executive Director, National Kidney Foundation-Massachusetts Affiliate. Jack received both his BA and MA from the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
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Richard Duffy
Richard Duffy is Director, Global Benefits, at Boston Scientific Corporation.
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Charles L. Donahue, Jr.
Charles J. Donahue, Jr. is the former President of HealthCare Value Management, Inc. Other professional affiliations include Member, Residency Advisory Committee and Board Member, Preventative Medicine Residency program at the Center for Community Responsive Care; Former Board Member, American Health Planning Association; Past Officer & Board Member, Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, and Past President, Massachusetts Health Council. He is the recipient of an Undergraduate Degree from Brown University and a Masters Degree from Cornell University
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Gerald L. Evans, M.D.
Dr. Gerald Evans has been a leader in the treatment and prevention of heart disease for over 30 years. He served as Chief of Cardiology at the MetroWest
Medical Center (formerly Framingham Union Hospital) for 19 years where,
under his direction, the department grew to include a cardiac
catheterization lab, coronary care unit, pacemaker clinic, nuclear
cardiology, and a cardiovascular rehabilitation program. In 1983, he was
elected President of the medical staff.
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Patricia Callahan Fay
Tricia Fay is Manager, NA Benefits for FM Global. She was formerly Director of Benefits at MIT and Senior Vice President of Retirement and International Benefits at Bank of America. Tricia received a BS from Springfield College.
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Susan Dahill Gagne
Susan Gagne is Vice President, Employee Benefits, at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Prior to joining Thermo Electron, Susan held consulting positions with Hay/Huggins Company and William M. Mercer, Inc. She received a BA degree from Wheaton College, and is CEBS certified. Susan is Past President of the local chapter ISCEBS.
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Russell A. Gaudreau, Jr.
Russ Gaudreau is a Partner at The Wagner Law Group. Russ, who was previously a Partner at Ropes & Gray, is also a professor at both Boston University School of Law, and the Georgetown University Law Center. Russ received a BA from the University of Massachusetts, a J.D. from Suffolk University, and an LLM from New York University School of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Committee on Employee Benefits, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Employee Benefits Committee.
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Daniel P. Higgins, CLU
Dan Higgins is Vice President, National Accounts, CIGNA HealthCare. Dan has been with CIGNA for over 25 years. His current responsibilities include sales and service for CIGNA's New England national account segment. Dan started with CIGNA in their Underwriting department in 1983. He holds the Chartered Life Underwriter designation, and received his BA in Mathematics and Economics from Middlebury College.
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Elizabeth M. Holman
Beth Holman is a Group Health Care Consultant at Watson Wyatt Worldwide. Prior to joining Watson Wyatt, she was Assistant VP at Aon Consulting, Senior Consultant at Alexander & Alexander and an Actuarial Associate at Metropolitan Life. Beth received a BS and BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Patricia Houpt
Patty Houpt is Principal and founder of PMH Associates, Sudbury, MA. Prior to forming PMH Associates she was a Senior Consultant at George Beram & Company. Patty received a BA in Political Science from Denison University.
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William Hubert
William Hubert is Manager, Health and Welfare Plans, Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
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Elizabeth C. Hughes
Betsy Hughes is Senior VP, Human Resources, at Feinstein Kean Healthcare. Previous positions include Vice President, Human Resources at Amicore, Inc; Vice President, Human Resources at ZAIQ Technologies; Director of Shared Services at Renaissance Worldwide, Inc.; Director of Product Development, Fidelity Investments; and Director of Benefits & HR Systems at Lechmere Corporation. Betsy received a BS from Wheelock College.
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Karen Hunter
Karen Hunter is the global Compensation & Benefits Manager at Keystone Dental. Prior to joining Keystone Dental, she was the Director of Global Compensation, Benefits & HR Systems at Interactive Data, and prior to that was a Partner in the HR/Rewards Practice area of BankBoston.
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Deb Iaquinto
Deb Iaquinto is an organizational communication and change management consultant in Towers Perrin's Boston office and a Principal of the firm. She has 25 years of experience in communication management, organizational research and marketing communication. In addition to her consulting responsibilities, Deb chairs the Marketing Council for Towers Perrin Boston. This group is responsible for the firm's marketing and business development efforts within the New England marketplace.
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Jack King
Jack King is Executive Director of PIAM, Waltham MA. PIAM is an insurance subsidiary of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Previously he was Director of Human Resources for the Society. Jack received both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Suffolk University.
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Nancy J. Lazgin
Nancy Lazgin is Director, Global Benefits at Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA. Previous positions include Corporate Director of Employee Benefits at The Providence Journal Company, Providence, RI., and Director of Human Resources at the Grinnell Corporation.
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Nan Maley, R.N.
Nan Maley is President of Nan Maley and Associates, which specializes in the design and implementation of leading edge wellness programs. For nearly 20 years prior to establishing the company, Nan managed corporate benefit programs, implemented on-site health services clinics and managed employee voluntary benefits. She was a leader in offering comprehensive cardiovascular risk reduction programs to employees and their family members.
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John Mancuso
John Mancuso is Managing Director, Executive Compensation & Benefits at Bostonian Group, which he joined in 2003. Prior to joining the firm, John was with the employee benefits consulting practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Watson Wyatt Worldwide. He has a bachelorÕs degree in mathematics from Merrimack College, a master of business administration from Northeastern University and a certificate in benefits administration from Bentley College. John holds FINRA Series 6 and 63 licenses
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Mark B. Manin
Mark Manin is President of Cammack LaRhette Consulting. He was formerly at The Segal Company, Boston, MA. Mark is also on the Board of the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation. He is an Associate of the Risk Management Society. Mark received a BA from the University of Rochester, and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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Joseph Mongelli
Joe Mongelli is Director, Global Benefit Strategy at Covidien. Prior to joining Covidien he spent 25 years consulting on corporate and executive retirement plans. During his 18 year career at Towers Perrin, Boston, Joe served as the national practice leader for Compliance & Administration, the national leader of the higher education practice, and client manager for many prominent universities and health care systems. He is a frequent speaker in the Boston area on emerging retirement issues, legislation, regulations and fiduciary responsibility. He holds a B.S magna cum laude from New York University where he was a designated University Scholar and a M.M. from the Manhattan School of Music.
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Francis "Chip" Moynihan
Chip Moynihan is Principal and founder of The Moynihan Group, Hampton, NH. Previous positions include Regional Sales Manager for Harrington Benefits Services, and Regional Sales Director for Vision Services Plan. Chip is a member of the Health Care Task Force of Associated Industries of Massachusetts. He received a BA from Villanova University.
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Tom Oksanen
Tom Oksanen is Vice President, Employee Benefits at Fidelity Investments. Prior to joining Fidelity Tom was Benefits Manager at Compugraphics Corporation and a HR Generalist at Thermo Electron Corporation. He is also a Director of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium and a member of the Washington Business Group on Health. Tom received a BA in Economics from Assumption College.
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Kenneth F. Phillips
Ken Phillips is Chairman of The Prospect Institute in Natick, MA.
He was formerly a Principal of Workscape, Inc. Ken is a Past President
of NEEBC and has served as Vice President for Programs. He received
a BS in Biology from Fordham University.
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Jane Pye
Jane Pye is Director, Corporate Compensation and Benefits, Commerce Insurance Company
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Kathleen M. Reinhardt
Kathleen M. Reinhardt is Director of Employee Benefits and Human Resources Information Management at Analog Devices, Inc. Previous employers include Prime Computer, Inc. and NEC Electronics. Kathy's other professional affiliations include Chairperson, Health Care Committee of Associated Industries of Massachusetts; Board Member, Massachusetts Health Data Consortium; past member, CIGNA Healthcare Quality Committee, and Massachusetts Healthcare Purchasers Group. She received her BA from Bridgewater State College.
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Stephen J. Ricci
Steve Ricci is President of Ricci Consultants, Inc. Previous positions include Vice President at PENTAD Corporation, Senior Consultant at Coopers & Lybrand, Principal at William M. Mercer and Assistant Professor at Boston College. He received a BS from Notre Dame, and MA and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan.
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Andrew D. Sherman
Andrew D. Sherman is Senior Vice President, The Segal Company. Previous positions include Benefits Consultant and Health Benefits Analyst, The Segal Company and Administration Resident, Lahey Clinic. He received a BA from Brandeis University and a MPP from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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Karen Shine
Karen Shine is Senior Benefits Manager at CDM. She was formerly employed as Senior Benefits Manager at Goodwin Procter, LLP and as VP/Associate Director, Benefits, at Digitas.
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Dawn Socha
Dawn Socha is Director of Benefits at Children's Hospital. She was previously employed as Director of Benefits at Harvard University and Director of Rewards and Systems at Investor's Bank and Trust Company.
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Delia Vetter
Delia Vetter, Senior Director of Benefits and Programs, joined EMC Corporation in 1994. Her responsibilities include creating and implementing benefits strategy, communications, systems, and administration for EMC’s organizations in the United States and Canada.
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Teri Weber
Teri Weber is a Partner with Spring Consulting Group, LLC. Prior to joining Spring, Teri worked with Watson Wyatt, Buck Consultants and AON Consulting. In addition she was an Account Manager with Health Direct, Inc. Teri earned a BS at the University of Connecticut and a MBA at the University of Massachusetts. She is a licensed broker in the states of MA and CT.
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Ross Weiler
Ross Weiler is Director, National Accounts Sales and Service for Aetna's Northeast Region. Prior to joining Aetna, he was a senior staff member at the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority where he worked on the implementation of Massachusetts' landmark healthcare reform law. Ross has also worked as Senior Consultant and New England Client Service Leader for Watson Wyatt Worldwide, AVP of Client Services for Tufts Health Plan, VP of Product Development for Private Healthcare Systems, and a Health & Welfare Benefits Consultant for William M. Mercer. He received his MBA from Boston University with a concentration in Health Care Management, and is a Certified Managed Care Executive (CMCE).
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Diana Weinburg
Diana Weinburg is Director, Product Management at Fidelity Investments. Previous positions include President of the Hop Brook Company; Director of Human Resources at Jones and Bartlett Publishing; Manager, Compensation and Benefits at the Boston law firm of Goodwin Procter; and Director, Finance and Administration at Product Knowledge Systems, Inc. Diana received a BS from Lesley College.
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Kurt Westerman
Kurt Westerman is Corporate Director, Human Resources for Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA. Previous positions include International Representative for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. Kurt received a BA from Boston College, and an MBA from Northeastern University.
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