Advisory Board
Workplace Benefits Association Advisory Board
- Jack Kwicien, Managing Partner, Daymark Capital Advisors, LLC 410-585-6571, jkwicien@daymarkcapital.com - President, Workplace Benefits Association Advisory Board
- Daniel Freund, CFP, ChFC, CLU President Common Census, Inc. 207-854-5454, ext. X103, 800-552-7373, dfreund@commoncensus.com - 1st President-Elect - Conference Chair
- John Mason, 609-490-0833, mascj@aol.com - 2nd President-Elect - Strategic Development / Industry Liaisons Chair
- Valerie Cyr, Regional Director, Worksite Marketing , ING Employee Benefits, Northeast/New England, cell: 732-948-1695, fax: 860-580-0252, Valerie.Cyr@us.ing.com - 3rd President-Elect - Membership / Member Services Chair
- Rob J. Thurston, President, HR Consulting Group, Inc., 801-765-4417, hrconsultinggroup@msn.com - 4th President-Elect - Technology / Training Chair
FORMER ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS
- Wes Aikin,, President, Benefits Marketing Association, Vice President, National Worksite Partners, 949-262-9110, wesaikin@pacbell.net
- Warren Benoit, President, Benoit & Associates, 800-443-5694, wbenoit349@aol.com
- James Christenson, 610-220-5228, jimchristenson@comcast.net
- Jeff Grabiak, President, Worksite Benefits, Inc., 678-867-9541, jeffg@worksiteben.com
- Marty Jones, Director, Major Accounts, Colonial Life & Accident, 803-213-6316, mmjones@coloniallife.com
- William L. Lachapelle, Worksite Marketing Director, Oxford Life, 888-800-3416, wlach@cox.net
- Jeff Morgan, Assistant Regional Manager, ING, 404-467-5921, Jeff.Morgan@us.ing.com
- Jim Ouimet, MBA, CES - President, James Consulting Group, 215-862-3080, jimouimet@comcast.net
- JoDelle Roberts, President, JD Administrative Services, 972-980-9844, jroberts@jdadmin.com
- Joseph Ryncavage, President, Complete Brokerage LLC 570-881-3387, joeryn@verizon.net
- Robert S. Shestack, WBC, Managing Director, National Sales Leader | Employer Benefits Business, Marsh U.S. Consumer, a service of Seabury & Smith, Inc., 856-278-5454, rob.shestack@marshpm.com
- Debra Waldman, CES - President, Waldman Insurance Services, 800-775-2311, waldmaninsurance@cox.net
MEMBERS
- Dennis Arizin, Senior Vice President, Towers Watson, 215 246 1668, dennis.arizin@towerswatson.com
- Chris Bernadine, Second Vice President Broker Division, Aflac Inc., 706-763-2655, CBernardine@aflac.com
- Brenton Burgess, 404-277-3815, brentonb@rocketmail.com
- Debra Cecil, Manager Product & Marketing Dev. Unum, 423-294-8293, dcecil@unum.com
- Patrick Coughlan, Vice President, Amalgamated Life Insurance Co. 914-367-5827, pcoughlan@amalgamatedlife.com
- Arthur Dammers, Voluntary Business Development Director, WellPoint, Inc., 860-716-8456 arthur.dammers@wellpoint.com
- Ray DiDia, Managing Executive Partner, ABC Payroll, 888-661-7297, rdidia@abcpayroll.com
- Steven M. Eisenberg, Executive Vice President/ Principal TG Enrollment Services, (609) 610-3500, steveeisenberg@optonline.net
- Steve Farish, SVP Integrated Benefit Solutions, Wells Fargo, 803-765-3521, steve.farish@wellsfargo.com
- Ted Ferry,
- Frank Fimmano,
Consultant AON / Hewitt, (212)-441-2094,
Frank.fimmano@aonhewitt.com
F. Michael Fitzpatrick , Division 12 President, Benefits Technologies, Office: (610) 592-9055, Cell: (610) 368-0061, mike.fitzpatrick@bentecllc.com - Robert Frary, President AllynJoyce, LLC, 425.698.8018, robert@allynjoyce.com
- Pat Galla, Broker, Enroller Resource Center, 502-412-3400, galla@win.net
- TJ Gibb, Vice President, National Practice Leader, Humana Specialty Benefits, 502-580-1080, tgibb@humana.com
- Nelson Griswold, President, Cross Sell-Solutions, 615-656-5974, Nelson@cross-sellsolutions.com
- Jimmy Hersman, Vice President of Consumer Healthcare Services, H&G Benefits, 972-554-9400, jimmyh@hng.com
- Ken Holderbaum III, Managing Partner, Key Benefit Resources 409-908-0946, kholderbaum@keybenefitresources.com
- Scott Hofstedt, Vice President, Voluntary Market Solutions, UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits, (763)797-2641, scott.hofstedt@uhc.com
- John Joseph Sr., Chairman, John Joseph Insurance Services, 847-483-4520, Joseph.Insurance@gmail.com
- Sylvia Knight
- Larry Kropp, Regional Vice President, Transamerica Worksite Marketing, MD, DC, PA, North OH, c: 410.440.7787, lkropp@Aegonusa.com
- Dawn Maahs, Regional Sales Manager, Purchasing Power, 732-232-0735, dmaahs@purchasingpower.com
- Wayne Mertel, Vice President, Integrated Benefits, 913-908-3320, wmertel@digitalinsurance.com
- Harold McKeever, Vice President Sales, Continental American Insurance Company, 281-831-4790, ext. 2227, hmckeever@caicworksite.com
- Phil McKelvey, President, Voluntary Benefits Specialists, LLC, 513 229-7800, mckelveyp@fuse.net
- Dan McNeill, Talus Brokerage Services, 888.791.6530, mcneilld@talusbrokerage.com
- Jeff Morgan, Assistant Regional Manager, ING, 404-467-5921, Jeff.Morgan@us.ing.com
- Ginger Panepinto, Implementation Director, MetLife Resources, 732-652-1279, gpanepinto@metlife.com
- Dan Robinson, President, Advanced Voluntary Concepts Inc., 914-304-4200, drobinson@advancedvoluntaryconcepts.com
- Carol S. Rosenblatt, Senior Vice President, The Farmington Company. 860-678-6725, crosenblatt@farmingtonco.com
- Donald A. Rowe, Vice President, Employee Benefits, Legal Club of America, 954-377-0222, ext. 103, 800-852-6829, ext. 103, drowe@legalclub.com
- David Sherman, Managing Director, Sales.ARAG, 732-274-0020, David.Sherman@ARAGGroup.com
- Ronald Stone, President, The comprehensive Companies, 305-858-2260, ext. 102, ron@tccinsurance.com
- Lorraine Strickland, President and CEO Fringe Benefits Management Company 800-872-0345, lritch@fbmc-benefits.com
- Peter Tillson, Vice President, Worksite Marketing, Boston Mutual, 781-828-7000, ext. 248, 800-669-2668, peter_tillson@bostonmutual.com
- Susan Watts
- Deborah Wolfe, 336-813-0180,1deborahwolfe@gmail.com
EMERITUS HONOREES
- Alan Anderson, miQuotes.com, 913-681-1211, aanderson@miquotes.com
- Vincent DiBenedetto, CEO, Coverdell, 773-867-4433, vince@coverdell.com
- Miles Brandon, Global Benefits, 800-443-5694
- Mike Castle, President, 727-585-5050, ext. 1980
- John Ferguson, President Ferguson, Waldron Communications, 843-766-4229, ext. 207, fergusonj@fwcomms.com
- Denis Fuller, CES, Director, Product Resources, KMG Marketing Group, 803-283-5425, denis.fuller@kmgamerica.com
- Wm Colin Gretz, ID Theft Assist, 800-706-7642, wcgretz@idassistonline.com
- Dave James, President, Financial & Insurance Services, 559-432-5095, djamesfis@earthlink.net
- Mark Keck, Executive Vice President, TriHealix, 203-845-0551, ext. 228, mkeck@transengen.com
- Jason B. Krouse, JD, Vice President, USI, 954-214-0340, jason.krouse@usi.biz
- David M. Moore Sr., CLU, ChFC, President, Capital Insurance Agency, 850-386-3100, davidmoore@capitalins.com
- Joan Rhodes, Employee Benefit Specialists, 925 460-3910, joan@ebsbenefits.com
- Pat Small
- Le Phan, Senior Vice President, The L. Warner Companies, Inc., 443-615-7735, lphan@lwarner.com
- Phyllis L. Stoll, President, Benefit Services Group, Inc. 904-398-7977, phyllis.stoll@bsg-ins.com
- Albert F. Smith, Sr., President, A.F. Smith & Associates, Inc., Little Rock, AR, 501-221-7665, afsmithsr@hotmail.com
- Kerrie Young, CRAVE Marketing L.L.C Marketing Consultant, 405-659-9328, kerrieyoung8@gmail.com
CONTACT INFORMATION
- Walt Podgurski, CLU, Publisher, SourceMedia, 440-773-1108, walt.podgurski@sourcemedia.com
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