14th BenefitsPRO Broker Expo 2018 | ALM Media, LLC | 17 April 2018 | Hilton San Diego Bayfront, 1 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101, US

Each year, the nation’s top brokers make BenefitsPRO Broker Expo their preferred destination to cultivate important relationships and obtain the most practical industry education for positioning their business for sustainable growth.

The BenefitsPRO Broker Expo 2018 will again raise new issues, embrace new challenges and find new solutions. We’ve gathered leading industry practitioners and experts to create a robust conference, designed to provide you with the tools and resources you can implement immediately to increase your bottom line!. Our goal continues to be to educate, motivate and innovate you and give you the tools, strategies and information you need to thrive both now and in the near future. We’re confident that the agenda we have on tap for this year’s Expo will do just that!

Additionally, the 2018 Expo will feature more than 20 educational tracks on proven sales ideas, strategies and experiences from experts in our industry. This is also the only industry conference that will offer you unparalleled networking opportunities, beginning with the Expo’s welcome reception.

Now is your opportunity to better position yourself in this business environment & create a strategic plan for the future.

2018 Speakers:

Troy Bagne
Co-Founder and President, OnCore Human Capital Management

Donna Brazile
Veteran Political Strategist; Interim Chair, Democratic National Committee

Billy Bridwell
Vice President of Benefits, Keystone Insurers Group

Bret Brummitt
Managing Partner, AG Insurance Agencies

Niko Caparisos
Health & Welfare Consultant, Principal, Prosperity Benefits LLC

Dave Chase
CEO & Group Founder; Author, Health Rosetta Institute

Megan Chiarello
Founder & President, Grassetto Creative

Andrew Clayton
President, Pareto Captive Services

Barry Cohn
President, Really Great Employee Benefits

Susan Combs PPACA [More Info]
President, Combs & Company

David Contorno
President, Lake Norman Benefits/The Hilb Group of North Carolina

Tonia Degner
Chief Strategy Officer, Freshbenies

Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal
Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco

Tim Doherty
President, Pinnacle HR Solutions

Amy Evans
President, Colibri Insurance Services

Dan Exceen
Executive Vice President, Public Sector Practice Lead & Partner, Burnham Benefits

Julie Freidus
Senior Vice President, Brown and Brown

Bob Gearhart Jr
CEO, DCW Group

Vinay Gidwaney
Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder, Maxwell Health

Dana Hilts
Senior Product Development Consultant, MetLife

Jamie Janvier
Program Manager, ConnectYourCare

Bobby Jindal
Governor of Louisiana, 2008-2016; U.S. Presidential Candidate, 2016

Kristin Kahle
CEO and Founder, NavigateHCR

Daniel Keady
Chief Financial Planning Strategist, TIAA

Wendy Keneipp
Partner & Coach, Q4intelligence

Jim King
Owner & Wealth Manager, Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC

Doug Layman
President of Health & Life, Gilsbar

Dr. Abbie Leibowitz
Chief Medical Officer, Founder, and President Emeritus, West's Health Advocate Solutions

Scott Mardis
Field Development Director, Kemper Benefits

Rachel Miner
Employee Benefit Strategist, EB Advisors of the Carolinas

Doug Morse-Schindler
President and Co-Founder, HealthJoy

Joseph Murgo
Executive Lead, Strategic Growth Initiatives, Anthem Inc.

Nate Natzke
Benefits Consultant, Employee Benefits Division, Marsh & McLennan

Andy Neary
Healthcare Strategist, The Olson Group & Former Member, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club

Brad Nieland
Vice President, Stop-Loss & Health, Sun Life Financial

Angel Paravicini
Head of North America Partnerships, LifeWorks

Rachel Pennington
Partner & Vice President, Operations, Silverman Benefits Group

Billy Potter
Principal, Snellings Walters Insurance Agency

Heidi Rasmussen
Co-Owner, Freshbenies

Reid Rasmussen
Co-Founder and CEO, Freshbenies

Susan Rider
Consultant in Employee Benefits & HCM, Gregory & Appel Insurance

Beth Robertso
Assistant Vice President, Senior Consultant, NFP

Nick Rockwell
Vice President, Eastbridge Consulting Group

Dutch Rojas
CEO, Sano Surgery

Eric Ryles
Vice President of Customer Solutions, ALM Intelligence

Chad Schneider
Director of Channel Sales, Jellyvision

Shamial Sheikh
Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances, North America, LifeWorks

Kristin Shirley
Technology Software Liaison, Regions Insurance

Eric Silverman
Principal, Silverman Benefits Group

Brian Slütz
Director, Broker Partnerships, UZIO

Lynda Taylor
Chief Operating Officer, Wrangle, LLC

Kevin Trokey
Founding Partner and Coach, Q4intelligence

Nolan Waterfall
Agency Leader, Qandun Insurance Agency

2018 Sponsors and Exhibitors:

GOLD:
• Aflac
• LifeWorkd

SILVER:
• CyberScout
• Lincoln Financial Group
• New Benefits

BRONZE:
• Assurity
• Beam
• The Standard

LEVEL 1:
• APL American Public Life
• Uzio
• Wex Health

LEVEL 2:
• Mutual of Omana

MEDIA:
• ECFC
• Health Agents for America
• National Association of Health Underwriters
• SDAHU
• UBA United Benefit Advisors
• Vebb