As a Consultant for Charon Planning, Barbara assists clients in the implementation and ongoing administration of their employee benefits programs, including life insurance, short and long term disability, medical, dental and vision care plans.  Barbara’s 15 years of experience in account management and meticulous attention to detail allows her to provide her clients with outstanding service. 

Prior to joining Charon Planning, Barbara spent seven years at Prudential HealthCare.  Barbara spent four years specializing in insurance contracts and plan compliance.  She was instrumental in creating and reviewing marketing and communication material.  Barbara was then recruited by the Philadelphia Group Office as a Senior Account Manager where she managed the ongoing responsibilities of several large accounts. 

Barbara earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Economics, from Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown Pennsylvania.  She has earned her ACS designation from LOMA (Life Office Management Association) and is currently pursing her Certified Employee Benefits Specialist designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans.
 

Maureen Lee
Team leader and member of Charon Planning Management Team 

Session: 25 Ways To Lower your Employee Benefit Costs

Maureen has over 20 years of employee benefit management experience, including product and plan design, program implementation, communications, administration, flexible benefits, financial alternatives and corporate transitions - including acquisitions and divestitures. She has managed corporate client partnerships and developed and implemented successful benefit solutions for a variety of organizations including hospitals/healthcare providers, educational institutions and technology companies. 

An experienced underwriter, Maureen has served in key positions for Prudential Insurance, where she managed underwriting for large national accounts and spent several years managing Prudential's Financial Accounting Department. 

Maureen earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from Temple University. She is currently pursuing her Certified Employee Benefits Specialist designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

As vice president of sales and client engagement, Devita is responsible for sales strategy and direction of AllOne Health Group, providing solutions for employee productivity, wellness and professional administration services.

For more than 25 years, Devita has established himself as a leader in health care management. Earlier in his career, Devita helped to found both US Healthcare and Synergy Healthcare Services. He later co-founded the sales consulting practice PTM Solutions. Devita has also served as an instructor at Drexel University’s LeBow School of Business and at the Baida Center for Entrepreneurship.  

Devita earned a bachelor‘s degree in neuroscience and music from Amherst College and holds a master’s degree in public health from Yale University.
 

Pauly is a distinguished professor of health care management, business and economics. A national thought leader, Pauly’s work has been published in a variety of publications. He also serves as co-editor-in-chief for the International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, as well as the advisory editor for the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.  

His expertise has been sought by all levels of government and private industry including the Office of Assistant Secretary for Policy Evaluation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Merck, Inc. and the American Enterprise Institute.  

As a leading health economist, Pauly recently received the Spencer Kimball Article Award from the Journal of Insurance Regulation for “Terrorism Losses and All Perils Insurance” with Howard Kunreuther. In December 2006, he received the National Institute of Health Care Management Foundation's Research Award for "Is Health Insurance Affordable for the Uninsured?" with M. Kate Bundorf.  

Pauly’s current projects include: an analysis of health reform, conceptual foundations for cost-benefit analysis of drugs, the future of Medicare, health insurance design, and anomalies in insurance. 

Pauly has also served as a professor at Northwestern University and received his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia.
 

Session: Do Market Pay Adjustments Make Sense During an Economic Downturn?

Jeff is a dynamic speaker and excellent communicator whose proven expertise across HR disciplines and vast executive management experience helps companies align HR strategies and programs with critical business objectives. 

As a principal at PROXUS (a joint venture of Granatt HR and Professional Payroll Solutions), Jeff is responsible for strategic planning, business development and sales and marketing to drive the long-term growth and profitability of the organization.  Jeff also provides strategic and tactical advise and guidance to business leaders and HR executives as well as project oversight and professional development support to the team of HR practitioners within PROXUS.  

Prior to joining Granatt HR in 1999, Jeff was the president and founder of the Competitive Edge Group, a human resources consulting organization.  In this venture, Jeff drew upon his track record of success and achievement during his years in corporate leadership positions in the Financial Services and Healthcare industries to deliver services to clients.

Over the course of over nineteen (19) years in Human Resources Management, he has developed an expertise in the areas of Employment Services; Mergers & Acquisitions; Employee Relations; Labor Relations; Training; Organizational Development; Benefits, and Compensation. 

Jeff holds an M.B.A. in General & Strategic Management from the Temple University Fox School of Business Management and a B.B.A. degree with a dual major in Finance and Risk Management & Insurance from Temple University as well.   He was recognized by the Philadelphia chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society with their Business Leadership Award. 
 

Andrea Wachob Kaelin
Director of Compensation - Main Line Health System

Session: Do Market Pay Adjustments Make Sense During an Economic Downturn?

Andrea is an accomplished HR practitioner whose broad and diverse experience across industries and HR disciplines has resulted in significant contributions to each company she has worked for. 

As the Director of Compensation for the Main Line Health System, Andrea is responsible for the design, administration and communication of all compensation programs for over 10,000 employees spread across four acute care hospitals, a rehabilitation hospital and eight subsidiary businesses.   Since joining Main Line Health in 2004, she has designed and implemented a market based compensation structure that improved alignment of pay programs with business strategy, restructured the compensation department to improve service levels and responsiveness, and optimized the use of technology to achieve greater internal operating efficiencies. 

At Rosenbluth International, where she began as an HR Business Partner for a spin-off dot-com travel company Rosenbluth Interactive, Andrea was later recruited by the CEO to assume the role of Director of Strategy and Resource Planning.  In this capacity, she supported global organizational development initiatives and lead HR involvement in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions. 

Through these and other management roles in the IT and consulting industries Andrea has embraced the challenge of tying HR initiatives to measurable business outcomes in areas including Compensation, Employee Relations, Recruitment and Organizational Development.

Andrea has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA and is currently working on her Masters in Human Resources Management at Saint Joseph’s University Erivan Haub School of Business.
 

Barbara O’Shea, SPHR
Practice Leader - PROXUS

Session: Do  Market Pay Making Adjustments Sense During an Economic Downturn?

Barbara O’Shea joined the PROXUS team in 2007 as the Practice Leader of our Compensation group.  Her superior project management ability and extensive knowledge of human resource functional areas enable her to lead client engagements from initial planning stages through implementation.

Barbara is highly skilled human resources professional with 17 years of diversified experience in the design and implementation of compensation, performance management, pension and benefit programs to support strategic organizational objectives.  Barbara also possesses well rounded generalist capabilities as evidenced by her experience in the areas of recruitment, policy development employee relations and HRIS. 

During the course of her career Barbara has managed compensation and benefits operations and staff, focusing on strategic planning, design and implementation of cost-effective employee benefits and compensation programs.  She has been responsible for the analysis, proposal, implementation and maintenance components of pension programs as well.

Given her unique combination of analytical, interpersonal and communications abilities, Barbara has contributed greatly in her role within acquisition, audit and other interdisciplinary teams. 

Barbara holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an MBA from Philadelphia University.  She holds the professional designation of SPHR (Senior Professional Human Resources) and CCP (Certified Compensation Professional).  She has been a member of World at Work, SHRM, and PEBA.
 

Session: Employee Engagement - A Holistic View

Mike Young is a Principal and the Health and Productivity Practice Leader in the Secaucus, NJ, office of Buck Consultants, an ACS company.  Mike helps clients create benefit programs that support their business goals and objectives in the areas of design, funding, administration, and communication. 

Mike began his employee benefits career more than 29 years ago as an underwriter for a small consulting firm. Prior to joining Buck Consultants, Mike was a Senior Vice President with Aon Consulting and a Health and Welfare Practice Leader with Wyatt.

Session: Employee Engagement - A Holistic View

Peggy has thirty years experience in benefits management. Since 1998 she has been the Benefits Manager at Triumph Group’s corporate office in Wayne, PA.  Triumph Group is a global leader in supplying and overhauling aerospace systems and components, operating in 49 locations throughout the US and international locations. With her strong knowledge of both benefit administration and plan design she develops new benefits and revises and amends current benefits for Triumph’s 5,000 plus employees in 49 locations.  Peggy also oversees the administration of all benefit plans through local Human Resource personnel at each location and works directly with all benefit carriers in plan negotiations. 

Prior to working at Triumph Group, Peggy held benefit and office manger positions at Provider Systems and Tri-State Technical Sales.
 

Session: Strategic Issues in Executive Compensation

Mr. Centonze has responsibility for the planning, design, analysis and administration of Campbell Soup’s global compensation programs.  In addition, Mr. Centonze and his team focus on a number of executive compensation issues ranging from program design, good governance practices and preparation through presentation of all materials for the Compensation and Organization Committee.  Prior to joining Campbell Soup in March 2004, Mr. Centonze spent 22 years with the DuPont Company.  His DuPont assignments included 10 years with the Treasury function, 6 years with the DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company joint venture in finance and HR roles, 3 years with corporate benefits and 3 years leading the executive compensation function.  Mr. Centonze is a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist, a Certified Benefit and Compensation Professional and a Certified Treasury Professional.  He has been a frequent speaker and panelist at Conference Board events.

Session: Strategic Issues in Executive Compensation

Mr. Walker’s responsibilities include leading a team in competitive benchmarking, development of compensation structures, design of short and long-term incentive plans and other key Campbell Soup Company global compensation programs.  He is also heavily involved in the analysis and development of materials for the Compensation and Organization Committee.  Prior to joining Campbell Soup in December 2004, Mr. Walker spent 10 years with the CIGNA Corporation in Philadelphia.  His last role with CIGNA was leading the executive compensation function.  Mr. Walker also spent two years as a Compensation Administrator with Johnson & Johnson in their consumer products division and began his professional career with Hay Management Consultants.  Mr. Walker is a Certified Compensation Professional.
 

Session: Taking Responsibility for Your Health

In addition to building his clinical practice and devoting attention to his wife and two children, Dr. Panasuk has chosen to spend much of his career educating and training surgeons. He is the author of a number of book chapters, journal articles, and presentations, and has served as a faculty member for a national Board Review Course in General Surgery based in Chicago, IL, from 1991 to the present. He is also a certified ATLS course instructor. He serves on a number of Christiana Care hospital committees, including those for surgical education, surgical leadership, and cancer care. He is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Distinguished Teaching Award for Surgery from the Medical Center of Delaware (1990-1991). He was also selected for inclusion in the fourth listing of "The Best Doctors in America for 1998" (Best Doctors, Inc., a knowledge-based medical referral service located in Aiken, SC), and for inclusion in the 2006 edition of "Guide to America's Top Surgeons" (Consumers' Research Council of America, Washington, DC).
 

Jason L Brodsky
Consultant, Retirement - Towers Perrin

Session: Introduction to Compensation

Jason Brodsky is a retirement plans consultant in the Governance & Compliance Advisory Group in Towers Perrin’s Philadelphia Consulting Office.  Jason, a former attorney, has ten years of experience in employee and executive benefits as an associate at two Philadelphia-based national law firms.  Jason joined Towers Perrin in March 2008.     

Jason earned a B.B.A. from Hofstra University in 1995, and graduated magna cum laude with a J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1998.

Present responsibilities:

Young-un Cho is a Senior Associate in the Human Capital business of Mercer in Philadelphia.  As a Project Manager, she specializes in enhancing talent effectiveness to increase individual and company performance.  Young-un works on consulting engagements that focus on talent management strategy and implementation, career pathing, assessment, performance management, succession planning, and competency modeling. 

Experience:

–Development of a career infrastructure for a global pharmaceutical group in various functions including Marketing, Market Research, Support functions, etc.
–Development of career levels and job leveling criteria for a financial services company
–Development of leadership and behavioral competency models for a retail chain
–Assessment and redesign of core values/behavioral competencies for a global automobile manufacturer
–Development of a new performance management program for a global company which included development of performance evaluation framework and process, performance indicators and competency modeling

Education:

Session: Capturing the Value in Careers to Enhance your Business Performance

Present responsibilities

Experience

Education

Kathy McPhillips
Director of Benefits - Charming Shoppes, Inc.

Session: Clearing the Haze in Rx Benefits

Kathy McPhillips is the Director of Benefits for Charming Shoppes, Inc., parent company of Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug and Catherines retail stores.  Her responsibilities include plan design, strategy and communications for all company sponsored health and welfare plans.  Kathy joined Charming Shoppes in 2002 and participated in the start up of the Business Service Center, Charming Shoppes’ shared services organization.  She held several management positions in HR Shared Services at Charming Shoppes prior to assuming her current role as Director of Benefits.     
 

Jim DiGuiseppe
Principal- Valley Forge Benefits Consulting.

Session: Cohesive Approach to Absence Management

Jim is founding Principal of Valley Forge Benefits Consulting (VFBC) and has over 18 years experience as a health care and group benefit consultant to large employers. Jim has worked for a two leading benefit consulting firms and began VFBC after identifying a need in the market place for cost effect, high quality services.  

He specializes in helping large employers design, implement, and control the cost of their health care and group benefit programs. He has an in-depth knowledge of health care market variables, vendor processes and systems and customer demands. Jim assembled and created the Ernst & Young Rx Value Approach (RVA) and has worked on other Rx coalitions while at William M. Mercer, Incorporated. This leveraged purchasing arrangement has saved E&Y clients a significant portion of their Rx plan costs through better financial and contract terms.  Jim is considered a thought leader in the area of prescription drug management, health promotion and wellness and has considerable experience in the area of Rx process analysis and improvement. He has assisted employers with documentation and procedural improvement suggestions on many areas of their Human Resource financial controls. 

Jim has an MBA and M.A. in Mathematics from Villanova University and B.S. in Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. In addition, Jim has completed Six-sigma green belt training from Drexel University.
 

Walter Kanhofer
Director of Benefits at Main Line Health

Session: Cohesive Approach to Absence Management

Walt Kanhofer is the Director of Benefits at Main Line Health, one of the largest employers in southeastern PA.  As an integrated healthcare system, it employs over 10,000 and includes hospitals, home care services, physician practices, a research institute, and other facilities and services.  Walt is responsible for the strategic management of the benefit plans, including healthcare, retirement, disability, and work/life programs.  His current focus is on integrating the employees of Main Line Health’s newest acquisition, Riddle Memorial Hospital, into the MLH family.

Walt holds an MBA from Drexel University. 
 

Christiane Schmidt
Sr. Director, Benefits & HRIS - Mercy Health System

Session: HR Portals and Employee Self Service

Christiane Schmidt is the Vice President of Benefits, Compensation & HRIS for Mercy Health System where she has been for five years.  Prior to joining Mercy Christiane has held a number of senior HR positions including VP for Human Resources for Simpson Senior Services and as Chief Human Resources Officer for the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania.  In her over 25 years of HR experience, she has led a number of HR system implementations, one of which she will be speaking about with us this morning.  She holds a BS degree in Industrial Relations from Saint Joseph’s University.

Chuck Hopper
Vice President, Human Resources - Shared Services

Session: Positioning Human Resources as a Strategic Business Partner

Chuck Hopper is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in compensation, benefits and HR technology areas. Currently, he is responsible for Covance's Human Resources Shared Services organization, including HR technology and self-service initiatives.

Chuck joined Covance in 1998 to oversee the Total Rewards (compensation & benefits) and HR Technology for Covance, a global drug development company with over 9,000 employees in 40 countries.

Chuck was responsible for establishing global rewards philosophies and strategies as well as overall rewards "management" (plan design and delivery, communications, administration, compliance, etc.) for compensation (base pay, incentive compensation, equity plans, etc.) and benefits (retirement, health and welfare, time off). Additionally, he was responsible for executive compensation, including preparing and presenting board-level proposals and the development and execution of Covance's HR technology strategy and leadership of the global HRMS function (PeopleSoft shop).

In this role, Chuck led a group of 24 professionals (including 5 direct reports) and oversees an operating budget of approximately $6MM.

Prior to Covance, Chuck spent 16 years in various compensation and benefits positions in the telecommunications, financial services and insurance industries.

Chuck is a graduate of Montclair State University with degree in Business Administration and earned an MBA in Finance from Farleigh Dickinson University
 

Jamie Honigman
SVP, National Practice Leader Talent Strategy - Aon Consulting

Session: Positioning Human Resources as a Strategic Business Partner

Jamie Honigman has 20 years of successful experience in the human capital industry. Jamie has a Master’s Degree in Human Organizational Science from Villanova University and a B.S. degree in Sociology from St. Joseph’s University.

Jamie spent the formative years of his professional career with SmithKline Beecham. He progressed to the position of Director of Human Resources for eleven states in the Southeast- representing more than 3,500 employees. He returned to Philadelphia to accept the position of Director of Human Resources at Comcast, where he forged new systems for effective staffing, compensation/benefits and employee relations. He also quarterbacked the successful implementation of PeopleSoft for the corporation.   From there, Jamie became the Vice President of Human Resources for Home Health Corporation of America. In his tenure there, he helped to lead the company through its development from a local company to a major, publicly traded 5,500 employee power in the industry. He played leading roles in the merger and acquisition of several companies. Over his entire career, Jamie has played major roles in more than a dozen major mergers and acquisitions.

He was then selected as the Vice President of Human Resources at XLConnect, where he built HR processes and systems that were key factors in the company’s rapid growth. XLConnect’s success attracted the attention of Xerox, who made XLConnect their first acquisition in almost five years, purchasing the company for $440 million in cash. The company’s name was changed to Xerox Connect and Jamie continued on in an expanded role that included significant contributions to the systems and processes of Xerox. The lure of a start up company seized Jamie and he agreed to become the Vice President of Human Resources and Operations at EMAX Solutions. After two years of growing and improving the company, EMAX was sold to SciQuest for more than twenty times earnings.

Before joining Aon, Jamie was Vice President of Global Human Resources for TMP Worldwide Executive Search in New York City. There he had the ultimate responsibility for all aspects of HR for this large, multinational firm. There, Jamie also took an active role in business development for this human capital consulting firm.
 

Scott Gaul
Vice President, Talent Strategy - Aon Consulting

Session: Positioning Human Resources as a Strategic Business Partner

Scott Gaul is a Human Resources professional with over 15 years of successful experience in leading companies toward human capital management solutions that drive positive business results. He has expertise in all areas of Human Resources including talent and change management, total rewards programs, process and systems improvement/development and training and leadership development.  He has extensive experience working with senior executives and CEO’s on a variety of human resources issues.

Before joining Aon Consulting, Scott held various executive consulting positions at CBIZ, and was instrumental in the growth of their Human Capital Consulting practice. His engagements include virtually all phases of human capital consultation including development of strategy and programs for talent and change management, total rewards for both domestic and international organizations, business process development/improvement, merger and acquisition advisory services and full human resources process outsourcing. Scott’s consulting successes include clients in a litany of industries and at virtually every stage of development. Before becoming a human capital consultant, Scott spent 8 years in key human resource positions for such companies as Xerox and ViroPharma Incorporated.

He is a graduate of the Shippensburg University with a degree in Economics, is a certified Professional in Human Resources awarded by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and has earned a six sigma – green belt certification through Villanova University.