Chris Day is Head of Business Development & Marketing and is responsible for leading work with providers to design and build new models that deliver more value.  Chris previously reported to Aetna’s Chief Strategy Officer and led enterprise-wide strategy development efforts on provider payment and delivery system reform, accountable care, Aetna’s quality and total cost strategy, health information technology and personalized, consumer health solutions.

Prior to his work at Aetna, Mr. Day was a Strategy Advisor at Humana where he led acquisition research and integration efforts as well as the development of the company’s Medicaid strategy.  He spent five years in Washington, D.C. at the Public Health Foundation where he led national efforts to implement a national public health systems research agenda, validate and refine the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and develop strategies for addressing the impending public health worker shortage.  In 2002, Mr. Day conceptualized and launched the nation’s premier learning resource for all professionals who protect the health and safety of the public, www.TRAIN.org. 

Mr. Day is an active volunteer leader and serves as an Executive Board Member of the American Public Health Association (APHA), the youngest in the Association’s 136 year history.  He previously served as APHA’s National Student President and on more than 15 national boards addressing a range of public health and healthcare issues.  He was Finalist for the White House Fellowship, founded four student-led and alumni organizations and was the recipient of numerous awards including APHA’s Jay S. Drotman Award for outstanding leadership and service exemplified by young professionals and was a 2009 Platinum Winner of the Aetna Way Excellence Awards. 

Mr. Day began his career in Kentucky where he developed Kentucky’s Statewide Pandemic Plan for Influenza at the Kentucky Department of Public Health and opened a Spine Center and the Central Kentucky Sleep Lab for the Hospital Corporation of America. 

Mr. Day holds a B.S. in health services management, B.S. in biology and a Masters of Public Health from the University of Kentucky.  He was a graduate of the charter class of Yale SOM’s Leadership in Healthcare MBA program. 

Peter R. McClung as VP, Client Management provides strategic account management for some of Aetna’s largest national account customers based in the Delaware Valley region.

In the past twelve years at Aetna, Peter has had varied experience including responsibility for national sales of Aetna’s  Group Medicare , national sales support for State and Local Government, Account Executive for Delaware Valley National Accounts, and managing the Delaware Valley team of Account Managers.

Prior to joining Aetna, Mr. McClung’s career included positions with Prudential Healthcare including National Retiree Sales & Product Manager in Atlanta as well as direct client responsibilities in Prudential HealthCare’s Los Angeles Group Office,.

A 1991 graduate of Ambassador University in Texas, Peter has also supervised telemarketing operations, and taught speech and English classes at Waterfield Institute, a government-sponsored business school in Sri Lanka.

Rose M. Morelli
Consultant
Charon Planning

Rose M. Morelli has 15 years of experience in the development, implementation, administration, and analysis of Health & Welfare programs.  As a Consultant and Team Lead, Rose’s responsibilities include analyzing current benefit programs and securing and evaluating alternate plans for client consideration.   She utilizes her strong financial background to help employers monitor plan performance through in-depth reporting and valuation.   Rose delivers strategic planning and on-going support to clients across a variety of business sectors. 

Prior to joining Charon Planning, Rose developed fee and rate quotations for self funded and fully insured accounts as a Senior Underwriter for AmeriHealth Administrators.

Rose is a graduate of La Salle University where she earned her Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration degrees with studies focused in Finance, Risk Management, and Insurance.  Rose is a continuing education instructor approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance and recently served as the Internal Training Coordinator at Charon Planning.  Rose is a member of Charon Planning’s Evolve Wellness Committee.

Elizabeth Patterson
Managing Consultant
Charon Planning

Elizabeth is a Managing Consultant for Charon Planning with over 20 years of experience in the employee benefits industry.  Elizabeth Patterson is a team lead that is responsible for the overall management of client accounts.  She is a skilled project manager assisting our clients to resolve budget concerns and employee communication issues consistent with their strategic goals and culture.  Elizabeth is also a key member of Charon Planning’s management team with oversight of the firm’s compliance and communications department as well as the firm’s overall consulting practice.  She joined Charon Planning in January, 1999.

Prior to her association with Charon Planning, Elizabeth worked with a regional consulting firm where she specialized in helping merger and acquisition clients consolidate their benefit plans.  Elizabeth had previously spent several years at Prudential where she worked in the contract department and the sales office.

Elizabeth is an avid golfer and an active speaker for the Career Services department at Arcadia University.  Elizabeth has also been asked to conduct presentations for numerous organizations and events such as: SHRM conferences, Kreischer Miller’s CFO Symposium, Career Concepts Inc.’s Leadership Forum at the Pyramid Club, and the UBS annual plan sponsor summit.  Recently, Elizabeth spoke at Littler Mendelson’s National Employer Conference regarding the topic of Healthcare Reform.  Elizabeth also sits on Aetna’s National Broker Advisory Committee (NBAC).

Elizabeth earned a Masters in English from Arcadia University (formerly Beaver College) and a BA in English with concentrations in Business and Education from Virginia Tech.  She earned the FLMI designation from LOMA (Life Office Management Association) in 1996 and is currently pursuing her Certified Employee Benefits Specialist designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans and the Wharton School of Business.

Charles Ruegger
Consultant
Charon Planning

Charlie Ruegger is a Consultant with Charon Planning who has more than 20 years of experience in employee benefits, including over 10 years with Charon Planning.  As a team leader, Charlie assists our consultants and clients with the development of benefit programs that support client strategies, objectives, and culture.  With a strong analytical background, Charlie’s responsibilities also include detailed financial analyses of alternative strategies and programs and presenting those alternatives for client consideration.

 Prior to joining Charon Planning, Charlie spent six years in a number of underwriting positions with Prudential HealthCare, most recently as a Senior Corporate Underwriter in the Dental Operation where he was responsible for managing compliance with national underwriting policies and standards and strategic oversight of regional underwriting locations.  Previously, Charlie worked for three years at a large national benefit-consulting firm where he helped clients manage and improve their health and welfare benefit programs.

H             Charlie earned an MBA in Finance from Seton Hall University and a BA in Economics from Rutgers University with concentrations in Computer Science and Finance.