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Wellness that Works – A Survey of Successful Corporate Wellness Strategies in National Corporations
Every Human Resource professional knows the startling trends regarding health care costs across the United States. Health insurance premiums rose again in 2006, an average 7.7% according to the 2006 Employer Health Benefits Survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust. In all, Health Care Premiums have increased 87 percent over the past six years. This year’s survey recorded the slowest rate of premium growth since 2000, though premiums still increased more than twice as fast as workers’ wages (3.8%) and overall inflation (3.5%).
Join us to learn what real solutions major U.S. employers are putting into place to improve the health of their employee population and control long-term health care costs. Visant and Playtex, both thought leaders in the implementation of Wellness and Health Improvement initiatives, will be discussing their wellness programs and presenting the evidence of their success in partnership with Preventure, a leading provider of national wellness programs. You will learn effective wellness program structures, key success factors, and new data on the specific successes of these plans to improve the health of employees.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify effective wellness strategy structures for nationally dispersed employee populations.
- Recognize the value of a cohesive, company-wide wellness initiative.
- List key elements to driving participation.
- Develop creative wellness incentive programs.
- Discuss new data on the impact and success of these wellness programs to get and retain senior leadership support.
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Who Should Attend?
- HR Managers
- HR Professionals
- Benefit Managers
- Managers
- Team Managers
- Supervisors
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Presenters
 Shari Davidson
Vice President of Benefits
Visant
Shari Davidson joined Visant Corporation as Vice President of Benefits two years ago. She is responsible for the design, finance, communication and administration of health and welfare programs, retirement plans, Human Resources Information Systems and payroll.
Prior to joining Visant, Shari worked for a large printing company for eight years. Over the last several years, she was successful in reducing health care trend by focusing on actionable data, consumer-driven approaches, wellness initiatives and focused care management.
Shari spent eight years as a Benefits Consultant with Hewitt and William M. Mercer. Her assignments included a spectrum of health and welfare projects for large, complex companies, including underwriting, plan design analysis, competitive marketings, cost and quality analysis of health plans, Flex Plan pricing and integrated disability management.
Shari has been an active member of the National Business Group on Health (NBGH) including being a founding member and current co-chair of the Institute on Health Care Costs and Solutions, a founding member of the Institute on the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity, and a participant on the National Committee on Evidence-Based Benefit Design and the Public Policy Advisory Group. She served on the Special Expertise Panel for Total Rewards/Compensation and Benefits for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). She is a frequent speaker at conferences and has been quoted in various industry publications.
Shari received her B.S. degree from Cornell University. She earned her Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) designation from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Julie Roe
Director of Benefits
Playtex Products, Inc.
Julie Roe has worked in Human Resource for the past 15 years with a focus and expertise in Employee Benefits. She was hired at the Director of Benefit for Playtex Products, Inc. 7 years ago. Among her responsibilities is oversight of a comprehensive wellness strategy for the company. Julie has a Bachelors degree in Finance and a MBA with Human Resources certification.
Laura Gilligan
Director of Business Development
PPreventure
Laura Gilligan joined the Preventure team in 2002, bringing with her experience in business development in the employee benefits arena from a number of industries. At Preventure Laura is responsible for overseeing new sales, developing new product lines, improving overall market position, and assuring existing clients are retained. During her tenure the company has been re-branded, grown its market presence, and expanded its revenue by 500%. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication, graduating Magna Cum Laude from James Madison University and regularly speaks at national conferences regarding wellness and health improvement issues.
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