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Tammy Butts is a divisional executive vice president and branch manager for AXA Advisors, LLC in Chicago, Illinois. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, she began her career in banking. In 2001, she transitioned to insurance and investments, taking a position as a financial professional for AXA Advisors in Chicago. \n\nAs a financial professional, Tammy built a successful practice providing financial planning strategies and guidance to families and business owners. In 2005, she was promoted to divisional vice president and district manager for the branch. In that role, she hired and developed a successful, diverse team of financial professionals to work out of the branch. Recognized for her success, she received several management awards including the National Builders Trophy honoring her district for ranking seventh nationwide in sales and recruiting. \n\nIn January 2009, Tammy was promoted to divisional executive vice president of for AXA Advisors, given the responsibility of co-managing the Illinois branch of 300 financial professionals and staff. As a female manager, Tammy is passionate about introducing this rewarding career to women and minorities.\n\nAn active leader in the company, Tammy is a member of a national management committee for AXA Advisors, serving on the Diversity and Recruiting sub-committees. Active in the industry, she is a qualifying member of the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table, an international professional association recognized as the standard of excellence in the life insurance industry. Tammy is also a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), the Chicago chapter of Financial Services Professionals and the Greater North Shore Estate Planning Council. \n\nTammy received a B.B.A in Finance from Texas Christian University. Committed to professional education, Tammy has earned the advanced designation of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) from the American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Last year, she was recognized by Profiles in Diversity Journal as a ¡§Woman Worth Watching„¥¡¨ in 2010.\n\nTammy¡¦s favorite hobby is cooking with her husband and three children at her home in Northbrook, Illinois. \n

Susan M. Nash is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm’s Chicago office. As a member of the Firm’s Employee Benefits Department, her practice focuses primarily in the area of health and welfare benefit plans, including compliance with COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.\n\nShe has represented a wide variety of clients in negotiations with the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services and in contracting with HMOs and third-party vendors for welfare plans. She also has extensive experience working with employers, vendors and health plans to design and implement a variety of health and welfare plans, with a focus on medical, prescription drug, dental disability and cafeteria plans; and consumer-directed health plans, such as health reimbursement arrangements and health savings accounts. \n\nSusan is chair of the McDermott Will & Emery Welfare Benefit Plan Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s Consumer Directed Health Care Practice Group. Susan is also a member of McDermott’s HIPAA task force and has counseled a wide variety of group health plans on compliance with HIPAA's privacy, portability and nondiscrimination requirements.\n\nWhile attending law school, Susan served as a legal editor. Susan is a member of the Chicago Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee and the Employee Benefits Committee of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association. She is an adjunct professor for the LL.M Program in Employee Benefits at the John Marshall Law School and is a Contributing Editor to the Employer’s Handbook: Complying with IRS Employee Benefits Rules published by Thompson Publishing Group, Inc.

Ms. Suzanne Fitzgerald is responsible for providing comprehensive wealth management advice to high net-worth individuals, executives, families, entrepreneurs, business owners, foundations and endowments throughout the United States. She works closely with clients and their advisors to develop financial strategies which help clients meet their current needs and their long-term objectives.Suzanne ensures that clients receive the appropriate blend of services based on their unique needs, including investment management, retirement planning, risk protection, income tax planning, philanthropic consultation, and estate, trust and transition planning.Suzanne has more than a decade of experience working with high net-worth individuals and families. Prior to Fitzgerald Wealth Strategies in Dallas, Texas, she was Partner of Berardi, Auteri & Fitzgerald LLP. Suzanne was Vice President of Wealth Advisory Services at Wilmington Trust Company in Wilmington, Delaware and also served as a trusted advisor for more than eight years as Vice President of Financial Counseling for the Ayco Company, L.P., a Goldman Sachs Company in Dallas, Texas.Suzanne holds a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Quinnipiac University and earned a bachelor’s Degree, magna cum laude, in Business Management with minors in Pre-Law and Human Resource Management from Plymouth State University. Suzanne is a member in good standing of the New York Bar Association (but does not currently practice law), and holds her Series 7 and Series 63 brokerage licenses (through FINRA) as well as insurance licenses in multiple states.Suzanne is active in her community and serves as a member of the President’s Council for Plymouth State University. Suzanne is also an active member of many charitable organizations.\n 

After graduating from California State University, she took her love of education and finance to work as a financial planner.  Susan has now been in the financial industry for over 10 years.  She is passionate about educating clients and helping them achieve their financial goals, whatever their phase of life.  Susan will be speaking to her experience with VidCast Media's software solutions in a live panel-style discussion.

Susan Kinzler is CFO of Healthstat, Inc., a provider of on-site health clinics, employee wellness programs, and health management solutions for employers. Established in 2001, Healthstat currently operates more than 300 workplace health clinics across 34 states, serving more than 300,000 participants each year.

Sue Thompson, Managing Director, is Head of the Institutional Asset Management\/RIA Channel, overseeing the firm's sales efforts with asset managers, ETF Investment Strategists, registered investment advisors and family offices.\nPrior to joining BGI in 2007, Ms. Thompson was a principal at Vanguard, heading the national sales team focused on national full service brokerage firms. She joined Vanguard in August 1999 as Senior Counsel, specializing in tax law and structured products. Prior to joining Vanguard, she was an attorney at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP in California, specializing in public finance.\nMs. Thompson is a CPA and holds her Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation through the Investment Management Consultants Association in conjunction with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.\nMs. Thompson received her BA in accounting from the University of Washington and JD from the University of California, Davis.

Sue Stevens has held leadership roles in top financial organizations for twenty years. She is Founder and President of Stevens Wealth Management LLC, Financial Happiness LLC and Stevens Visionary Strategies. At Stevens Wealth Management, Sue is also Chief Investment Officer and lead Wealth Manager directing all investments and personnel, meeting with clients and managing the practice. She is frequently named as one of the top advisors in the country by Worth, Bloomberg, Reuters and others. Sue was named one of 50 Distinguished Women in Wealth Management by Wealth Manager Magazine in 2008. Her book, Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is™, is available at amazon.com.Sue was Director of Financial Planning at Morningstar for nine years where she won awards for her online columns and edited\/wrote Practical Finance, a personal finance newsletter. Sue continues to contribute content to Morningstar’s website. Sue was head of Research and Development for Participant Education at The Vanguard Group for three years where her team won awards for creating financial education materials and programs for retirement plan participants. Sue was also on the investment advisory board while at Arthur Andersen for six years.Sue has an MBA from University of Chicago, Masters of Science in Wealth Management from The College for Financial Planning, Certified Public Accountant\/Personal Financial Specialist (CPA\/PFS), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is a Certified Financial Planner™ certificant. Sue was an award-winning professional cellist before she made the change to wealth manager. She is a member of the Recording Academy that votes on the Grammy’s and has performed and recorded with many of the top musicians across the country. She continues to play professionally in the Chicago area.