Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Brian Doherty is a national speaker on Social Security and author of "Getting Paid to Wait."

Tony Ford is the Chief Technology Officer at Marqeta.

Fowler is the principal and owner of Four8 Insights, a benefits and healthcare strategy and communication consultancy based in Charleston, S,C,.

Ron Nielson, Vice President, Healthcare, Ricoh USA, Inc., is responsible for strategic direction and driving growth for Ricoh’s healthcare vertical while working with executive leadership on global healthcare initiatives.

Howard M. Bloom is a Principal in the Boston, Massachusetts, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has practiced labor and employment law representing exclusively employers for more than 36 years.

Denis Storey is a long-time employee benefits writer and editor.

John Shapiro is director of product management of payments at Intuit

Jeffery D. Smith is the Workplace Possibilities program practice consultant for Standard Insurance Company (The Standard), and has worked in the vocational rehabilitation field for more than 30 years. In his role, Smith is continually looking at ways to improve the Workplace Possibilities program to provide new and better stay-at-work and return-to-work services for both employers and employees. He shares the benefits of the program with new and existing clients, creates white papers and writes case studies to help make a difference for employers who are looking to be more successful in managing employee absence and disability.

John Taft is vice chairman of Baird. He is a past chairman of SIFMA, the former CEO of RBC Wealth Management-U.S., and the author of two books, “Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street” and “A Force for Good: How Enlightened Finance Can Restore Faith in Capitalism.”

Beinecke is a counsel in the employee benefits and executive compensation practice group at Haynes and Boone LLP who focuses on the areas of compliance and administrative best practices for health and welfare benefit programs.