Stephanie Porrino (formerly Koch) is a resident of the Tampa Bay area, currently working as the Director of Human Resources for Hendry Marine Industries. Stephanie has 30 years of HR experience at various companies. Over the past several years, she has taken an active role in understanding and transforming employee health benefit plans creating outside the box, innovative strategies. Stephanie is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience with other HR professionals, CEO’s, CFO’s and everyone in the healthcare industry so that more companies understand the value a self-funded health plan has for both the company and the employees. 

     Because of Stephanie’s healthcare knowledge and unique experience in self-funding, she has become a frequent speaker at events across the country. In the past few years, Stephanie has spoken at various conferences including SHRM Florida State Conference, HR Tampa, The Best of the Best hosted by the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, The Validation Institute’s Flagship events - Health Benefits Nation and thINC Healthcare Innovation Congress, YOU Powered Symposium, BenefitsPro, Employee Benefit News, The CFO Leadership Conference, World Finance Forum, HealthRosetta, DisruptNaples, Ascend and has been a guest on multiple podcasts and webcasts discussing healthcare strategy from the lens of an HR executive. In 2024 Hendry Marine Industries won the “Most Engaged Employer Award,” for the State of Florida from The Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value and Employee Benefit News named Stephanie one of the top 25 HR and benefits leaders in the country in 2024. In February of 2025, Stephanie won the annual leadership award from the International Propeller Club of the US/Port of Tampa. 

     She is a graduate of William Paterson University, Leadership Tampa – Class of 2012 as well as a member of SHRM, HR Florida, HR Tampa, Leadership Tampa Alumni, Advisory Board Member with The Validation Institute, and the Vice Chair for the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value. She’s also a licensed healthcare agent in the State of Florida.

     Most importantly, Stephanie has a son named Jacob and a husband named Mike. They love going to Disney and Universal, seeing movies, going to the beach, swimming and spending time with their friends.