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The Annual

Employee Health Care Conference - Chicago

Engagement, Cost Control, Outcomes ... can you have it all?

SEPTEMBER 24 - 25, 2026

MARRIOTT MARQUIS CHICAGO, CHICAGO

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Engagement, Cost Control, Outcomes ... can you have it all?

For over two decades, the Employee Health Care Conference has grown into the premier event for employers and vendors dedicated to redefining their health and benefits strategy. Year after year, this event delivers "world-class" employer case studies that will inspire, educate, and empower you to transform your employee health care programs.

Speakers

Alyssa Alsheimer Alyssa Alsheimer

VP of Marketing
Form Health

Bianca Altstadt Bianca Altstadt

Benefits Director
Best-One Tire & Service

Brock Anderson Brock Anderson

Head of Population Health Strategy
Function Health

Caitlin Ardrey Caitlin Ardrey

Senior Director, Fertility Program
Maven

Nelissa Arriaga Nelissa Arriaga

Senior Manager of Global Benefits
Celonis

Dorcas Attah Dorcas Attah

Senior Analyst, Benefits Data & Market Analytics
Mercedes-Benz USA

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Jess Beckwith

VP of Client Success
Reperio Health

Pieter Brauwers

Head of Global Health & Welfare
Abbott

Tanner Brunsdale

Director, Benefits and Mobility
Lyft

Desiree Cadle

Senior Global Benefits Analyst
Sprout Social

Chris Carey

CEO
Calm Health

Dr. Chris Cato

Chief Population Health Officer
Reach by Airrosti™

Paula Cerqueira MS, RDN

Sr. Director, Solutions Consulting- Medical Affair…
Hello Heart

Donna Church

Director, Health & Leave Benefits and Benefits Del…
GE Appliances, a Haier company

Amanda Conway, MS, RDN

Head of Enterprise Sales
Sword

Nathan Counts

Vice President, Total Rewards
Amtrak

Jennifer Courville

Senior VP Business Development
WIN

Sharon Cox

Benefit Services Manager
Texas Association of Counties

Kimberly Csan, CEBS

Corporate Director, Benefits Strategy & Engagement
HII

Rachel Davidson

Sr. Director, Neurobehavioral Health Service
Lyra Health

Patrick Deegan

Major Crimes Detective
Atlanta Police Department

Prabhat Dhar

Head of Enterprise
Superpower

Donna Dorsey

CHRO
Alight

Frank Dumont, MD, FACP

Executive Medical Director
Virta Health

Chris Ellis

CEO and Co-founder
Thatch

Emily Elwood

Senior Benefits Manager
KinderCare Learning Companies

Jennifer Finn

Senior Benefits Manager
Everest Global

Kate Fisher

Sr. Director, Total Rewards and Wellness
Cummins

Barbara Flitsch

Founder, Principal
AMP, LLC

Ron Fontanetta

President
RJF Strategic Advisory Consult…

Andrew Frank

Regional Director of Sales
Healthee

Christine Gallagher, MPAff

Associate Director for Research and Policy
STOP Obesity Alliance, Milken …

Shamim Gilliani

SVP of Client Success
Carrum Health

Wally Gomaa

Partner
SWFT Health

Aimee Greene

Senior Product Marketing Manager
Workday

Jerry Guerrero

Director, Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Roku

Matthew Hall

Benefits Strategy Manager
Koch

Christynne Helfrich, PT, DPT, OCS

Doctor of Physical Therapy
Hinge Health

Jay Helmer

Vice President, Employer and Strategic Alliances
KardiaComplete

Misi Holmberg, CEBS, CPSP

Director, Benefits
Panera

Stacie Hueller

Senior HR Director of Americas Benefits
Medtronic

Lindsay Hunter, FSA, MAAA

Midwest Large Market Leader, Health Solutions
Aon

Candace Jodice

Head of Benefits Strategy
Sword Health

Kimberly Jones

Director, Benefits & Leave Operations
Koch

Hyun Gon Jung (Gon)

Director, Global Health, Insurance, and Mobility B…
3M

Kristine Karnath

Group Vice President, Global Total Reward
Moog

Cathy Kenworthy

CEO
ConcieveAbilities

Kellie Keyes

Total Rewards Consultant
Mars

Kevin Knight

Chief Marketing Officer
Sidecar Health

Monica Ko

Managing Director, National Rx Solutions Leader
WTW

Jae Kullar

Director of Benefits
American Airlines

Rob LaHayne

Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer
Leap Health

Rebecca Liebman

CEO and Co-Founder
LearnLux

Jennifer Long

Vice President, Global Benefits
Everest Global

Jane Lyons

Senior Vice President, Customer Success
SmithRx

Imane Mabrouk

People Operations - Global Mobility and Scale
Clay

Borislava Marcheva

Head of Market Engagement
Red Cell

Gregg Mauro

Senior Fellow, Human Capital
The Conference Board

Kelly McDevitt

Program Director
The Conference Board

Julie Ann Merkel

Managing Director, Employee Experience
WTW

Stephanie Mester

Benefits Technology & Compliance Supervisor
Genuine McCarthy Enterprises

Bruce Monteith, CIC, CPIA, ARM, AAI

President & Managing Member
ProVision Health

Vivek Natarajan

Chicago Market Leader
WTW

Jack Nickel

Global Financial Wellness Program Manager
Amazon

Daniel O’Brien

Vice President of Product
Trase

Dr. Mary Odafe

Clinical & Scientific Affairs Liaison
Modern Health

Jackie Olliff

Chief Talent & Human Resources Officer
ApolloMD

Aileen Palmer

Head of Customer Operations
Benepass

Julie Paris

Global Wellness Program Sr. Manager
Akamai Technologies

Jason Parrott

Chief Growth Officer
Livez

Ami Patel, CCP, CSCP

Vice President, Global Total Rewards
Fortune Brands Innovations, In…

David Pawlowski

Chief Operating Officer
CuraLinc Healthcare

Bernardo Perez-Villa, MD, MSc

VP, Medical Affairs
Hello Heart

Cindy Perry

Senior Managing Director of National Benefits
PwC

Taryn Petronella

HR Director
FashionPass

Kate Phillips

Head of Global Benefits
Bank of America

Serena Robinson

Director of Benefits
Hyatt

Shannon Schafer

VP of Sales
Healthpilot

Renya Spak

Chief Growth Officer
Well

Tom Spann

CEO
Brightside

Josh Sturm

Chief Revenue Officer
Color

Leandro Tane

VP, Total Rewards
Swire Coca-Cola

Karla Thommen, MS, SHRM-SCP

Managing Director of People Operations
The Partners Group

Chris Tucker

Diathrive Health

Santosh Vallabhaneni

CEO & Co-Founder
Rovi Health

Cheryl Weber

Senior Manager, Benefits
Walgreens

Jakob Whitted

Global Benefits Manager
UPS

Kelsey Witmer

VP, Total Rewards and People Operations
Spring Health

Sarah Thomas Wyman

Director of Total Rewards
CoxHealth

Jennifer Young

Director of Benefits
Phillips 66

Maria Zou

Co-founder
Avenir AI

Tracy Zvenyach

Vice President of Advocacy and Research
Obesity Action Coalition

Cari Galivan

Director, B2B Marketing
Alivecor

Jane Riehl

Senior Director of Client Relationships
CuraLinc Healthcare

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Blueberry Pediatrics

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Cariloop

Carrot

Carrum Health

Cleo

Cleveland Clinic

Curalinc

eMed

Employer Market Scans / AMP, LLC

Empower

Form Health

Goodpath

Health Pilot

HGAN

Hinge Health

Journey

Kindbody

Lantern

Leap Health

LearnLux

Lilly

Modern Health

Nox Health

Oshi Health

Ovia Health

Pelago

Place

Pomelo Care

ProVision Health

Reach by Airrosti

Reperio Health

Root Functional Medicine

Segal

SelectDr

Sidecar Health

SmithRx

Spring Health

Summer

Summus

Superpower

Thatch

Virta Health

Vori Health

VSP

Wagmo

Well

WIN

Workday

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Why Executives Attend TCB Events

What Participants Say

I always bring back so much knowledge that I can utilize to my organization! — Victoria G. , American Medical Association

The content is so practical and applicable. Its real-world takeaways that we can immediately take back and work on. — Danel E. , Gardant

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Employee Health Care Conference - Chicago

Engagement, Cost Control, Outcomes ... can you have it all?