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Shannon Duncan, a licensed financial adviser, has spent almost 20 years in the retirement plan industry helping plan sponsors meet the goals for their participants, as well as working directly with participants to help them understand the importance of saving for their future. At blooom, Shannon works in business development and marketing.

Jim O’Connell is a compliance analyst at Ceridian and Washington, D.C. veteran. He blogs about upcoming HR legislation, tax policy changes, employment law and compliance issues that affect employers, including health care reform, employee benefits, FLSA, employment taxes and more. With more than 35 years of experience in federal legislative and regulatory affairs, O’Connell focuses on HR and payroll policy issues, keeping customers informed about fast-changing and complex compliance regulations and workforce trends. He has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., specializing in global business-government relations. O’Connell has been with Ceridian since 1982.Before joining Ceridian, he served in the U.S. Senate as chief legislative assistant to New York Senator Jacob K. Javits and later with Connecticut Senator Lowell P. Weicker. O’Connell holds a Ph.D. in economics from New York’s Fordham University.

Lammers focuses his practice in counseling employers on the plan design, implementation, administration and compliance issues affecting all types of employee benefit plans, including but not limited to defined contribution and defined benefit pension plans, health and welfare benefit plans, ESOP's, and deferred compensation agreements.

Mark Stevens is a partner and managing director in the Baltimore office of Snowden Lane Partners.

Philip B. (“Phil”) Phillips is a litigation partner with Foley & Lardner LLP (“Foley”) and chair of the firm’s Litigation Department in Detroit. He is a member of the Labor & Employment Practice and Automotive Industry Team, and also serves as the professional responsibility partner for Foley’s Detroit office.

Glenn Elliott is Founder and CEO of Reward Gateway, a provider of employee engagement technology. Reward Gateway has helped more than 1,100 companies including IBM, American Express and Samsung to attract, engage and retain the best employees. The company’s products power employee communications, employee recognition, and employee benefits through a single employer-branded hub called SmartHub®.

Andrea Hak works as a content writer at Impraise, a Web-based and mobile solution for actionable, real-time feedback at work.

Anna Turman is chief operating officer and CIO at Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services, located in Chadron, Neb.

John Schifino is a trial and appellate lawyer at Burr & Forman LLP (Tampa, Fla.) experienced in handling a diverse range of business litigation matters, including labor and employment cases. He has served as lead counsel in numerous jury and bench trials, and has represented municipalities, manufacturers and recyclers, large restaurant franchisees, physician practice groups, large private prison service providers, large food and beverage distributors, private securities firms, real estate developers and other businesses.

Meg Ferrero is Vice President, Assistant General Counsel for ADP’s Major Accounts Division in Parsippany, New Jersey. Ms. Ferrero leads the Legal and Compliance teams for the Major Accounts Division and Canada. Prior to joining ADP in 2009, Ms. Ferrero practiced law at the largest Hispanic-owned community bank in the US and with law firms in Miami, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has exclusively represented management in all areas of employment law, contracts negotiations, real estate matters, and general management. Ms. Ferrero has extensive experience providing compliance guidance, business training and advice on HR, benefits, payroll and Health Care Reform compliance. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and her law and MBA degrees from Stetson University College of Law.