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George Johnson is founder and managing director of George Johnson & Company, headquartered in Detroit with an office in Chicago. He has more than two decades of experience in employee benefit plan audits for major corporations and nonprofit organizations. George Johnson & Company is an independent member of the BDO Alliance USA.

Donna Smith has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, concentrating on payor and claim technology solutions. With this experience, Donna brings a wealth of knowledge to her role. Prior to joining FAIR Health, she was an independent consultant to a variety of entities serving the healthcare and benefits industry, including third-party administrators, health plans and other companies serving the health insurance payor and self-funded employer markets. Consulting services concentrated on marketing, sales and organizational strategic planning.\nEarlier in her career, Donna served as Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing for a technology company, SBPA Systems which she retained the role when the company was acquired by Sungard, a leading technology and services provider of business process automation, workflow and reporting tools to the employee benefits industry.\nIn addition to her positions at SBPA System and Sungard, Donna has been an active member in several key industry associations including Self-Insured Institute of America (SIIA), Texas Association of Benefit Plan administrators (TABA), Health Care Administrators Association (HCAA), America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP, also previously known as HIAA) by serving in many capacities including participation in workshops, task work groups, committees and Board of Director appointment with SIIA.

Bill Heffernan, MS, CEAP, is co-founder of Chicago-based ERS, a national provider of integrated Employee\/Member Assistance Programs (EAP\/MAP), comprehensive training and consultation services, work\/life services and drug-free workplace policy development.  ERS provides services to client companies ranging in size from 10 to 25,000 employees, and spanning industries including health care, insurance, real estate, legal services, financial services, municipal government, manufacturing, transportation, construction and labor unions.  (www.ers-eap.com)

Gary Cohen, LCSW, CEAP is co-founder of Chicago-based ERS, a national provider of integrated Employee\/Member Assistance Programs (EAP\/MAP), comprehensive training and consultation services, work\/life services and drug-free workplace policy development. ERS provides services to client companies ranging in size from 10 to 25,000 employees, and spanning industries including health care, insurance, real estate, legal services, financial services, municipal government, manufacturing, transportation, construction and labor unions.  (www.ers-eap.com)

Veer Gidwaney is the Founder and CEO of Brella Insurance. Previously, he was Co-founder and CEO of Maxwell Health, which was acquired by Sun Life in 2018.  Maxwell Health was ranked #100 on Deloitte's 2017 Technology Fast 500 list.  Veer is a proven entrepreneur and insurance innovator whose energy and experience have long been devoted to solving the problems of our time. Veer lives with his family in the greater New York City area. 

Cindi Van Meir has more than a decade of experience creating technology products for human resource departments and their employees. As a product manager at Benefitfocus, she leads cross-functional teams of user experience, engineering, and product management to design and develop products that are serving 25 million consumers.

Samuel Baldwin, CFP\nSamuel is vice president of Spencer Financial, LLC located in historic Sudbury, Massachusetts. The Spencer Financial team of experienced professionals is dedicated to helping clients create a roadmap to a secure retirement. Sam is a certified financial planner™ professional and an investment advisor representative of Signator Investors, Inc. He is a eight-year member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) with four Court of the Table qualifications.