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Mary Nell Billings

Mary Nell Billings is director of benefits, Americas, for Hilton Worldwide, headquartered in McLean, Va. She holds both a BBA and MBA in accounting and finance from the University of Memphis. She can be reached at MaryNell.Billings@hilton.com.

Nancy L. Bolton

Nancy L. Bolton is the director of risk management for the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners in West Palm Beach, Fla. Having worked as a risk manager in the local government sector for nearly a decade, she is responsible for the purchase and management of health insurance, among other traditional risk management duties.

Kate Bongiovanni

Kate Bongiovanni is an associate in the tax section of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP. She practices in employee benefits law, with a specific concentration in health and welfare matters, including compliance with health care reform legislation. She can be reached at kbongiovanni@sgrlaw.com.

Ed Bray

Ed Bray, J.D., is director of compliance for Burnham Benefits Insurance Services.. He helps corporate clients establish and maintain regulatory compliance for their health and welfare benefits plans. He can be reached at bray@burnhambenefits.com.

Cindy Bucher

Cindy Bucher is the benefits and compensation manager for a Midwestern financial services company and has been in her current role since 2004. She and her staff serve more than 2,500 active employees and 650 retirees, as well as their families. She can be reached at cindy1967lou@aol.com.

Leanne Fosbre

Leanne Fosbre is a senior summary plan description writer with HighRoads, an HR IT consulting company headquartered in Woburn, Mass. She partners with clients’ vendors and legal counsel to create accurate, user-friendly and current summary plan documents. Leanne is a certified employee benefits specialist and an ISCEBS Fellow. She can be reached at lfosbre@highroads.com.

Robert C. Lawton

Robert C. Lawton heads the Graystone Consulting retirement plan advisory group in Madison, Wis. Graystone Consulting is a business of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and provides investment advisory services to corporations, nonprofits, endowments and individuals. He can be reached at robert.lawton@morganstanleygraystone.com.

Betty Long

Betty Long is a registered nurse who in 2003 founded Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates (www.guardiannurses.com) a health care advocacy firm that has helped thousands of patients navigate the health care system.

Laurie S. Miller

Laurie S. Miller is president of Miller, Buettner & Parrot, Inc., an employee benefits consulting firm in Rockford, Ill. The firm consults with over 50 public entities and also has a large corporate practice. She holds an MBA from Northern Illinois University and a BA from Eastern Illinois University. She can be reached at lmiller@mbbenefits.net.

Frank Palmieri

Frank Palmieri is an employee benefits attorney with Palmieri & Eisenberg in Princeton, N.J., and a fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. Contact him at fpalmieri@p-ebenefitslaw.com.

Shana Sweeney

Contributing Editor Shana Sweeney is a self-proclaimed geek and political junkie with degrees in politics and human resources. She is an SPHR with more than a decade of experience working in various industries, including high-tech, utilities, manufacturing and health insurance. She can be reached at calshana@gmail.com.

Andrew Sykes

Andrew Sykes is chairman of Health at Work. He is a qualified actuary, a licensed health insurance broker, an HIAA managed health professional and an accomplished speaker on the topic of consumer-directed health care and wellness. He can be reached at andrew@healthatwork.com.

Christy Yaccarino

Christy Yaccarino is a benefits manager for Ambrose Employer Group in New York City. She can be reached at christy.yaccarino@ambrosegroup.com.

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