2012 sPonsor Profiles - Employer Healthcare & Benefits Congress

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2012 Congress sPeakers
John Casey is the Director of International Benefits at Google, Inc. He handles the development
and execution of global benefits strategy with a focus on infrastructure, wellness and innovation. He
is Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.
Jim Christenson, CEBS, Field Vice President, Allstate Benefits. Jim has been in the insurance
industry for 26 years, 22 of those years in workplace insurance benefits, Section 125 and employee
benefits communication. Jim obtained his Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) designation
from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall of 1998.
Scott B. Clark is the Risk and Benefits Officer of the Office of Risk and Benefits Management for the
Miami-Dade County School Board, the fourth largest school system in the nation with over 50,000
employees and 340,000 students. Mr. Clark’s responsibilities include the oversight of the District’s
Risk Management programs encompassing a budget with annual expenditures of approximately $400
million.
Benjamin J. Conley is an attorney in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He focuses his
practice on employee benefit plans. Mr. Conley has experience counseling clients on qualified
retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and executive compensation.
Dr. James B. Couch, J.D., FACPE, for 30 years as a practicing physician, attorney and senior
executive for leading health care, financial, legal and professional services organizations, has devoted
his career to quality and patient safety, especially where the practices and principles of medicine,
law, information technology, business and risk management merge. He co-authored an Electronic
Greta E. Cowart focuses her practice in the area of employee benefits, health and welfare plans,
executive compensation, and retirement plans. Ms. Cowart’s practice has included representing
numerous clients before the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Center
for Medicare and Medicaid Services as well as representing a large employer in a team audit of all of
its employee benefit plans.
Robert B. Davis is an employee benefits consultant specializing in employer-sponsored retirement
and health and welfare benefit plans. In addition to advising clients on a range of compliance-related
issues, he leads the Washington Rewards Policy Center of Excellence. The Center of Excellence
publishes a weekly analysis of legal and regulatory developments relating to employee benefits for
Deloitte practitioners and clients.
Scott Decker recently joined Cambia Health Solutions where he leads the Consumer Transparency
Business focused on developing the next generation of tools and solutions to help consumers
become empowered purchasers of healthcare services. Previously Mr. Decker served for three years
as President of NextGen Healthcare, a national leader in the development and delivery of electronic
health records and financial systems.