Lunch & Learn | Park Ridge, IL
Event Date: April 13, 2023
Date | Thursday, April 13, 2023
Time | 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM (Registration from 11:30AM-12PM)
Location | Park Ridge Country Club | Park Ridge, IL 60068
Rising healthcare costs and the pressure to maintain enhanced benefits continues to provide challenges to employers. Knowledge is power. Join us for our 2nd annual Lunch & Learn at Park Ridge Country Club on April 13th to look at the forces that drive costs and the best practices and strategies to help control it. This event is SHRM and HRCI approved for one hour of credit.
Agenda
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Welcome and Registration
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Lunch
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Knowledge is Power, Lowering Your Healthcare Costs
Presenters | Mike Johns, Vice President, Benefits, Cottingham & Butler and Heather Acerra, Benefits Consultant, Cottingham & Butler
In today’s employment environment, the pressure to maintain or enhance benefits paired with rising healthcare costs is a daunting challenge to employers. Knowledge is power and the first step in the practice of lowering your healthcare costs. Join us as we look at the forces that drive cost, and ultimately the best practices and strategies to help control it.
Presenters
 Heather Acerra Benefits Consultant Cottingham & Butler |
Heather Acerra has over twenty years of Human Resource experience including compensation and benefits consulting, staffing and employee engagement, and leadership of human resources teams in industries from insurance to industrial labor outsourcing. Heather is passionate about helping leaders create positive work cultures and high-performing teams. She has had much success implementing programs to reduce turnover and enhance employee engagement. |
 Mike Johns Vice President, Benefits Cottingham & Butler |
Mike Johns is a Vice President and Service Director for C&B’s Employee Benefits Practice. In this role, Mike manages and supports a team of benefits consultants, marketers, and business/pharmacy analysts and oversees the service they deliver to C&B clients. Throughout his 10 year career at C&B, Mike has gained tremendous acumen for the transactional aspects of insurance placement. Mike has supported the team in providing insights and analysis on hundreds of challenging client renewals with various fully-insured and self-funded carriers. Mike’s vast experience in is well utilized in helping with renewal navigation, cost mitigation, and ongoing strategy; which assists the team’s procurement of affordable insurance coverage for C&B clients. |
Questions?
If you have any questions please reach out to Grace Weimerskirch at gweimerskirch@cottinghambutler.com
