The Council of Employee Benefits Executives Advisory Committee (CEBE)

THE COUNCIL OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS EXECUTIVES ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CEBE)

Formed in 2001, The Council of Employee Benefits Executives (CEBE) serves to advise The Council’s leadership on the opportunities and challenges faced by the membership’s employee benefits businesses. CEBE has three primary responsibilities:

Informing and influencing The Council’s benefits policy agenda
Providing perspective on employee benefits market trends and developments to support Council intel provided to the wider membership and industry stakeholders
Steering the ever-evolving annual Employee Benefits Leadership Forum (EBLF)

For more information, download the CEBE Advisory Committee requirements.

Questions/Comments? Contact Katie King at katie.king@ciab.com.

2022-2024 OFFICERS

Andy Vetor

CEBE Chair

PRESIDENT - BENEFITS CONSULTING, CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER
MJ INSURANCE

Lisa Hawker

CEBE Vice Chair

PRESIDENT - EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OPERATIONS
HYLANT

CEBE Advisory Committee Members


Taryn Bacon Vice President, Organic Growth Interwest Insurance Services	James Bernstein Partner, US Health and Benefits \| Upper Central Market Growth Leader Mercer
Shannon Demaree CVP, People Solutions Resource Group Practice Leader Lockton, Inc.	Riva Dumeny COO, Group Benefits Division Amwins Group Benefits
Sarah Friend President The Partners Group	Kristi Gjellum Executive Vice President, National Client Experience & Partnership Leader IMA Financial Group
Kate Grangard Managing Director – National Public Entities Practice Gehring Group, Inc.	Brian Hirko Vice President, National Segment Leader, Employee Benefits Highstreet Partners
Joe Lennert Senior Vice President, Employee Benefits Brokerage Operations Leader McGriff Insurance	Steffan Moody Vice President, Middle Market Practice Leader Oswald Companies
Andrew Neary CEO Marsh McLennan Agency East	John Nelson Co-CEO Warner Pacific Insurance Services, Inc.
Ken Olson Division President The Horton Group	Kevin Overbey President, Alliant Employee Benefits Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
Brynn Nordmark President, Employee Benefits Midwest & Central Region HUB International	Marc Paletta Senior Vice President & COO, Employee Benefits Division-Practice Leader Heffernan Insurance Brokers
Nicole Pfeiffer Vice President, Employee Benefits Cottingham & Butler, Inc	Sally Prather National Employee Benefits Leader Alera Group
Chris Powers Senior Vice President, Employee Benefits/East Region Practice Leader Risk Strategies	Jacque Roth CEBE CouncilPAC Co-Chair President of Employee Benefits Bolton, an IMA Company
Matt Stadler CEBE CouncilPAC Co-Chair President & CEO Marsh McLennan Agency Southwest	Rich Stephens U.S. Chief Broking Officer, Senior Vice President, Health Solutions Aon
Andrea Trudeau EVP, Founding Principal Newfront	Rich Twietmeyer Partner and Senior Executive Vice President, Employee Benefits M3 Insurance
Amy Underwood Director of Sales, Employee Benefits Cadence Insurance

Active Distinguished Past Chairs


Roderick Cruickshank Executive Chairman The Partners Group	Kerry Finnegan Senior Partner, Global Business Solutions, Carrier Relations, Placement & Strategy Mercer Health and Benefits
Peter Gruenberg EVP OneDigital	Robert J. Klonk CEO Oswald Companies
Nancy M. Mellard EVP and General Counsel CBIZ Insurance Services, Inc.	Robert N. Munao EVP/Director Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
Christopher J. Nadeau Regional EVP, North Atlantic Gallagher	Jonathan M. Trevisan SVP, Employee Benefits Practice Leader McGriff Insurance Services