Senior level benefits professional with over 17 years of experience, including Fortune 500 and union and non-union environments. Extensive experience in all aspects of benefits management including strategy, plan design, compliance, budget, vendor selection and management, employee education, presentations to executive leadership and mergers and acquisitions. Change management leader employing strategies, initiatives and communication campaigns to create an environment and culture that supports positive health change and produce healthy employees.Effective HR partner who identifies, creates and executes initiatives through integrated program and communication plans designed to increase engagement and drive participation toward strategic business goals.