Keynote Speaker

MONICA ROTHGERY

Author and Keynote Speaker

From managing shifts at Taco Bell to making history as the first female Chief Operations Officer of KFC in the U.S., Monica has spent over 30 years in the restaurant industry, growing and inspiring those around her. She proudly became the first LGBTQ leader to ascend to the C-suite at Yum! Brands, one of the world's largest restaurant companies.

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David Jordan

Shareholder/Co-Chair, Hospitality Industry Group, Lockton

David B. Jordan is a preeminent class and complex litigation attorney, focused primarily on wage and hour, independent contractor and tip-related issues. His practice spans the continent, litigating complex matters from Alaska to Texas to Puerto Rico. He also litigates across all venues, including federal district and appellate courts, the United States Supreme Court, and in bet-the-company private arbitrations. 

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Geoff Rowson 

SVP of Consulting, Totem

Geoff Rowson leads Totem’s health plan strategy, providing expert guidance on plan design, vendor integration, clinical partnerships, pharmacy programs, and more. With a focus on delivering innovative solutions for Totem’s clients, Geoff ensures that Totem's health plans are well positioned to deliver better benefits at a lower cost.

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Jason Jeter 

Director, Rewards Advisory, Aon

Jason has over 15 years of compensation experience across private, public, and not-for-profit organizations. His consulting expertise includes job architecture, job leveling, job evaluation, competitive benchmarking, and more. Restaurant clients Jason has consulted for include McDonald’s, Torchy’s Tacos, In-N-Out Burger, Peet’s Coffee, and Amy’s Kitchen. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and an MBA. from the University of Maryland Global Campuses.

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Greg Hubbell

Senior VP, Aon

As a Health Solutions leader within the Cleveland office, Greg’s focus is assisting employers that want to develop, implement, and benefit from a business strategy that focuses on the relationship between improved employee health/productivity and organizational business results. At Aon, Greg helps clients in a variety of ways, primarily as it relates to human capital initiatives – within Talent, Retirement and Health & Welfare benefits. His expertise is based on many years of HR/Benefit-related experience, tied to strategic planning and broker-consulting services. He is also responsible for organizational growth through new-business initiatives and onboarding new clients to Aon.

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Rachel Silverman

Data Solutions & Product Strategy Leader, Aon

Rachel Silverman leads Data Solutions and Product Strategy for the Retail / e-Commerce and Healthcare sectors in Aon’s Human Capital practice and has over 25 years of experience as a workforce strategy and compensation professional. Rachel began her career at Accenture and has had a variety of both internal and external roles, which included a focus on incentive pay and salary structure design, defining career frameworks, developing rewards strategies, and creating and implementing benchmarking programs.

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Regan Stanley 

Senior Account Executive, Take Command

Regan comes with a background in the employee benefits health care industry. After finishing her business degree at the University of Sioux falls, South Dakota, she started her career at one of the largest privately-owned risk management firms, Holmes Murphy & Associates. Regan joined the employee benefits account management team and later moved into a new-hire training role.

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Angie Woody 

Director of Human Resources, Leblon Franchising Holdings, LLC, d/b/a Popeyes

Angie Woody is the Director of Human Resources at Leblon Franchising Holdings LLC, where she oversees HR strategy and benefits administration for a team of 500 Popeyes employees. Based in Charlotte, Angie brings more than a decade of HR experience, with a strong focus on employee relations, benefits management, and organizational development.

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Danielle Winieicki

Director, Business Development, Centene/Ambetter

Danielle Winiecki has 15 years of experience in group benefits, benefits administration and developing solutions to meet employee’s healthcare needs. As a Director of Business Development for ICHRA at Ambetter Health she's passionate about ICHRA and how it can transform the way healthcare is provided to employees.