2025 Benefit Summit
The Refreshed Benefit Summit has a new name:
Medicare & Employee Benefits Insights Conference
With fresh, in-demand content designed for professionals across every corner of our industry, we’ve created an energizing dual-track format—Medicare and Employee Benefits—to help you maximize your time and dive into the topics that matter most to your career growth.
Friday, April 25, 2025
Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location:
Corewell Health Place, Building A
100 Corewell Drive, NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Registration has been closed at this time. Please contact Cindy Ray at 517-267-2204, for late registration availability.
BENEFITS TRACK AGENDA –
8:00 AM Registration
8:45 AM Welcome from NABIP – Michigan President Jen Seman
9:00 AM Opening Keynote: What You’re Missing from Your Membership: Joint Session – Suzy Alberts – Comprehensive Benefits, Inc. and Valerie Cramer – HealthBridge
9:30 AM Q4 No More: Digesting One of the Busiest Open Enrollment Seasons in Recent History: Chrissie Gonzales – HUB International and Braydon Foley – Priority Health – Moderated by Brandon Erhart, BCBSM
10:45 AM Pharmacist Reactions to Prescription Drug Program Changes: Joint session – Connor Reidy, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Group) and Brittany Beeler, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Medicare) – Priority Health
11:45 AM Sales and Marketing with Canva – Easily harness the power of graphic design to increase sales: Joint session – Danielle King – Small Business Association of Michigan
12:15 PM Lunch with vendors
1:15 PM Innovations in Healthcare Series, Session 1: Nathan Barr – Health Bar and Jawad Arshad – WoW Health Solutions
2:00 PM Innovations in Healthcare Series, Session 2: BAMF Nuclear Medicine: Jeremiah Johns, VP Medical Affairs
3:00 PM Legislative Updates and Highlights from NABIP Cap-Con – Joint Session: Cathy Cooper and Ryan Burtka
3:30 PM Closing Keynote: Fearless Career Decision-Making: Joint Session – Kristin Ray – Med-Care Concierge Services
4:00 PM Closing Remarks – Jen Seman
MEDICARE TRACK AGENDA –
8:00 AM Registration
8:45 AM Welcome from NABIP – Michigan President Jen Seman
9:00 AM Opening Keynote: What You’re Missing from Your Membership: Suzy Alberts – Comprehensive Benefits, Inc. and Valerie Cramer – HealthBridge
9:30 AM Using AI to sell MA – Ashley Keimach, formerly Microsoft
10:45 AM Pharmacist Reactions to Prescription Drug Program Changes: Joint session – Connor Reidy, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Group) and Brittany Beeler, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Medicare) – Priority Health
11:45 AM Sales and Marketing with Canva – Easily harness the power of graphic design to increase sales: Joint Session – Danielle King, Small Business Association of Michigan
12:15 PM Lunch with vendors
1:15 PM AEP 2025 Review Panel: Scott Norman – Priority Health, Dustin Vanduine – Rick Young Insurance, Lauren Vandlen – BeneGuides Moderator: Yoshio Chandler – HAP
2:00 PM Charting (the rest of) Your Career Path: What Lines of Business Could Be Your Key to Financial Success, and Why You Should Add Them Now! Jason McClellan, Insurance Advisors Direct
3:00 PM Legislative Updates and Highlights from NABIP Cap-Con: Joint Session – Cathy Cooper and Ryan Burtka-
3:30 PM Closing Keynote: Fearless Career Decision-Making: Kristin Ray – Med-Care Concierge Services
4:00 PM Closing Remarks – Jen Seman