healthcare is delivered-putting patients first and removing the barriers that standard healthcare systems have in place. After seeing first-hand how corrupt and convoluted healthcare can be, she wanted to find another way to “do” healthcare for her family. She stumbled upon Solstice Health and never looked back.
Session #2: Secure Act - What's New, What's the Same, and How it Impacts You!
In an ever-changing employee benefit landscape, rules and regulation continue to change at a faster pace than we have seen over the last 40 years. Setting Every Community Up for Retirement (The Secure Act) has several updates that will impact plan sponsors for years to come. Learn what these changes are and how to build a modern retirement plan.
Learning Objectives
- History of retirement plans and how we got to where we are today
- What is driving interest
- New changes over the last 5 years
- How this impacts plan sponsors in 2026 and beyond
Meet the Speaker
John focuses on working with retirement plans of all sizes to help bring plan success to both the plan sponsor and their participants. During his 18-year advisory career, he has seen the retirement plan industry go through both positive and negative changes, which provides perspective to the current changes affecting plans sponsors.
Additionally, John specializes in working with business owners and executives to help build strategic wealth management strategies tailored to the unique needs of these leadership groups.
Currently John holds the following designations: Accredited Investment Fiduciary® and is a Certified Financial Planner®.
Session #3: When More Isn't Better: Closing the Total Rewards Perception Gap
Why do Total Rewards solutions fail to land, even when we’re spending more than ever, and what actually closes that gap? It comes down to three things: simplifying what we offer, focusing on what employees actually experience, and recognizing that managers are the real delivery system.
Learning Objectives
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Identify the key drivers of the Total Rewards perception gap
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Evaluate opportunities to simplify Total Rewards
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Assess the role of managers as the primary delivery mechanism for Total Rewards
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Apply practical Total Rewards decision filters to determine whether programs will be noticed, clearly understood, and sustainable for the organization
Meet the Speaker
Kate Iloncaie is a Senior Benefits and Compensation Manager for the Americas at INNIO, where she supports employees across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Latin America. With over 11 years of experience in benefits and compensation, on both the employer side and in broker and consulting roles, Kate brings a practical, real‑world perspective to Total Rewards. She enjoys helping organizations cut through complexity, make rewards easier to understand, and equip leaders to have better conversations about pay and benefits. Kate is especially passionate about ensuring employees truly understand and feel the value of the rewards offered to them.
All sessions are pending HRCI & SHRM Certification. Stay Tuned!
