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Wendy Herndon is second vice president of Product Launch and Adoption at Aflac. With more than 20 years of experience in this field, she is responsible for providing the overall strategy for all product-related launch, promotional and educational activities.

As benefits analytics consultant, Mr. Austin is responsible for developing leading-edge analytic methodologies embedded within the Artemis reporting system. Mr. Austin also performs analyses and supports clients in the implementation of their integrated health, attendance and disability management programs.

Mr. Austin has over thirty years experience in the healthcare industry with the majority of the time focusing on Health and Productivity Management. Mr. Austin has previously worked at other data warehouse organizations (Nuna, OptumHealth and IBM Watson Health) providing similar client insights and product support. He also has experience working in benefits administration for two large employers in California: Pacific Gas & Electric (Senior Manager – Workforce Health) and Pacific Bell (Director – Health and Productivity).

Mr. Austin holds an MBA and Sloan Certificate in Hospital and Health Care Administration both from Cornell University and a BA in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley.

Emotional and physical wellness is a top-priority during COVID for the human resources director of First Carolina Bank.

Banks are raising pay for junior employees to prevent defections and ease discontent amid a jump in deals and an intensifying focus on work-life issues.

The restaurant company will host a virtual career fair on messaging app Discord as it looks to fill positions at the roughly 200 restaurants it expects to open in the U.S. in 2021.

Adding an array of wellness benefits to your offerings can help change the behaviors that increase the risk of health problems developing and encourage employees to take ownership of their health.

Understanding the jargon didn’t give me any more of a leg up than the average person in finding a quality specialist I could afford.

Kevin J. Armstrong is the General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Docupace.

Martin Cheek is a vice president and SmartSearch.

Ma. Contesa Pagulayan is a Program Specialist, Social Impact at Atlassian focusing on Remote Teams Engagement (prior to the pandemic!) and Engagement Data. Tesa is currently based in Manila. Outside of Atlassian, she is currently pursuing her graduate studies in Indigenous Psychology, focusing on Philippine Psychology at the University of the Philippines. She's been with Atlassian for four years now, spending two years within the Recruitment and People teams before moving to her current role.