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Lena is a startup veteran with demonstrated expertise in propelling business growth for growth-stage fintech companies. In her role as Chief Revenue Officer at leading life insurance technology company Bestow, Lena Chukhno oversees B2B partnership growth for advisor, embedded and enterprise partners. Companies of every size — from startups to public companies — leverage Bestow's software to launch and sell digital life insurance and improve efficiency and profitability by managing the business online.

Prior to joining Bestow, Lena had a combined role as the General Manager of Student Loan Refinancing and Head of Strategy at Earnest, a mission-driven fintech in San Francisco. Under her leadership, Earnest grew to become the market leader in the education financing space.

Previously, she led business development and growth strategy for the Multi-Asset Solutions division at JPMorgan and spent time at McKinsey & Company in management consulting.

A native of Ukraine, Lena earned bachelor's and master's degrees in finance from Kyiv National Economic University, and an MBA from INSEAD.

It's on people practitioners to give those early in their careers the same meaningful development opportunities we were afforded in our own careers, reinvented in the context of hybrid work.

The free market must encourage higher cost providers to lower their prices, or those with poorer outcomes to improve by adopting best practices.

Amana Lilley, CPA, SHRM-CP, PHR, is a consultant at Rosenberg Associates. She began her career in public accounting working in both audit and tax. She spent over five years working with a variety of clients ranging from real estate partnerships to ultra-high net-worth individuals. In 2019, she pivoted her career to assist the profession as a human resource professional focusing on a wide range of areas including talent management, learning and development and general compliance. Today she works with progressive CPA firm leaders and teams on projects such as partner compensation, partner agreements, workshops, strategic retreat facilitation and HR consulting. She is a graduate of Portland State University.

By incorporating company values with benefit offerings, organizations can create a more powerful impact on potential and current employees.

Our third annual celebration will recognize industry leaders across the HR and benefits spaces. Who deserves a nod?

Amy Halliburton recently joined the insurance company as their new chief human resource officer. She shares her plans for the role and the biggest challenges for HR in 2023.

The list price for non-branded Insulin Lispro Injection will be cut to $25 a vial in May, while some Humalog and Humulin doses will be slashed 70% in the fourth quarter.