Event Details

Our Speaker: Heather Acerra, Employee Benefits Consultant, Cottingham & Butler

Program Summary:
Wellness Programs have progressed well beyond biometric screenings to include new technologies and innovations which contribute to employee health, wellbeing and engagement.  This program will focus on creative ways to enhance your current program as well as discuss some of the latest discoveries in wellness for your own personal well-being.

Key Takeaways include:

• Creative ideas to engage employees in wellness that won’t break the bank
• The difference between value of investment and return on investment when it comes to wellness programming
• An understanding of how technology is impacting wellness
• How tax advantaged dollars can be used for wellness

Speaker BIO: 
Heather Acerra is a group benefits consultant and small business owner.  She has over twenty years of human resources leadership experience including compensation and benefits consulting, staffing and employee engagement, and training and organizational development. Heather is passionate helping employers design plans to attract and retain employees in a cost-effective manner.  In her roles as College Relations Chair on the HRA of Greater Oak Brook Board and ILSHRM College Relations Director, she enjoys helping college students learn about the disciplines of human resources and benefits.  Heather and her husband invented an award-winning educational toy called Lux Blox. Founding a small business which manufactures and distributes domestically and internationally has provided her with first-hand experience of the challenges and excitement of today’s economy.