Chad Somers is president and CEO of Benefit Management. Under his leadership, the company has aggressively expanded both its national geographic and industry markets served and become the Midwest’s premier third-party administrator for self-funding health plans serving the full spectrum of commercial employer groups. Chad has spent more than 18 years in the industry and previously held leadership positions with ConAgra Foods and Shick USA.

Heather has been a key leader within Benefit Management since the company’s 1995 inception. As the senior vice president of operations, she fills many functional roles and works across multiple areas of focus, including claims, customer service, plan building, stop loss and new client and vendor integrations. Additionally, Heather oversees the development and implementation of new tools aimed at improving her team’s efficiency and accuracy while also developing the policies that govern their efforts.

Since 2008, Denise Wilkens has leveraged her visionary strategies for business growth and intrinsic leadership capabilities to excel in her role as Benefit Management’s senior vice president of accounting and human resources. Denise has executive oversight over all accounting, financial reporting and budgeting within Benefit Management and is also responsible for the financial management of multiple health plans. She has also created an internal culture of excellence, with multiple development and training opportunities available to employees and leaders.

Since 2005, Mike Minton has served as Benefit Management’s senior vice president of sales, marketing and client services, and as such has been essential in driving the company’s consistent growth and positive reception. Working directly with prospective clients and their consultants, Mike focuses on helping them understand both the basics of self-funding and stop-loss quotes along with Benefit Management’s ability to provide targeted, efficient solutions. Mike’s work ensures a robust and consistent pipeline and also aids greatly in client retention.

With over 30 years of experience as a senior healthcare executive, Jackie Leary brings indispensible knowledge of several key areas, including: strategic network development; creation of large provider networks for all provider and product types; and the development of provider contracting, negotiation and reimbursement strategies, including capitation, bundles and value-based models. As the senior vice president of payment transformation with Benefit Management, she is focused on realigning the healthcare financial model in a way that reimburses providers for the quality, outcomes and patient satisfaction they achieve.