BENEFITSDNA - Key Persons
Julie Selesnick has been practicing law since 2001, and has over twenty years of experience in complex dispute resolution forums representing plaintiffs and defendants. Julie has a wide variety of litigation, arbitration and mediation experience, including first chair jury and bench trial experience, representing some of the largest companies in the US as well as small companies, labor unions, individuals and classes of plaintiffs.
Justin Leader's career began at Novartis Pharmaceutical in 2008, transitioning to Morgan Stanley as a Financial Advisor in 2010, specializing in executive wealth, employer 401K and benefits plans. By 2011, Justin was recruited as VP of Business Development at Special Risk Insurance Services, consulting for many notable fortune 500 clients.
Kristen Miele graduated from the University of Michigan in May 2019 with a degree in Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics and a minor in Business. Driven by her passions for helping others and solving problems, she found her path to consulting. During her time at Michigan, she interned at Willis Towers Watson in the retirement practice, and then after graduation, she started at Aon full-time as a Health Solutions actuary. After spending the last 2.5 years at Aon, she joined the BenefitsDNA team, excited to continue making an impact in healthcare.
At Aon she gained experience in the healthcare industry, working mainly on accounts for large employers. Her role included the evaluation of plan design components, budget development, and the reserving of liabilities, looking for opportunities to improve benefits while maintaining costs. She believes that by developing solutions for benefits through an analytics lens, she can create more effective results that will help reform issues in healthcare.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Client Services
With 19 plus years of professional experience in the healthcare industry, Marissa has a broad perspective having worked clinically as a Registered Dental Hygienist for many years then she transitioned on to working for a large national insurance carrier. Marissa specializes in self-funded, complex, employer groups where she develops strategic benefit solutions and approaches for her clients. She is passionate in thinking outside the box in providing cost containment strategies, wellness programs and improving overall health. Marissa believes that education is paramount and essential to navigating the opaque nature of cost and quality in healthcare. She is attentive to advising her clients to develop a benefits strategy that is individualized and customized to meet the needs of the employer group but also mitigate costs.
Max Milano graduated from Villanova University in May 2021 with a degree in Finance and minors in Business Law and Management Information Systems. To add to his eclectic college experience, he found that he had a passion for consulting, specifically helping companies solve big-picture problems using innovative ideas. Max had two experiences during his undergraduate studies working with local businesses in a strategy consulting capacity through the Villanova School of Business. These opportunities led Max to continue down the consulting path to eventually end up with our team today.
Outside of the office, Max is an avid Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Dolphins fan (it doesn't make sense to us either). He is a proud sneakerhead and continues to add pairs to his current collection frequently. Max loves to travel and is always looking for new places around the globe to visit one day.
Mike is a health care actuary with significant experience in all aspects of employer health and welfare benefits with a specialty in PBM audit and procurement, provider capitation, data analytics, and medical management.
Mike held many senior leadership positions during the last 12 years at Arthur J. Gallagher including the formation of the National Pharmacy Practice. Prior to joining Gallagher, Mike was the founder of PatientCentrix in 1995. PatientCentrix was a medical management and data management provider which was sold to SHPS Healthcare in 2004.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Member Experience and Program Integrity
Paula Segal is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Human Resources from Jefferson University and a Master of Health Administration from St. Joseph's University. With over two decades of experience in healthcare benefits and point solutions, Paula has demonstrated skill in diverse areas such as employee assistance programs, advocacy, corporate wellness, medical tourism, direct contracting, and cost containment.
During her tenure at Health Advocate, her abilities were recognized when the Director of Operations selected her to work together in the creation and daily management of its quality assurance program. Later, she was chosen by senior leadership to play a pivotal role in the development and management of Health Advocate's first dedicated benefits' service center, tasked with supporting over 70,000 benefit eligible members of a Fortune 500 healthcare organization.