This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features my friend, Rockstar Erin Issac, President/CEO & Founder of Joy Benefits, out of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area. We dive right into our conversation, talking about how and why she created her own agency after leaving a large “everything in house” company where competing priorities kept her from giving the service she wanted. …
BENEFITS AT WORK With Stephanie Schomer
This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features Rockstar Stephanie Schomer, Editor-In-Chief of Employee Benefit News at Arizent, out of New York City. We dive right into our interview with Stephanie talking about how she came to be the Editor-In-Chief of Employee Benefit News and why it’s the best job in journalism. We then discuss company culture, navigating the remote vs …
Driven Little Shit with Chelsea Ryckis
This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features Rockstar Chelsea Ryckis, President & Founder of Ethos Benefits & President of Ladies Executive Golf Society Orlando out of the Orlando, Florida area. We dive right into this episode with Chelsea talking about working with her husband, growing up playing sports and how that sent her to college on a D1 scholarship, and …
Ellevating Women’s Leadership with Cerrina Jensen
This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features my longtime friend, rockstar Cerrina Jensen, Co-founder of the Ellevate Foundation and Benefits Consultant with Solv Independent Insurance Associates out of the Greater Sacramento, California area. We dive right into our episode with Cerrina detailing how getting laid off from a former company lead to her career in employee benefits, specializing in micro-groups. …
Innovation Through Collaboration with Kelly Fristoe
This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features rockstar Kelly Fristoe, Healthinsurologist & President of NABIP, of out of the Greater Wichita Falls, Texas area. We dive right into our interview with Kelly talking about his start in the industry via a shady, though familiar, newspaper ad and what caused him to specialize in what he calls being a “Healthinsurologist”. As …
2023 BenefitsPRO Broker of the Year Top 5 Finalist: Dan LaBroad
This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features my good friend, rockstar Dan LaBroad, CEO of Ovation Health & Life Services of out of Plano, Texas. Dan opens with telling us how he deleted the email telling him he was a BenefitsPRO Broker of the Year Top 5 Finalist and how he resisted joining the Mastermind group officially, before learning how …
2023 BenefitsPRO Broker of the Year Top 5 Finalist: Jenni Bickerstaff
This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features rockstar Jenni Bickerstaff, Senior Partner/ SVP of Employee Benefits at AHT Insurance of out of the Northern Virginia area. We dive straight into our episode talking about being recognized at a BenefitsPRO Broker of the Year Top 5 Finalist and her work to be a mentor for others. She gets into the challenges …
2023 BenefitsPRO Broker of the Year Top 5 Finalist: Bryce Heinbaugh
This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features rockstar Bryce Heinbaugh, CEO/Managing Partner of IEN Risk Management Consultants and President of Concierge Nurse Navigators out of the Greater Cleveland, Ohio area. We dive straight into our episode with how Bryce got into the insurance industry while recovering from a major medical event, as a way to find health insurance for himself …
Sneak Peeks Of The 2023 BenefitsPRO Broker Expo with Paul Wilson
This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features rockstar Paul Wilson, Editor-In-Chief of BenefitsPRO Magazine out of the Denver, Colorado area. Join our discussion about how Paul transformed his love of literature and writing as a kid into a career within the benefits industry, with the magazine BenefitsPRO. He detailed how they started out as ‘Benefits Selling Magazine’ and rebranded with …
mAXIMizing Benefits in GovCon – with Jim Campbell and Patrick Moore
This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features dual rockstars of the GovCon world; Jim Campbell, CEO of AXIM and TrUcare out of the Las Vegas area and Patrick Moore, President of AXIM and Vice President of TruCare out of the Greater Chicago area. We have a double hitter this week, and jump right into our conversation with how both …