Drew Crouch
Director  
Buck Consultants at Xerox

Drew's primary responsibility is educating clients on legislative developments in Congress that may affect employee benefits and employment law. He has experience in private practice,public policy and regulatory work. He had served as ERISA counsel for the Democratic staff of the House Ways and Means Committee. He's contributed to significant legislation such as the Affordable Care Act of 2010, the Pension Relief Act of 2010 and technical corrections for the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Earlier, he worked for the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, where his primary responsibilities included drafting regulatory guidance. He began his career as an associate with a large Washington DC law firm in the employee benefits practice. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Texas Christian University, a law degree from Southern Methodist University, and a master of laws degree in taxation from New York University.

Kathryn (Katy) Spangler
Senior Vice President of Health Policy  
American Benefits Council

Katy directs the development and advocacy of Washington D.C. trade group's health policy priorities. The council represents mainly Fortune 500 companies that either sponsor or administer health and retirement benefits for more than 100 million workers. She travels across the U.S. speaking about health care issues affecting employers. Also, she serves on the Advisory Board to The University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design. Previously, she served as deputy health policy director of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee during the health care reform debate. In addition to being an expert on health insurance issues and health insurance exchanges, she has a deep background in health information technology issues. She was the primary drafter of the first health information technology bill to pass the U.S. Senate. Most recently, she co-founded VBID Health, a consulting company, and served as a senior advisor to the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Tulsa.

Bruce Elliott  
Benefits and Compensation Manager  
Society for Human Resource Management

Bruce has worked in senior benefits and compensation roles at the director and vice president level in a career spanning more than 20 years. He came to SHRM with domestic and international experience, including a four-year assignment in the United Kingdom. He has focused on developing, implementing and managing domestic and international compensation and benefit programs for a number of companies including EADS North America, Experian, Western Union/First Data Corporation, Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS and Standard and Poors/McGraw-Hill. He holds a bachelor's degree in business and psychology from Boston College, a master's in industrial and organizational psychology from Springfield College. He's a Ph.D. candidate at George Washington University.

WEBINAR MODERATOR:

Matt Dunning  
Associate Editor  
Business Insurance

Moderator Matt Dunning is an associate editor of Business Insurance, based in New York, and reports on employee benefits, among other topics.