Our
Company
Established in 1993 Alliance
Benefits & Compensation, LLC is a Baltimore/Washington
based benefits company which offers a full range of group products
and services to meet customer needs. We provide plan information
to employers and organizations at no direct cost. In addition, we
represent and intervene with plan providers on our customer’s
behalf. Products & services that we offer include, but are not
limited to:
- Medical Plans
- Life and AD&D
Plans
- Disability Plans
- Dental Plans
- Vision Plans
- Qualified Retirement
Plans
- Section 125 Plans
and other flex plans
- Long Term Care Insurance
- Pre-paid Legal Plans
& other benefit plans
- COBRA & HIPAA
Administration
Our main objective is
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. We work together with customers
in order to achieve this goal. First, we work with the customer
to assess their medical needs and objectives. Then we compile data
on benefit products from numerous insurance carriers to create the
BEST possible group benefits program with the most value. Last but
probably the most important, we provide exceptional service to our
customers. Our customers look to us for our creativity, our knowledge
of compliance issue and innovation in solving employee benefits
and compensation needs.
With every customer,
we . . .
- Review plan designs
and benefit objectives
- Evaluate the accountability
and validity of plan provider’s annual (renewal) increases.
- Bid and prepare alternatives
to current plans
- Conduct employee focus
meetings
- Provide on-site enrollment
meetings
- Resolve claims problems
with plan providers
Our Principals
Robert A. Cohen,
MHSA
- Over 20 years experience
as a consultant and specialist in health care & employee benefits
- BA in Communications,
M.Ed. in Human Resources Development from the University of Maryland;
Masters in
- Hospital and Health
Services Admin. from Central Michigan University
- Board Member of the
Network to Improve Community Health (NICH)
- Advisory Board to
CareFirst BCBS and United Health Care
- MD Health Care Coalition
Board Director & Chairman of Managed Care
- Author
of The Buyer's Guide to Managed Care
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Marcia Friedman
- Managing Consultant
with Trigon and Senior Marketing Executive with Blue Cross/Blue
Shield Illinois
- Owned an insurance agency
for 10 years specializing in employee benefits
- Senior Account Executive
for the largest third party administrator in the country
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John Lefkowits, Ph.D.
- Co-founder multidisciplinary
health care practice
- Clinical Faculty - University
of Maryland Medical School; George Washington University
- Board of Advisors -
Howard County neoTech Incubator
- Board of Directors -
Columbia Association Medical Advisory Board; STARR Center
- Doctorate in clinical
psychology; licensed psychologist in Maryland
- Former sports psychologist
for University of Maryland Sports Medicine
- Regular contributor
to Howard County Business Journal
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Stephanie D. Katz, CPC,
QPA
- Ms. Katz has over
eighteen years experience in the design, implementation and administration
of employee benefit programs
- She has worked for
a variety of firms including: ADP Benefit Services, T. Rowe Price,
Ernst & Young and Coopers & Lybrand
- Ms. Katz received
a BA in Psychology from Brandeis University and an MBA with a
concentration in Insurance from The Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania. Also, she is a Certified Pension Consultant,
a Qualified Pension Administrator and a Resident Broker for Life/Accident
and Health
- Over the years, she
has provided a full range of defined contribution, defined benefit
and health and welfare consulting services; designed and delivered
training seminars; generated a variety of new business; assisted
with managing the practices; prepared firm publications; and developed
new products and services
- A six-year Member
of the American Society of Pension Actuaries (ASPA) Board of Directors,
Ms. Katz also was Managing Editor of its newsletter and on its
Membership and Government Affairs Committees. Additionally, she
served as ASPA’s National Education Chairperson
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Ian D. Sumner
- Sixteen years experience
as a Small Business Owner
- Ten years as a VP of
a major national department store chain
- B.S. Marketing, The
American University, Washington D.C.
- Captain, US Army; Vietnam
Veteran
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Wayne F. McPartland
- An experienced health
& welfare specialist concentrating on state mandated &
regulated plans
- Series 7 licensed
since 1988
- BBA in Business Management
from Loyola College
- Board Member of Rotary
Club of Baltimore Youth Services Committee & Urban Peace Initiative
Committee
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Zewud Debebe,
Diversity Specialist
- M.A., Human Resources;
B.A., Economics, University of Maryland
- Senior Human Resources
Specialist with over a dozen years experience in diverse industries
and organizational sizes
- Certified Achieve
Global trainer experienced in the design and delivery of skills
enhancement programs which result in improved performance as measured
by increased management effectiveness and efficiencies
- Professional in conducting
organizational HR systems needs assessment and implementing a
wide range of programs that support compliance to federal and
state requirements while providing effective Human Capital management
opportunities
- Expert consultant
in the compilation of data and writing affirmative action plans
and implementing programs to meet organizational diversity and
AA objectives
- Provide counsel in
the management of diverse workforce particularly in traditional
organizational structures
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Steve Furlong,
MBA
- Licensed Life and
Health Insurance Professional for over 10 years
- Strong experience
in personal insurance products
- Management Consultant
specializing in Strategic Management and Business Continuity
- B.S., Mathematics,
Marquette University - 1967; M.B.A., University of Maryland at
College Park – 1997
- Captain, U.S. Air
Force, Avionics – 1968-1972
- Adjunct Professor,
Montgomery College – Management, Mathematics, Computer
Science & Applications
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