Christopher Reynen is a Vice President of Thesco Benefits. Chris received a Bachelor of Science in 1991 from the University of Vermont. He began his insurance brokerage career later that same year as an account manager with Tanenbaum-Harber. Chris is licensed by the State of New York in Property and Casualty, while he has Life and Health licenses in both New Jersey and New York. Chris joined Thesco Benefits, LLC in December 1997. He started a separate marketing department for Thesco, an entity that was unique among brokerages at that time and still remains novel today. This department provided advantages for the account management personnel to focus more time with their customers and for carriers to work with a consistent source at Thesco for renewals and proposals. Chris is now responsible for the overall servicing of Thesco’s largest national, multi-site accounts. He plays a vital role in negotiations and the marketing of various insurance carrier vendors. Scott Bellin is a Vice President at Thesco Benefits, LLC. Scott graduated in 1990 from Syracuse University with a B.A. in Economics. He began his career in management with Blockbuster Entertainment. In 1996, he entered the benefit arena as a Human Resources Generalist with Group Health Incorporated. Scott joined Thesco Benefits in 1998 as a Senior Account Executive in the large group marketplace. In the spring of 1999, he took on the responsibility of managing the Flexible Spending administration. With the transition of the New Jersey office in 2000, Scott added the responsibility of managing the COBRA and Billing Administration units. In January 2001, Scott took on the responsibility of the formation of Benefit Outsource Solutions, LLC, a new administration company that administers Flexible Spending Accounts, COBRA, billing, HIPAA and Form 5500 preparation. With the merger of Benefit Outsource Solutions and Benergy OS transition, Scott will also be responsible for client management of our FSA, COBRA and outsourcing clients. Karin Cieslik is a Senior Account Executive. She joined Thesco in 2000 and works on several of Thesco’s largest accounts. Karin began her career in 1980 as an Account Manager in Cigna’s National Accounts organization specializing in the management of employee benefit plans for large multi-site clients such as AT&T and ITT. She left Cigna in 1992 to join Stinnes Corporation as Corporate Benefit Manager where she introduced and implemented a national point-of-service plan to Stinnes and its’ 18 subsidiaries. In 1994, Karin joined Oxford Health Plans as Regional Manager of Account Management Services where she managed a team of service managers and had overall responsibility for Oxford’s entire book-of-business in the state of New Jersey. In early 1998 Karin accepted the position of Manager of Health & Welfare Plans with PaineWebber where she had overall responsibility for the administrative and financial management of all benefits plans for the firm’s 22,000 employees and 300 branch offices. Joseph Romano has been involved with account management for 20 years with carriers such as The Equitable, Cigna, NYLCare, and Oxford Health Plans. He has worked on National Accounts such as ITT Corporation, Continental Insurance, The Bank of New york and Continental Grain Company. Joe experienced first hand the transformation of the New York market from indemnity to managed care plans and all the growing pains that came with it. In addition to handling traditionally insured accounts, Joe has managed accounts with alternate funding arrangements such as minimum premium and self-funding. In addition, Joe managed a team of 10 account managers at Oxford Health Plans servicing groups of 50 lives and above during the Oxford “financial turnaround.” He earned his MBA in Marketing Management from St. John’s University. Joe has been a Senior Account Executive with Thesco Benefits for almost 3 years.
		Josephine Camacho joined Thesco Benefits in December of 2000 as an Account Executive. She was previously employed at ChannelPoint, Inc. as a Licensing and Compliance Manager. Josephine began her career in 1991 at Prudential Insurance Company of America’s New York Sales Office where she held various positions including Budget and Sales Analyst and Compliance Consultant. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from St. John’s University.
		Dawn Maggiulli is an Account Executive with Thesco benefits LLC. Dawn has been in the employee benefits field for 18 years, which has provided her with an extremely diversified background in employee benefits. Prior to joining Thesco, Dawn held a position as an Account Executive for a National Third Party Administrator. She was responsible for the servicing of a large block of self insured business, working with and supervising a team of Account Managers. Dawn also previously held a position at a large Long Island Brokerage Firm as a Senior Account Executive for a large group client base. The Account Executive position entailed coordinating employee meetings, facilitating client presentations, renewal and marketing analysis and daily contact with clients.
		Emilio Alfonso graduated from Montclair State College in New Jersey with a B.A. in Administration in 1984. Immediately after graduating, he accepted a position with American Home Products. In 1989 he began his career in customer service at Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield. By the time he left Empire in 1998, he had been promoted from a customer service consultant to an Account Manager in their small group area. Emilio joined Thesco's small group department in 1999 and is currently responsible for the day to day administration of some small groups (under 50 lives) and all of the New York State Disability groups handled by Thesco.
		Jaime Wilkie is an Assistant Account Executive with Thesco benefits LLC. He has been in the health insurance field since 1998 when he joined Aetna as an administrative assistant in their National Accounts Department. He worked on large accounts which included American Express, Viacom and USA Networks. Jaime joined the Thesco Account Management Team in 2001 as an Administrative Assistant. He works with the Account Executives on the day- to- day administration of their accounts. Jaime got his background in administrative work from the Military where he completed an administrative clerks course in 1994.
		Andrew Feingold is an Account Executive at Thesco Benefits, LLC. Andrew graduated from Ramapo College of NJ in 1989 with a B.A. in Management. Shortly thereafter, he worked as a Benefits administrator for KPMG Peat Marwick. In 1993, he took a position as a Group Service Representative at Oxford Health Plans working with small size employers. In 1998, Andrew accepted a position as Account Manager with Amalgamated Life Insurance Company. In the fall of 2000, Andrew started working for CIGNA Healthcare as a Client Service Specialist in the Middle Market area until 2006 when he began his career at Thesco Benefits, LLC.
		Bob Maxwell is a Senior Account Executive for Thesco Benefits working in the Chicago Office. Bob graduated from Illinois Wesleyan and earned his MBA from Northern Illinois University. Bob has been in the Employee Benefits field since 1990 when he began his career at MetLife. At MetLife Bob held both Underwriting and Account Management roles. In 1994 Bob left MetLife and went to work for John Hancock as a Senior Underwriter. In 1996 he began working for HealthCare COMPARE in an Account Management capacity. Bob worked there for 10 years through COMPARE’s acquisition of First Health and subsequent name change to First Health. At First Health, he expanded his role significantly until he became Assistant Vice President of National Accounts. In this role he managed a large team of Account Management professionals and was responsible for a major block of First Health’s business. The clients consisted primarily of multi-sited self funded groups with a national presence. In addition to his Illinois Insurance License, Bob has his Series 6 and 63 licenses.
		Terry Folsom is an Account Executive for Thesco Benefits working in the Chicago office. She brings substantial HR experience to the organization, as in her prior work experience she was the Human Resource Manager at Near North Insurance Brokerage from 1990-1994. Terry’s responsibilities included employee benefit program management and administration, recruiting, HR process development and special projects. In 1995 she was employed with TDK Corporation as the Human Resource Manager with similar responsibilities. Terry transitioned into the Employee Benefits industry in 1996 as an Account Manager with the J.P. Flanagan Corporation, with the company merging with Hub International in 2001. While at Flanagan/Hub, she supported production and retention of small to middle market clientele with a focus in the 25-500 life groups that had multiple lines of coverage. In addition to managing all elements of service, compliance and renewal processes for her clients, Terry was the technology lead for the benefits department. Terry’s experience with her clients included health program development on both fully insured and partial self-funded financial arrangements. Terry received her Illinois Insurance License in 1996.
		Carol Stoklosa joined Thesco as an Assistant Account Executive. Most recently, Carol was Human Capital Manager, Midwest Region with Navigant Consulting, supporting four Chicago offices and a territory in the Midwest. Previously, she was a Human Resources Specialist with Apropos Technology, providing support to over 100 employees in benefits administration, HRIS support and COBRA administration. Carol has her certification as a Professional in Human Resources and brings a valuable source of knowledge in benefits administration.
		Richard Kesicki joined Thesco Benefits in March 2005 as a Senior Account Executive. He was previously an Account Manager at the Wheatley Agency. Rich began his career with The Equitable and in 1984 took a position in their National Accounts Department handling such clients as R J Reynolds, E I DuPont and AT&T. For over twenty years Rich has been involved in client management and held positions with other insurance carriers and third party administrators, namely Travelers, NYLCare and EBP Health Plan/First Health. Rich has managed the employee benefit plans for clients of various sizes and funding arrangements. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York.