2026 Elevate MKE - Spring Conference (May 12, 2026)

Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT

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June 2026 - Chapter Meeting (June 09, 2026)

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Session #1: Reimagining Employer Healthcare: The Role of Direct Primary Care

This program explores how employers can move beyond traditional insurance models to deliver high-quality, accessible and cost-effective care for their employees and dependents. Dr. Timothy Murray and Jessa Cisewski from Solstice Health will share how Direct Primary Care (DPC) is transforming the healthcare landscape by prioritizing patient care, providing transparent pricing and making healthcare accessible. Attendees will learn how DPC improves access to care, reduces unnecessary healthcare spending and enhances employee satisfaction with benefits.

Learning Objectives

Define DPC and explain how this differs than traditional healthcare systems care.
Identify practical strategies for implementing Direct Primary Care in a workplace.
Recognize how important DPC is in preventive care, chronic disease management and early intervention.

Meet the Speakers

Dr. Timothy Murray started Solstice Health 14 years ago, after seeing the corruption in the traditional healthcare systems. He saw the lack of access, cost and lack of transparency as barriers to healthcare and wanted to change the healthcare landscape to provide better care options. Currently, Dr. Murray has 5 clinic locations and an Ambulatory Surgery Center, where individuals and employers seek care for both primary care and surgical services.

Jessa Cisewski is a Registered Nurse who is committed to transforming the way

healthcare is delivered-putting patients first and removing the barriers that standard healthcare systems have in place. After seeing first-hand how corrupt and convoluted healthcare can be, she wanted to find another way to “do” healthcare for her family. She stumbled upon Solstice Health and never looked back.

Session #2: Secure Act - What's New, What's the Same, and How it Impacts You!

In an ever-changing employee benefit landscape, rules and regulation continue to change at a faster pace than we have seen over the last 40 years. Setting Every Community Up for Retirement (The Secure Act) has several updates that will impact plan sponsors for years to come. Learn what these changes are and how to build a modern retirement plan.

Learning Objectives

History of retirement plans and how we got to where we are today
What is driving interest
New changes over the last 5 years
How this impacts plan sponsors in 2026 and beyond

Meet the Speaker

John focuses on working with retirement plans of all sizes to help bring plan success to both the plan sponsor and their participants. During his 18-year advisory career, he has seen the retirement plan industry go through both positive and negative changes, which provides perspective to the current changes affecting plans sponsors.

Additionally, John specializes in working with business owners and executives to help build strategic wealth management strategies tailored to the unique needs of these leadership groups.

Currently John holds the following designations: Accredited Investment Fiduciary® and is a Certified Financial Planner®.

Session #3: When More Isn't Better: Closing the Total Rewards Perception Gap

Why do Total Rewards solutions fail to land, even when we’re spending more than ever, and what actually closes that gap? It comes down to three things: simplifying what we offer, focusing on what employees actually experience, and recognizing that managers are the real delivery system.

Learning Objectives

Identify the key drivers of the Total Rewards perception gap
Evaluate opportunities to simplify Total Rewards
Assess the role of managers as the primary delivery mechanism for Total Rewards
Apply practical Total Rewards decision filters to determine whether programs will be noticed, clearly understood, and sustainable for the organization

Meet the Speaker

Kate Iloncaie is a Senior Benefits and Compensation Manager for the Americas at INNIO, where she supports employees across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Latin America. With over 11 years of experience in benefits and compensation, on both the employer side and in broker and consulting roles, Kate brings a practical, real‑world perspective to Total Rewards. She enjoys helping organizations cut through complexity, make rewards easier to understand, and equip leaders to have better conversations about pay and benefits. Kate is especially passionate about ensuring employees truly understand and feel the value of the rewards offered to them.

All sessions are pending HRCI & SHRM Certification. Stay Tuned!

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2026 Elevate MKE - Spring Conference (May 12, 2026)

June 2026 - Chapter Meeting (June 09, 2026)