Steve leads the health benefit consulting practice for Harbridge.  He has broad experience in health and welfare plan design, vendor selection and performance management, funding, administration and compliance and consults with both employers and provider organizations on health benefit issues.  His consulting focus includes:

• Developing benefit plan designs that support employers’ broader organizational, financial, and human resource strategies
• Evaluating and benchmarking health plan performance related to provider reimbursement, network participation, and health management initiatives
• Designing sustainable retiree health plans within the context of evolving regulatory, market, and demographic conditions
• Evaluation of wellness programs and health risk identification and management initiatives;
• Health and welfare plan compliance

Prior to joining Harbridge Consulting Group, Steve served as a Director for a leading national benefits consulting firm. He has over twenty-five years of experience in the health benefit consulting and health insurance industries. Steve has published articles on health benefit management in national professional journals and in regional business publications. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Community General Foundation, Loretto Health and Rehabilitation and is the past President of the Board of Directors of the New York Employee Benefits Conference.

Steve graduated with an A.B., cum laude from Hamilton College and pursued graduate study in business administration and finance at Syracuse University.