Speakers

Matt began his career with Murray Securus in 2006. Matt brings a broad range of skills and experience to Murray Securus having worked in the employee benefits industry for over twenty-five years.  During his career Matt has lead full-service employee benefits communications and client services teams which provide year-round employee support, engagement and education services to client-employers. He is also a noted speaker in the area of employee benefits, strategic planning and healthcare reform.

 

At Murray Securus, Matt leads the Health Benefits sales team and is also responsible for benefit communications, benefits and HR training, as well as advocacy and compliance support for both Murray Securus’ benefit clients and the agency’s benefits consulting teams. 

 

Matt serves as Murray’s agency lead in tracking the development and enactment of the Affordable Care Act and its implications for employer-sponsored benefit plans.  Matt has spent significant time in Washington D.C. since 2009 on behalf of his clients, their employees and the employee benefits industry.   He serves on the Advisory Board of the Council of Employee Benefits Executives for the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB). 

 

Matt currently lives with his wife and children in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

The pace of change is moving faster than ever, and organizations are becoming defined by their ability to adapt and anticipate disruption while being highly reliable. Growing as an innovative, adaptive, high reliability organization means supporting a culture of continuous learning. A big part of shaping a culture that drives operational excellence is engaging the entire organization in improvement efforts and creating a Just Culture. Learn how Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health established that culture, and gain insights as to how to make big transformations in your organization using Lean principles

Lori Breece joined the UDS family in September of 2005 as an Administrative Assistant for our Community Integrated Programs, including Aaron’s Acres and Service Dogs.

Lori proved herself to be an organized, detail oriented and forward thinking employee.  Jerry Meck, then CEO recognized these qualities and within 2 years Lori had taken on the role of Executive Assistant.

Lori is a strong leader with excellent problem solving skills.  She has great respect for the mission, vision and values of UDS Foundation and lives them every day.

She perseveres and sees things through with solid outcomes.  Lori provides leadership and oversight for 2 different teams; both the Administrative and Service Dogs Program staff report to her. 

Lori has a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organization management industry and is a strong administrative professional graduated from Manheim Central High School. 

Bradley Hawkins began his acting career in the early 1990's, starring on stage in lead roles in several plays and musical theater productions, as well as working in commercials, print jobs, television shows, short films, industrials, and feature films throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Hawkins and his young family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1997 where he taught acting, film studies, and humanities courses at the high school level, and directed several stage productions throughout his 14 years as an educator.

​Now retired from service as a high school teacher, Hawkins returned to acting on-camera and branched out as an award-winning indie film director, with his debut comedy short, ROLLER COASTER (now on Amazon Prime) earning 30 film festival awards along the way. His newest comedy-fantasy short, FILLING IN, just ended  an 18 month-long international film festival circuit run earning an astonishing 61 awards and 37 nominations from around the world, including Australia,

Canada, England, Italy, and Lithuania, as well as at festival screenings throughout 19 states in the USA.

Between the two films, Hawkins won 11 awards for his direction, and as a result of his guidance, actors in both films won several awards for their work in them as well. Over the past 25 years, Hawkins has studied with some of the best known acting coaches in the country,and has developed his own unique coaching/directing style for actors of all ages which he continues to enjoy mentoring and working with today.

Craig Parnham was the coach for the US Women's National Field Hockey team based out of Spooky Nook Sports from 2012 until December 2016. 

Dave joined Fulton Financial Advisors and Clermont Wealth Strategies in 2007. He has 30+ years of experience in investments and trust banking. Dave came to Fulton Financial Advisors following a career with SunTrust where he served in a variety of positions including Closely Held Business Analyst, Business Development Officer, Manager of Private Client Services, and Corporate Strategies/Mergers & Acquisition-related roles. He earned a BS degree in Accounting from Bob Jones University and his MBA degree from Georgia State University.

Dave became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Georgia in 1987 and Tennessee in 1996. He earned series 7, 63 and 24 securities licenses in 1994, became a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CTFA) in 1997, and received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2000. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of the American Bankers Association Wealth Management Conference and co-chaired the Advisory Board of the ABA Private Wealth Management School. Dave is a past Chairman of the ABA National Graduate Trust School and served on the faculty of that school for several years.

Dave is a charter member of the CEB Wealth Executive Roundtable and is a member and past Chairman of the Trust and Wealth Executive Association. Dave serves as a volunteer, board member, or board chair of several community organizations including the Boy Scouts, the Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic, and Bible Visuals International.