Family, friends and a grill: Those are the ingredients that make up a perfect weekend for Dave. When it comes to his weekdays, the recipe calls for just one thing—being part of an organization that is making a difference in the lives of those it serves. That’s what he loves about his role at Quantum Health.

Dave is our Senior Vice President, Client Experience, which means he sets the vision and identifies the strategies needed to help execute Quantum’s mission at the client and member level. He’s tallied up more than 25 years of experience in healthcare consulting, sales, marketing and health plan operations, too, making his approach to his job a well-rounded one.

Amy Noelle leads Benefits Strategy for RELX with a diverse team in implementing their philosophy to harmonize the benefits experience across business lines, communicate the value of working for RELX to employees and to provide increased oversight and analytics that facilitate business decisions, particularly with respect to potential M&A activity.

Outside the office, she spends time championing causes close to her heart. Amy is honored to serve on the Board of Directors for Lend a Hand Uganda USA (LAHU-USA), a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of children in Uganda.  Additionally, she is the president of Elevate, a weekly networking meeting for entrepreneurs and business professionals that has passed over $50M in closed business since inception in December 2009.

Prior to her career at RELX, Amy led global benefits administration at Citibank and worked as a retirement actuary for PricewaterhouseCoopers.  Fun fact: Amy took a break between those two moments in her career to open Sugar Flower Cake Shop and was named one of Martha Stewart’s Top 63 Pastry Pros.  Google her name and the word “cakes” to see some of her delicious works of art.

Samanntha DuBridge serves as Vice President of Global Benefits, Culture, and People Experience at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). In her role, she is responsible for driving strategy and execution in a variety of areas that directly support innovation, engagement and the HPE Human Resources strategy, including building the HPE culture, creating an engaging team member experience and enabling the workplace of the future. Through ongoing culture initiatives, team member campaigns, wellbeing programs and service delivery, Samanntha’s team plays a critical role in making HPE a great place to work and a destination for top talent.  

Additionally, Samanntha leads the design, development and compliance of global benefit and mobility programs that support the needs of the business, team members and their families, navigating an ever-changing global political and regulatory landscape. She also manages people operations that include a range of important HR support services such as Labor and Employee Relations, Privacy and Compliance, HR service centers, along with Agile HR project and change management processes that are accelerating the pace of change throughout HPE. 

Samanntha is passionate about creating programs and services that deliver a world-class experience for HPE team members and their families through effective integration and alignment to maximize the  impact and value of all people experiences.Prior to joining HPE, Samanntha held positions at HP, National Semiconductor, and various healthcare organizations. She holds a Master’s Degree from San Jose State University in Health Care Administration.

Lydia Dishman is Fast Company’s senior editor for growth and engagement. She has also written for CBS Moneywatch, Fortune, The Guardian, Popular Science, and the New York Times, among others.

Kimberly Young is an HR benefits executive specializing in global strategy and design of health and welfare programs, Union negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, analytics and organizational development.

Prior to Amentum (formerly PAE), Kimberly led national benefit programs in a cross section of industries. Former employers include: Booz Allen Hamilton, ETRADE Financial and XO communications. She has been in the industry for more than 20 years and worked with industry leadership teams including Carl Icahn and The Carlyle Group. In addition, Kimberly has been a speaker at CEBS, ERISA Group and NBGH on topics that include Health Care Reform, benefit analytics and wellness strategy
design.

Her passions include volunteering, mentoring at risk women and interior decorating.

Melissa Fisher is self-proclaimed [total rewards] nerd! Her love of superheroes and Star Wars runs deep in her DNA. Dedication to community service also runs deep as she comes from a long line of teachers and public servants. Melissa shares her family drive for providing service to the community, with over 17 years in human resources with non-profit and public-sector organizations. Throughout her career, Melissa has led teams through strategic planning efforts to ensure alignment between HR and business goals and has implemented new and innovative technologies, motivated teams, and delivered results. Melissa is passionate about making a positive impact on Children’s Hospital Colorado by creating and maintaining rewards programs to support team member needs.

Melissa holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Northern Colorado and an MS in Management from University of Colorado at Denver. Prior to joining Children’s Hospital Colorado in 2014, she served in HR leadership roles with the City and County of Denver.

Jesse Welsh graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma in Human Relations, and a juris doctorate degree from South Texas College of Law – Houston.  He served in the US Air Force as an officer working in the Personnel and Air Battle Manager career fields.  After the military, he worked as a Manufacturing and Plant Manager before getting into Human Resources where he has focused most of his career on Talent Acquisitions and Total Rewards.  Over his career he has earned multiple HR certifications.

He is presently Vice President, Total Rewards at Southeastern Grocers, Inc. (SEG), parent company and home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores.  One of the largest conventional supermarket companies in the US with grocery stores, liquor stores and in-store pharmacies serving communities throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.  In his role, he and his teams have responsibility for pay, benefits, and the associate experience for 37K associates.