Greater Philadelphia Area
About Us
In the Philadelphia area, we have brought together six outstanding firms as Alera Group Philadelphia. This includes Pentra, HealthFirst, Somerset Capital, Vantage Point, Perspective Financial Group and HR inTune. Recently, Lamb Benefits – Employee Benefits Division joined our team. Every owner of each firm remains an equity partner in Alera Group. Our mission is to enhance our clients’ experience in tangible and measurable ways by building on the foundation of each firm. We strive to deliver the best possible outcomes—positively impacting our employees, clients, communities and the lives of people we serve.
There is a level of excitement at Alera that our clients experience through daily interactions with our team. We care about our people, our clients, our client relationships and making a difference.
Meet Our Team
People you can count on. People you can trust.
Clint Brooks
Senior Partner
Clint serves as a Senior Partner. Clint is responsible for driving innovation and client strategy for Alera Group. This includes developing progressive outcome-oriented strategies, plan designs and creative contribution approaches to drive employee behavior.
He has direct experience with merger and acquisitions, due diligence and integrations, wellness plan integrations, outsourced administrations, divestitures and reorganizations, and cost reduction programs.
Clint is recognized in the industry as a respected national thought leader, has served on Advisory Boards for Aetna, United Healthcare, and Cigna, and also served on the board of Alera Group.
Favorite Book? The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond. I read it every time I am on a plane. It put words to something I always understood but could not articulate.
Favorite place to visit? Harbor Springs, MI
Most interesting place you have been? I took my children to Kibera slum in Nairobi. It was an emersion trip to expose ourselves to the huge percentage of the world that lives on a dollar a day.
What is something that’s on your bucket list? Score my age in golf. It validates health, longevity, agility and prosperity.
Samantha Brower
Marketing Director
Samantha serves as the Marketing Director. Samantha is responsible for providing strategic direction for all marketing initiatives and major events.
She supports the marketing department through the development of content for the firm’s social media platforms, constant data upkeep, and she also serves as the Event Coordinator for internal and external events.
Samantha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and International Studies, both of which are from the University of Alabama.
Rules to live by? Choose joy.
If they made a movie about your life, who would you want to play you? Mila Kunis
Most interesting place you have been? Shanghai, China.
What did you want to be when you grew up? A princess.
Bryan Buchanan
Communication Consultant, Graphic Design
Bryan serves as a Communication Consultant. He focuses on design and execution of employee directed communications for clients facing various challenges in improving the perceived value of their benefit program.
He is enthusiastic about educating and engaging employees, helping them to understand their benefit options and make smart healthcare decisions.
Bryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design from the Art Institute of Philadelphia.
Most adventurous experience? A two-week RV trip hiking six National parks in Arizona and Utah.
Favorite sports team? The Philadelphia Eagles
Favorite movie quote? “May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face. And may the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars.” – Johnny Depp
Danielle Buchanan
Senior Vice President, Employee Benefits
Danielle joined in 2003, and serves as the Senior Vice President, Employee Benefits. She is responsible for leading continuous improvement of the firm’s operational elements impacting client service and delivery and ensuring consistency in the Alera Group client experience.
She works closely with her clients to establish strong, active relationships, and to provide proactive and consultative expertise based on each client’s unique challenges.
Favorite Book? Spring by R.H Blyth- a book of haiku
Favorite superhero? My Dad. He is brave and strong willed, family focused, and his work ethic is unmatched.
First thing you would buy if you won the lottery? A fancy new boat for my husband, Josh
Most adventurous experience? Parenting my two sons, John and Gardner
Best advice you’ve ever received? You only get to keep what you give away -T. Will
Our Community
Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region
For over 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region has been positively impacting children and communities in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties in PA and NJ. They don’t create potential in a child, they just foster and protect it.
Buck County Children’s Advocacy Center
The Bucks County Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) provides a safe and child-friendly environment in which CAC staff, law enforcement, child welfare, prosecution, victim advocacy, medical and mental health professionals collaborate to implement effective, coordinated investigations of suspected child abuse.
With more than 2,500 reports of child abuse in Bucks County each year, the Bucks County Children’s Advocacy Center provides a setting in which children can receive timely, collaborative services from agencies mandated by law to investigate reports of child abuse. The predominant approach to child abuse investigations at the Children’s Advocacy Center is the multidisciplinary team model. This approach supports enhanced communications between the various agencies that respond to allegations of child abuse.
The Bucks County Children’s Advocacy Center strives to transform the system by providing a child-friendly setting where a skilled team of professionals come together under one roof to investigate serious child abuse allegations, conduct forensic interviews to aid in the prosecution of offenders and connect children and families with therapy and victim assistance services — always keeping the best interest of the child in mind.
Eluna Network
The mission of Eluna is to support children and families impacted by grief or addiction. Their innovative resources and programs address the critical needs of children experiencing powerful, overwhelming and often confusing emotions associated with the death of someone close to them or substance abuse in their family. No child should have to face these struggles alone, and our unique programs bring kids together to ease their pain and provide the tools to help restore hope.
Children affected by grief or addiction can feel isolated and alone. Circumstance puts them at increased risk for depression, suicide, poverty, anxiety and behavior problems. Children living in a home with addiction are also at four times the risk of developing an addiction of their own. Eluna’s programs come alongside children and their families to provide vital support helping to prevent complications that arise from unaddressed childhood bereavement and to help break the cycle of addiction in the next generation.
Eluna is dedicated to energizing new research and inspiring political advocacy that will lead to higher standards of care and positive outcomes for children in the fields of bereavement and addiction prevention. By raising awareness for these issues, Eluna reduces stigmas, improves understanding, and makes healing possible for children in need.
Alfred I. du Pont Hospital / Nemours Foundation
A gift of toys, games, books, or crafts can do wonders to brighten a child’s life while they are in the hospital or clinic waiting room. The Child Life programs at Nemours offer activities designed to help children cope with their hospital stay.
Child Life specialists in the hospitals are trained to work with children who have serious illness or are recovering from surgery — often using toys, games, and crafts to allow them to express their fears and hopes and regain a sense of mastery and control.
New, cuddly stuffed animals, hand-held video games, books, and music CDs can help to pass the time and provide a distraction from the hospital routine or clinic visit.
Manna
Manna uses nutrition to improve health for people with serious illnesses who need nourishment to heal. By providing medically tailored meals and nutrition education, we empower people to improve their health and quality of life.
EXPERT EDUCATION
Events and Webinars
Employee Benefits
Q2 Compliance Update
Alera Group's quarterly employee benefits compliance roundup will help you stay current on the latest national regulatory developments impacting employers.
June 4, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
Optimize Your Benefits: A Three-Pronged Approach
Want to lower healthcare costs and enrich your benefits program at the same time? If so, this webinar is for you.
June 20, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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[Alera Engage] Benchmarking for the Win: How Does Your Benefits Program Rate?
Ask our clients about the No.1 tool that helps them develop an impactful benefits program, and they'll tell you is benchmarking.
July 18, 2024 at 02:00 pm CT | Virtual
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Insights
Employee Benefits
The importance of women’s health concerns in employee benefits design
Women’s Health Month 2024 coincides with jarring controversy and growing concern over challenges and inequities regarding women’s health in general and one area in particular: maternal health. Alera Group's May 16 webinar will focus on how employer can offer solutions through their employee benefits program.
May 1, 2024
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Employee Benefits
This Mental Health Awareness Month, ‘Run Your Own Race’
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Here are tips and resources to help you get started on the route to a happier, healthier you.
April 25, 2024
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Q1 Considerations: Affordability for Applicable Large Employers
Under the ACA, Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) are required to offer “affordable” medical coverage to full-time employees or be subject to a fine. In September 2023, the IRS announced that the 2024 affordability percentage would reduce from the 2023 rate of 9.12% to 8.39% as of January 1, 2024. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has just released the 2024 Federal Poverty Level (FPL) amounts, with an increase of 3.3%.
April 23, 2024
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Three Key Considerations for Large Employers
Early in the year is the time for employers who are approaching or over 50 employees to document and update the “key components” of being a larger employer, to ensure that no compliance obligation is missed. st of an unpublished page.
April 23, 2024
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