About Us
Office hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Meet Our Team
Glenda Leister
Senior Benefits Consultant
Glenda joined the team in 2018 and currently handles small, mid-market and large group clients. She works with the clients to provide a strategy to help to mitigate increased cost by providing innovative approaches to reducing costs. Glenda believes that education and engagement of the employees will help manage costs for both employees and employers. With over 25 years in the insurance industry, Glenda has a vast knowledge of the claims processing which provides her clients with excellent customer service and someone to reach out to for help. Glenda is a licensed Accident and Health, Life and Fixed Annuities agent. When not at work she enjoys traveling with her husband to the Caribbean to find their retirement island.
Brady Barrick
Client Support Specialist, Employee Benefits
Brady joined the team in July 2013 after graduating Magna Cum Laude from Shippensburg University with a major in Sociology and a minor in Business. Brady assists her team and clients through the renewal process by quoting and doing the proposals. She also helps our clients with claim issues that their employees may have. On her time away from work, she enjoys spending it with her family and friends. She also enjoys going to local fall festivals and dirt track racing at Williams Grove.
Lori Cook
Plan Administrator, Employee Benefits
Lori Cook joined our team in July 2013 as a Plan Administrator. She brought nearly 25 years of healthcare claims experience. Lori processes MERP™, FSA, HSA, and Debit Card Claims, assists customers with account questions, processes weekly reimbursements, and assists with Plan Renewals. Her priorities are to provide excellent customer service with a focus on accuracy and problem-solving. Lori enjoys spending time with friends and family and is also an animal lover.
Ryan Grogan
Plan Administrator, Employee Benefits
Ryan joined Alera Group in January of 2023. Ryan processes MERP™, FSA, HSA, and Debit Card Claims, assists customers with account questions, processes weekly reimbursements, and assists with Plan Renewals. He is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s University who enjoys spending time with family and friends and golf.
EXPERT EDUCATION
Events and Webinars
Employee Benefits
2025 Healthcare and Employee Benefits Benchmarking Report: How Does Your Benefits Program Stack Up?
In this session, our experts will dive into the results of our annual, market-leading benchmarking survey.
June 26, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
Dynamic Data: Strategies for Success
Join us for this session, as our experts will share how to utilize your organization’s data to create advanced and innovative strategies for success.
July 17, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
Preparing for Open Enrollment: How to Engage and Educate Your Employees on Their Total Benefits Package
In this session, our experts will share guidance on setting yourself up for success during Open Enrollment.
August 21, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Insights
Employee Benefits
Benchmarking: How Do Your Organization’s Employee Benefits Offerings Stack Up?
For the sixth consecutive year, Alera Group is offering a valuable piece of market intelligence: our Healthcare and Employee Benefits Benchmarking Report. We’ll introduce the 2025 edition on its release date, June 26, with a one-hour webinar beginning at 1 p.m. CT.
June 5, 2025
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Employee Benefits
Reminder: PCORI Fees Due By July 31, 2025
Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) should keep in mind the upcoming July 31, 2025 deadline for paying fees that fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) via Form 720, which was recently updated and released by the IRS.
June 3, 2025
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Benefits Captives: Your Business and What Your Competitors Are Doing
In one form or another, Captive Insurance has existed as a risk management solution for many decades — originally for property and casualty coverage and primarily for large employers. But its viability as a solution for employee benefits and for midsized businesses has increased dramatically in recent years, fueled by volatility in the insurance market in general and by the skyrocketing cost of health insurance in particular.
May 29, 2025
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Agencies Push Pause Button on Enforcement of MHPAEA 2024 Final Rule
On May 15, 2025, the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Treasury Department (collectively, the “Agencies”) released a statement regarding the Agencies’ recent request for abeyance of a lawsuit filed by the ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that challenged certain aspects of Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Final Rule (“2024 Final Rule”) relating to nonquantitative treatment limitation comparative analyses (“NQTL analyses”).
May 16, 2025
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