It has been an award-filled year for Priority Health, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Megan Schmidt, senior vice president of employer solutions, has added to the accolades with her inclusion in the inaugural leadership class of BenefitsPRO Luminaries.
Grand Rapids, Michigan — Seven leaders from the benefits and health care industries have been recognized for their transformative efforts in the area of health benefits by being included in the inaugural leadership class of BenefitsPRO Luminaries. Among them is Priority Health's Megan Schmidt, senior vice president of employer solutions, the only MIchigander so recognized.
“I am proud to lead a team of dedicated professionals who work tirelessly to provide employers with the best resources and tools to keep their workforce healthy and productive," Schmidt said. "This recognition reflects their solid, and very important, work.”
With the recognition, Schmidt is included in the Novemger issue of BenefitsPRO Magazine. She has 20-plus years of experience in the health benefits industry and leads a team whose goal is to simplified, affordable, and exceptional personzalized health care.
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