Alex Halper,  is the director of Government Affairs for the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry where he lobbies on issues including labor/employment policy, education, workforce development, local tax policy, international trade and immigration. Alex joined the PA Chamber in 2011. Prior to that, he was a legislative assistant in Washington, D.C. to former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter and worked on numerous areas of public policy, including transportation and infrastructure, homeland security and appropriations. Originally from Allentown, Alex graduated from the George Washington University in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. He serves on numerous state boards, including the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Advisory Board, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children’s Board of Directors, Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council and the Governing Board of the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau.

Sarah Ivy, Esq., is a shareholder with the law firm of Saxton & Stump. She focuses her practice on employee benefits law, executive compensation and taxation. Sarah has more than 20 years of experience analyzing regulations under the Internal Revenue Code and Employee Retirement Income Security Act and applying those rules to a range of benefits plans; counsels companies on the design and documentation of executive compensation arrangements, including severance agreements, as a business transition planning tool; advises clients on employee benefits issues that arise in merger and acquisition transactions; and conducts reviews of various employment-related documents such as employee handbooks, employment agreements and non-compete agreements. Prior to joining Saxton & Stump, Sarah worked as an executive compensation, employee benefits and ERISA attorney with various law firms.

Brian Orsinger is the Employee Benefits Practice Leader of PA for McGriff Insurance Services. Prior to this he served as the chief operating officer of Pennsylvania Chamber Insurance, where he was responsible for PCI’s sales growth and client retention efforts, strategic resource development, and continuously evolving PCI’s unique value proposition — empowering a healthy, productive and secure workforce across the Commonwealth. Brian is an inaugural member of IBInext, a cross-discipline thought-leadership panel constructed by the Board of the Integrated Benefits Institute to revolutionize how industry approaches employee benefits, productivity, and absence strategy while driving business performance. Brian serves on the Gettysburg College Alumni Association Board of Directors, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He earned his CEBS® designation through the IFEBP/Wharton School and maintains various relevant professional credentials.

Marc Scheiner, special council with the law firm of Duane Morris, practices in the area of employment law, counseling clients on a variety of employment issues. Marc works with clients to ensure compliance with Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act and ADAAA, Family and Medical Leave Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Equal Pay Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act and various state and local laws. He also assists clients in reviewing and drafting employment policies, handbooks, employment agreements, non-compete agreements and severance agreements. Marc has represented indigent clients in Social Security disability appeals before the U.S. Social Security Administration and in hearings before the U.S. Department of Labor. He has volunteered or worked on pro bono matters for Canine Partners for Life, the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association, the Human Rights Campaign, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and the Mazzoni Center. He is a 2003 graduate of Cornell Law School.

Maria Yaremchak, is an HR Consultant with Alternative HR. She has more than 15 years of diverse human resources and management experience in a variety of industries, including IT, Manufacturing, Healthcare and Construction; and also has extensive hands-on experience leading HR initiatives including policy design, compensation, performance management, recruiting, compliance reporting, training and development, and benefits administration. Maria earned her Associate in Arts Degree in Business Administration and Management from Harrisburg Area Community College. She holds her SHRM-CP her aPHR certification from the Human Resource Certification Institute in 2016. She is a member of the Human Resource Professionals of Central PA, as well as the national chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. Her passion is providing HR support to her clients and helping them meet their HR goals.