Classes

MERP/IAFF Health Trust

1:30 - 3:00 pm
2025-Ed-Seminar-Tuesday, April 22
Location: Great Hall D
Speakers: Greg Markley, Chris McKeon, Kimberly Beahler

Few challenges are more pressing than pre-65 health care costs and options for retirees. This class will focus on the design of the plans as well as the ongoing enhancements to the IAFF Health & Wellness Trust and IAFF MERP. Learn how the plans have evolved to allow for new approaches to providing a more meaningful post-employment health care benefit to members.

Speakers include: Greg Markley, WSCFF Secretary-Treasurer; Kimberly Beahler, Chris McKeon, DiMartino Associates

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About the Speakers

Greg Markley

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Chris McKeon

Chris joined DiMartino Associates in 2022 as an Account Executive working with IAFF Health & Wellness Trust and IAFF MERP. He has 15 years of experience working in the insurance industry, primarily on the carrier side. Chris grew up in New York and has lived in Washington State since 2005. He attended Kenyon College...

Kimberly Beahler

Kimberly joined DiMartino Associates in 2022 as an Account Executive working with IAFF Health & Wellness Trust and IAFF MERP. With 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, she has spent most of that time working with publicly funded multiple employer and large group self-insured and fully insured medical plans. Kimberly grew up...

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