John is currently Vice President of Congressional Affairs at the National Association of Health Underwriters and has been their lobbyist since September 2000. He has worked on every major piece of health care legislation from TAA to the PPACA. In 2005, he spearheaded legislation which expanded a program for long-term care insurance partnership policies to all states as part of the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act. He was a member of the Senate mental health parity negotiating team which led to enactment in 2008. John helped get bipartisan support for a provision to remove a $2,000 deductible cap on small group plans and got legislation passed that restored the Medicare open enrollment period to the pre-ACA timeframe.

Prior to joining NAHU, John worked for the State of Maryland as a Health Policy Analyst with the Maryland Health Care Commission. John enjoys collecting political memorabilia particularly campaign buttons. He has a son who plays in a band in Nashville and a daughter who dances ballet in Pittsburgh. John has a Masters in Health Services Administration from The George Washington University and lives in Rockville, MD.

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Krish V. Krishnan has nearly 35 years of executive leadership experience in the global information technology and consulting space, building and leading IT organizations in more than 10 countries around the world. He has also served on the boards of international corporations in the US and Asia Pacific.

Before founding Magnifact, Krish set up and served as President of DST IT Services, a global organization of 2500 global professionals providing IT consulting services to clients domestically and internationally. Earlier in his career he was Managing Consultant at the Chicago Stock Exchange, and CIO at DST Catalyst working out of several countries including Israel, South Africa, Thailand, Greece and Philippines forming and leading global teams for implementing large insurance and financial services projects. He also built robust vendor systems expertise during his tenures at Digital Equipment Corporation, Data General and Unisys Corporation.

Krish holds an Electrical Engineering degree and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School. When not analyzing data, he writes books and creates art from his Chicago studio.

As Assistant Vice President of Government Relations with NAIFA, Judi Carsrud’s responsibilities include meetings with members of Congress and their staff, regulatory agencies, as well as with industry association partners, to advocate for a positive legislative and regulatory environment in which NAIFA members can serve their clients. Her primary advocacy areas include tax and ERISA issues relative to insurance industry products and retirement savings plans.

Judi’s areas of expertise include annuities, employee benefits, life insurance, STOLI, estate tax, group life and disability income insurance, IRA’s, retirement savings plans, life insurance death benefits, life insurance inside buildup, and DOL fiduciary.

Steve Natelson is Vice President of Sales, Broker Distribution, and is responsible for broker sales of Cigna’s Medicare supplement, final expense, and supplemental health products. Steve has spent more than 25 years working in the senior insurance market space, with responsibilities for multiple senior-based products.

Steve received his degree from the University of Texas at Austin and currently lives in Dallas, TX with his wife, Debbie, and their son, Brandon.

Timothy joined the Lincoln Financial MoneyGuard team in August 2007, and has 15+ years of experience in the financial services industry.

In his current capacity as MoneyGuard Regional Marketing Director in Eastern PA & NJ, Timothy helps financial advisors create strategies to reduce the impact of long-term care expenses on client assets. Timothy holds FINRA Series 6, 63, and 26 registrations, and state life and health licenses.

He received a BS in Business Administration and Management from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Timothy lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with his wife Jamie, and their two children, William and Emelia. In his free time, Timothy enjoys spending time with family, following the Philadelphia sports teams and overall outdoor activities.

Gene Fetter, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF is a Regional Sales Director of Lincoln Financial. With more than 30 years of in-depth experience in the financial services industry, with carriers such as AG, Sun Life, MetLife Investors, and General American, Gene is responsible for the Mid-West Territory. Gene holds Series 6, 63, and 7 licenses. He has served as past President of the Central Florida Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals and past LUTCF Moderator of Advanced Business Planning.

Gene’s background, experience, and professional specialities include small business markets, (supplemental executive benefits and retirement plans, business succession planning, key person employer needs, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans), and individual markets, (income distribution planning, estate and retirement planning, personal protection, and charitable estate and weath transfer planning.)

As part of Lincoln Financial, Gene is dedicated to making it easy for you to build your agency and grow your practice. He will help forge new complimentary distribution relationships with your Lincoln partnership.

Judy Gee is a Broker Relationship Manager with Humana in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and parts of Upstate New York. She’s been in the Medicare industry with Humana for 10 years. She assists agents within her footprint for MAPD, PDP, Medicare Supplements, and Stand-alone Dental and Vision plans. She aspires to share Humana’s culture and values while assisting agents through training and education. Judy lives in central New York with her husband Ed and their two grown children.

Don Mazza oversees Medicare sales, marketing, and community development for the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia. His leadership of the Medicare segment has enabled Aetna Medicare to become the number one Medicare Advantage carrier in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia – serving over 230,000 individual Medicare beneficiaries.

Don has served the insured, uninsured, and underserved in Pennsylvania (in the managed care industry) since 1996 – carrying leadership roles with Capital BlueCross, Highmark Blue Shield, HealthAmerica/Coventry, and Aetna. He has served in a senior leadership role with the Medicare segment for eight years and has been with the Aetna health family since 2008.