Join the Brown & Brown Kansas City team for our annual Hoops Hysteria event Thursday, March 20, 2025.

We’ll start the day with a light breakfast, coffee and a slam dunk seminar featuring presentations by Tiffany McDaniel, Absence Consultant at Brown & Brown, and Sam Thomeier, Senior Director at herronpalmer, a Brown & Brown company that specializes in supporting HR, Payroll, and benefits professionals in their quest to deliver strategic business outcomes.

Immediately following, we’ll have our Hoops Hysteria event with lunch, desserts, cocktails, and a big-screen TV to watch the March Madness basketball games.

This seminar is approved for 2.0 SHRM & HRCI credits.

State Leave Laws: What’s New and What You Need to Know

This presentation covers upcoming statutory leaves and changes to current state leave laws, and the pros and cons of private plans vs. state plans.

Compensation Conversations: Building Structures to Support Transparency for a Modern Workforce

This presentation explores how to develop a strategic approach to pay, set salary structures up for success, define competitive positioning, communicate with employees, and supplement pay with total rewards offerings to create a compelling employee value proposition.

Tiffany McDaniel

Tiffany has 10 years of experience in absence management, specializing in statutory leaves, disability, and accommodations. Her experience includes roles as a case manager, people leader, and senior leadership member within the vendor space. Tiffany has successfully collaborated with a diverse range of clients across various industries and company sizes. Currently, she serves as an Absence Consultant, where she partners with clients to optimize their leave of absence programs, including FMLA and state leaves, as well as accommodations. She also works closely with internal teams to conduct thorough audits, ensuring that vendors administer programs according to client specifications. 

Sam Thomeier

Sam is a Senior Director, Distribution with herronpalmer, Brown & Brown’s HR, Benefits Administration Sourcing and Compensation advisory practice. He brings over 16 years of industry experience and is responsible for consulting with clients, advising them how to drive sustained success and continuous growth in a variety of HR processes and initiatives. Before joining herronpalmer, Sam spent several years as a relationship manager with Bridgeway Benefit Technologies, the leading benefits administration software partner in the Taft-Hartley, multi-employer space. Sam’s strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills made him a trusted advisor to Bridgeway’s 20 largest TPA customers, resulting in increased engagement with Bridgeway’s product suite, increased revenue, and stronger partnerships. Prior to his time with Bridgeway, Sam spent eight years with Willis Towers Watson (WTW), beginning his career as a Business Analyst and eventually earning a promotion to Senior Associate, joining the Benefits Administration sales team as a Sales and Implementation Consultant. Sam was instrumental in new business development and oversaw the implementation of WTW’s award-winning administration and service center resources for over a dozen large-market clients in both the Health & Welfare and Pension space. Sam’s relationship building skills lead to smooth and cohesive delivery and consistent client satisfaction.

Thursday, March 20, 2025

registration: 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
seminar: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
games: 11:15 AM – 5:00 PM

Evergy Energy Center (1st floor)

1200 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64105

We will validate your parking, so please bring your ticket inside and show us at check-in.

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