The Health Care Forum 2007:
Steven Burd

Steven Burd
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Safeway Inc.

Steven Burd is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Safeway Inc., one of the largest food and drug retailers operating 1,767 stores in the United States and Canada. Mr. Burd has been a leading voice for market-based health care reforms at the state and national levels including support for California Governor Schwarzenegger’s Health Care Summit. Safeway has initiated innovative health care solutions for its non-union workers with results that include reducing total health care costs by 30% over two years versus the prior increasing trend. Safeway has passed the majority of these savings directly to participating employees.
Dave Ulrich

Richard A. Ellspermann
Executive Vice President, Human Resources,
Follett Corporation

Follett Corporation is a $2.3 billion, privately-held company that provides products, services and solutions to the educational marketplace. Richard Ellspermann is responsible for the leadership of the company’s talent management, benefits, HRIS, compensation, recruiting, internal communications and community affairs functions. Mr. Ellspermann is also a trustee of Follett Corporation’s retirement savings plan and serves as president of the Follett Educational Foundation.
Beverly Kaye

Alexandra Jung
Senior Vice President,
Aon Consulting

Alexandra Jung serves as practice leader for the central and west regions of Aon’s Health & Benefits practice, with a specialty in healthcare strategy development, plan funding and administration. As a professional consultant with more than 20 years of experience, Ms. Jung has developed a deep expertise of the healthcare market helping employers on the development and implementation of large-scale plan design and funding strategies including consumer-driven health plans, health savings accounts and health improvement initiatives.
Beverly Kaye

Al Rapp
Corporate Health Care Manager,
UPS

Al Rapp oversees the health and welfare benefits programs for UPS employees around the world. Mr. Rapp currently manages several industry-leading healthcare programs UPS is launching such as The UPS Healthy Connections-Informed Choices Program. These programs work on different levels to give UPS employees the information, support and direction needed to get the most value from their health care benefits, to become more informed health care consumers, and improve their overall health and wellness.
Beverly Kaye

Brad Patrick
Senior Vice President, Human Resources,
Sara Lee Food & Beverage

Brad Patrick has over twenty years of results-oriented, progressive human resources experience. He is skilled in building functional HR capability through effective systems, processes and people development, and is adept in strategic and change management. During his tenure with Sara Lee Food & Beverage, Mr. Patrick has strategically implemented a simple yet innovative plan that has helped the company better understand its position today, determine its goals for tomorrow and identify the ways to get there.