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Upcoming Events
Meeting DATE CHANGE:
April 3, 2025
Location: 370 7th Avenue – 5th Floor
Topics:
PBM Procurement: A Consultant’s Blueprint for Union Benefits
Proactive Stop Loss Management
Sponsorship: Jay Goebel, True Rx Health Strategists
June 3, 2025
Location: 370 7th Avenue – 5th Floor
Topic TBD
Sponsorship: still available
September 16, 2025
Location: 370 7th Avenue – 5th Floor
Topic TBD
Sponsorship: still available
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About The ABA
Officers & Directors
Meet Our Board Members
Charles Hamilton - President
Consultant, Multiemployer Benefit Plans
Robin Modzelewski - Co-Secretary
Teamsters Welfare Fund of Northern NJ Local 723 Fund Administrator (retired)
Lauri LoQuercio, Director of Events
NY Life
Tom Omiatek - Vice President
NYSA-ILA Welfare Fund, Executive Director
Rhonda Murray - Co-Secretary
AGMA Retirement Plan-Health Fund, Executive Director
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Karleen O'Neill - Treasurer
Sheet Metal Workers Local 25 Funds Administrator
Damien Arnold - Director At Large
CWA Local 1180 Benefit Funds Fund Administrator
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Publications
Newsletters
March 2025 Newsletter
OUR NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2025 LUNCH SPONSOR: Jay Goebel True Rx Health StrategistsDear ABA Members, We’re finally nearing the warmer weather of spring, ordinarily a time of new beginnings and hope. We’re living in unprecedented times, but we...
January 2025 Newsletter
OUR NEXT MEETING IS FEBRUARY 4TH! LUNCH SPONSOR: TBDDear ABA Members, Happy New Year! 2025 promises to be a challenging year for labor and its benefit funds. We’re facing an incoming national administration that did not prove itself worker and union-friendly...
August 2024 Newsletter
OUR NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 17TH! LUNCH SPONSOR: Adam BradleyDear ABA Members, We hope you’ve enjoyed your summer and that you’ve had an opportunity to unwind a bit! As busy as we all are, we do want to make the time to continually learn and grow, and to...
Articles
The Critical Importance of Labor Leadership in Transformative Health Care Innovation
The Critical Importance of Labor Leadership in Transformative Health Care Innovation:Labor & Allied Employers utilizing their power to redesign Health Care Delivery - Improving Healthcare and Reducing Costs! Dear ABA Members, Please see below letter from the...
ABA Joins in Successful Appeal to the United States Supreme Court
ABA’s Support Helps Preserve Investor Rights in Supreme Court Opinion The Board of the ABA informs you of an important development that impacts the rights of benefits funds as investors in public markets. Several months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear...
What About Carol? She’s Doing Better!
By: Russ Kamp, Managing Director, Ryan ALM, Inc. Regular readers of this blog will know to whom I am referring when I mention the name, Carol. I started following Carol’s saga from late 2017 to early 2018 and first wrote about her in June 2018, when I was...
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Meeting Location:
370 7th Avenue – 5th Floor
New York, NY
Mailing Address:
Sheet Metal Workers Local 25
