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National Resources
KAREN MCLEESE
Vice President of Employee Regulatory Affairs
Responsible for analyzing and communicating federal and State legislation, including Health Care
Reform. Karen R. McLeese is Vice President of Employee Benefit Regulatory Affairs for CBIZ Benefits &
Insurance Services, Inc., a division of CBIZ, Inc. She serves as in-house counsel, with particular emphasis
on monitoring and interpreting state and federal employee benefits law. Karen is involved in all of the
projects listed as references and serves as a resource to the entire account team for all compliance and
regulatory issues. Karen has been with CBIZ for 20 years.
MICHAEL ZUCARELLI
National Pharmacy Practice Leader
Responsible for working with plan sponsors to develop, implement and monitor a competitive and
sustainable pharmacy benefit for their membership. Prior to joining CBIZ, Michael has worked over three
years for Mercer as a member of their Managed Pharmacy Practice serving both large and jumbo self-
insured clients. Michael also collaborated with actuarial teams responsible for capitated rate setting for
Managed Medicaid plans providing valuable pharmacy consulting and clinical parameters used in actuarial modeling of
prospective rates. Michael has also worked 7 years in retail pharmacy and continues to remain current in his practical
experience. If necessary on this project, Mike will assist with evaluating pharmacy spend, identifying trends in PBM benefit
design, determining if a PBM carve out would be beneficial to Grinnell, and reviewing the Onsite Clinic formulary. He will
evaluate pharmacy contracts to ensure the most favorable terms are negotiated for VNAC.
DAVE RUBADUE
National Director of Actuarial Analyst
He will provide insightful actuarial and financial advice, analysis and certifications in compliance with
actuarial standards of practice.
ERIN EASON
Clinical Consulting Lead
With increasing health care costs, the need to understand data is more important than ever. Our clinical
data analysts will use our analytical tools to expose underlying causes of increasing cost and proactive risk
management strategies. Further understanding how VNAC’s plans benchmark to competitors is critical to
maintaining a productive workforce.