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Sponsors & Exhibitors
ABD Insurance & Financial Services - Booth 40
Monday Reception Sponsor
Darren Brown, EVP & Founding Principal
650.488.8521
3 Waters Park Drive, Suite #100
San Mateo, CA 94403
We are the ABD team. Our 150 risk and reward professionals are dedicated
to helping you understand the relationship between risks and rewards—so
that you can strike the right balance to achieve your goals. We partner with
organizations of all sizes to help them develop strategies and tactics that fit
their unique culture, taking care of the details so that they can stay focused on
building success.
Headquartered in San Mateo, with offices in San Francisco, San Jose, and
Walnut Creek, ABD has a history that spans over 75 years. Many of our risk
and reward professionals have been recognized as the best and the brightest
in the insurance and financial services industries. Our practice areas include
Employee Benefits programs, 401k and Retirement Services, Property &
Casualty insurance, Executive Protection, Private Client Services, and more.
Ascension - Booth 38
925.937.8787, 800.404.4969
1277 Treat Boulevard, Suite #650
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
The Ascension promise is to design and implement comprehensive, custom
employee benefits programs to meet the needs of employees while providing the
best return on investment for the client. Through innovation, thought leadership and
service excellence, our consultants deliver on this promise by leveraging our robust
resources with strategic consulting and analytical focus. The outcome is reduced
costs, enhanced productivity, improved benefit delivery and communication to your
employees. This proven approach of combining consulting, benefits expertise and
powerful resources creates superior value for your investment.
Our entire team is available to answer questions and help you create the best
possible benefits solution for your business and your employees. We look
forward to the putting our expertise to work for your organization.
BBSI - Booth 10
925.686.2800
1000 Burnett Avenue, Suite #150
Concord, CA 94520
BBSI is a leading provider of business management solutions, combining human
resource outsourcing and professional management consulting to create a
unique operational platform that differentiates it from competitors. Integrating
these services on a single platform helps BBSI’s small and medium-sized partner
companies leverage their investment in human capital by improving the efficiency
of their operations. BBSI works with more than 3,000 clients across all industries
in 23 states. For more information, please visit
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Benefit Resource, Inc. - Booth 37
Ron Dailey
415.408.3534
1531 Buchanan Street
Novato, CA 94947
Benefit Resource, Inc. provides innovative and dedicated administration of
tax-free employee benefit plans, including: FSAs, HSAs, HRAs and commuter
benefit accounts all with the convenience of the Beniversal
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Prepaid MasterCard.
Benefit Resource was founded in Rochester, New York over 20 years ago by
current president, Anthony DiBarnaba and vice president, Tom Guiler with a vision
to deliver quality products through convenient solutions and superior service
to its clients and participants. Benefit Resource is dedicated to innovation and
product expansion which is evidenced through its continued expansion of online
systems, the BRiMobile app and introduction of contactless payment systems.
Benefit Resource administers tax-free employee benefit plans for more than 2,200
employer plans nationwide, reaching over 2 million employees.
Berliner Cohen
Tuesday Reception Sponsor
Roberta S. Hayashi
408.286.5800
Ten Almaden Boulevard, Eleventh Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
Berliner Cohen’s employment law and litigation attorneys provide expert
representation, preventative advice, guidelines and workplace training to all
sizes of businesses in diverse industries. Berliner Cohen is one of the largest
full-service law firms in San Jose serving the needs of private businesses and
public agencies.
For over forty-five years, Berliner Cohen, founded and headquartered in
San Jose, California, has been one of the most highly-respected full-service
business law firms in the region. As one of the largest San Jose-based law
firms, Berliner Cohen possesses the specialized expertise required to serve the
business and regulatory needs of a diverse clientele, which includes publicly-
traded corporations and privately-held entities across various sectors, public
agencies and governmental entities, leading real estate developers, owners,
operators, managers and investors, and banking and other financial institutions.
Berliner Cohen also meets the growing demands of the San Joaquin Valley with
its Merced and Modesto offices.
Bong Hillberg Lewis Fischesser LLP - Booth 30
Brent Hillberg, CPA
925.322.0125
205 Lennon Lane, Suite #210
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Bong Hillberg Lewis Fischesser LLP (BHLF) is a full service CPA firm providing
audit, accounting and tax services to a wide array of industries, including
employee benefit plans, in California and beyond. The partner group has
extensive experience in the employee benefit plan industry and that allows them
to be not just accountants, but trusted business advisors to their clients.
In meeting the accounting and tax needs of their clients, BHLF takes the time
