Experts provide a guided tour through Colonial Life Vaccine VerifierTM, our latest solution that can help you verify employee COVID-19 vaccination status, manage exemptions and oversee testing compliance all in one place. They also discuss the newly released OSHA guidelines and expected impact to employers going forward, pending ongoing litigation.
About the speakers
Wendra Johnson, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Vice President, Enrollment Market Development
Wendra Johnson has more than 20 years of experience in executive leadership, sales and human resources. Her career has spanned industries including healthcare, staffing, benefits and manufacturing, with a focus in human capital management (HCM) solutions and technology. As Vice President of Enrollment Market Development for Colonial Life, Wendra is responsible for the Enrollment Firm partner strategy and growth, as well as launching and scaling an Enterprise Enrollment Solution across both Unum and Colonial Life brands.
Wendra Johnson has more than 20 years of experience in executive leadership, sales and human resources. Her career has spanned industries including healthcare, staffing, benefits and manufacturing, with a focus in human capital management (HCM) solutions and technology. As Vice President of Enrollment Market Development for Colonial Life, Wendra is responsible for the Enrollment Firm partner strategy and growth, as well as launching and scaling an Enterprise Enrollment Solution across both Unum and Colonial Life brands.
Polly Nicholas
Senior Vice President and Head of Solutions — Unum Group
Polly Nicholas is the Senior Vice President and Head of Solutions at Unum Group. With more than 20 years of experience driving growth and operational improvement and a passion for connecting people, purpose and results, Polly leads Unum's rapidly expanding solutions businesses, attracting new clients and expanding the support provided through a suite of technology-first solutions including Unum Total Leave™, Unum Behavioral Health and Unum HR Connect®. Prior to Unum, Polly held leadership roles at global firms Alight Solutions and Aon Hewitt.
Ellen McCann
Assistant Vice President, Leave Solutions — Unum Group
Ellen McCann serves as a leading expert in applying benefits and benefits technology to power modern solutions to more effective employee leave programs, stronger regulatory compliance and enhanced digital HR transformation. In this role, she combines more than 30 years of employment law experience with practical knowledge of the complexities of leave and accommodation management to help develop and create solutions that enable employers to address the challenges of leave and accommodations. She is an acclaimed national speaker on leave management issues including FMLA and ADA, and is a certified trainer for SHRM and CE credit.
Justin Alford
Head of IT Delivery, Unum Group Solutions
Justin is a technology leader and visionary, with enterprise software expertise and SaaS business leadership. He has built complex systems to support bold and ambitious public policies, including work on Healthcare.gov, consulting with enterprise organizations to scale strategic technical infrastructure. “Over the life of my career and having my own children, the intersection of technology and policy is enabling organizations to solve for the most complex problems. It is exciting to be at the forefront of designing and innovating solutions that reinvent the experience for leaves.”