BIP Summer 2024

“ All of the work that I've done within MAHU,

NABIP, it has formed me into the leader I am today.

David C. Smith, NABIP treasurer, has known Riedl for nearly a decade. “I've always particularly been impressed by her mindset. She always knew the right kind of questions to ask but also was unwilling to accept that's the way we've always done it,” says Smith, senior vice president at eBen. “She is really committed to the idea that what we ought to be as an association is more than we are. She’s really pushed the opportunity for us to think about things in a totally different way.” Susan Rider, NABIP vice president, agrees. “One of the things that stands out to me about Alycia, she's very good at asking questions of curiosity,” says Rider, director of compliance and HR consulting at Human Capital Concepts. Proactive and collaborative shift Along with the strategic plan, Riedl credits the NABIP Healthcare Bill of Rights [see, "Healthcare Bill of Rights heralds a new era for NABIP," p.8] with putting NABIP in a forward-facing position. “We are no longer reacting to the world. We're actually forging the future,” she says. The Healthcare Bill of Rights framework sets the tone for what the organization stands for and where it will focus its time, adds Riedl. “The things we're talking about at NABIP now really boil down to people being able to have a respected and high-quality interaction with the healthcare system,” she says. So what will the future look like? Riedl has two immediate goals in mind. Leveling the playing field with the big guys and boosting collaboration

Then, when the Region IV vice president also took another job outside the industry, Riedl finished out his term, followed by two of her own. Professionally, she’d moved on to Towers Watson and then Willis, where she gained experience in retail, hourly workers, and unions with clients like supermarket chain Meijer. Following her move to Mercer, where Riedl now specializes in overall client relationship management, she was elected to NABIP secretary in July 2020. At that time, she’d already been working with then-NAHU President Pat Griffey on the Futures Advisory Group Task Force. Looking at the economic landscape and industry influencers, the task force created a five-year strategic plan, including “a level of transparency about what we're doing as an association, where there's gaps that we need to fill, and what could rally us around the future,” says Riedl.

"She is really committed to the idea

that what we ought

to be as an association is more than we are." — David C. Smith, NABIP treasurer

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