BIP Summer 2024

Letter from the President

A unified vision for NABIP

As I enter my term as NABIP President, I reflect on our recent CEO search process and how it filled me with renewed optimism and purpose for our association. Throughout the candidate interviews, we encountered a broad spectrum of potential leaders. On one end were traditional, experienced nonprofit executives well-versed in established association management. On the other were charismatic figures who excelled in the spotlight, bringing attention and allure to the association. What became apparent was our need for a

visionary leader — someone who could manage effectively and elevate the NABIP brand as they articulated a compelling plan for the future. In other words, we needed someone who could help us sparkle but also really think strategically about where we’re going and who we want to be and then figure out a way to get us there. Jessica Brooks-Woods stood out because she embodies both opera tional excellence and strategic foresight. She is unafraid to boldly declare who we are and where we’re headed. Her vision aligns with NABIP’s ambition to be seen as essential and innovative. Already, we’re enhanc ing the value of being a NABIP member in terms of the increasingly sophisticated technology, resources, and credentialing we offer. I look forward to working closely with Jessica and the NABIP staff to continue elevating NABIP’s presence and utility in the broader healthcare and insurance communities. Over my years on the NABIP Board of Trustees, I’ve witnessed a shift toward a more cohesive, collaborative management style and away from islands of leadership. We are a collective group of leaders with very different experiences. Whether it’s your religion, your color, your age, your industry, or where you live in the country, we need to value each of those individual experiences, strengths, and points of view and find a way to harness them so that we are more powerful as a group than we are individually and separately. Today, we prioritize teamwork, respect, and unified strategic planning. We’re committed to ensuring that our leadership transitions are seamless and our strategic goals are consistently pursued so that we foster a powerful, united front. Together, we are stronger, more innovative, and better positioned to achieve NABIP’s objectives.

We’re committed to ensuring that our leadership transitions are seamless and our strategic goals are consistently pursued.

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I look forward to working closely with Jessica ... to continue elevating NABIP’s presense.

Alycia Riedl Incoming President, NABIP

photo by Cary Rothschild

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