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Upcoming events

    • July 30, 2026
    • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
    • 1250 S. Capital of Texas Highway Lobby, Cielo Center Building 2 Austin, TX 78746
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    Start your morning with breakfast and a coffee bar, while connecting with fellow Total Rewards professionals at our next ATX Total Rewards educational event. Plus, all attendees will be entered for a chance to win a complimentary registration to the 2026 Texas Total Rewards Conference in Austin.


    Join us for our annual Employee Benefits Panel featuring industry experts from Pareto, Healthee, and Garner as they explore the latest trends shaping employee benefits and healthcare. Through practical insights and real-world examples, our panelists will discuss:


    ✅ Healthcare funding models and innovative plan designs
    ✅ Cost-containment strategies to help organizations manage rising healthcare expenses
    ✅ The role of employee education, advocacy, and benefits navigation in improving engagement and outcomes
    ✅ Emerging approaches employers can leverage to maximize the value of their benefits programs

    Whether you are preparing for renewal season, evaluating your current strategy, or looking for new ideas to better support your employees, this session will provide valuable takeaways and opportunities to learn from industry leaders and peers.

      Event Schedule

    • Networking, breakfast, and coffee bar: 8:30–9:00 AM
    • Panel presentation: 9:00–10:00 AM

     Location:

    1250 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Building 2

    Our Panelist include:


    Daniel Risen is Senior Director of Consultant Relations at Garner Health, where he partners with leading national brokerage firms to bring a data-driven approach to healthcare benefits. He works with brokers and employers to help employees find high-quality providers while cutting unnecessary spend, pairing better care with lower cost. Before Garner, Daniel spent his career in employee benefits consulting, advising organizations on plan design, vendor strategy, and cost containment, working closely with CFOs and HR leaders to simplify complex decisions. He's known for turning complex healthcare data into clear, actionable strategy and for building the kind of long-term broker relationships that actually move the needle for clients. On this panel, Daniel will bring a cost-containment and provider-quality lens to the conversation, sharing what's actually working for employers as they head into renewal season.


    Debbie Walker is the Director of Sales at Healthee, where she partners with employers to simplify one of the most complicated and expensive decisions they face: choosing the right employee benefits

    Before Healthee, Debbie spent over four years at Jellyvision in progressively senior channel sales and strategic advisory roles, partnering with brokers and HR teams to bring AI, data analytics, and behavioral science to benefits decision-making. Earlier in her career, she served as a strategic and operating partner to executive leadership at National Instruments and VMware, supporting M&A evaluation, global sales strategy, and enterprise execution.

    Debbie lives in Round Rock, Texas, with her husband, Charles; together they have three daughters and a granddaughter. 


    Matt Perry is a Regional Vice President at ParetoHealth, where he focuses on new business development and educating the market on innovative approaches to risk financing in healthcare. With 19 years of experience in employee benefits sales, Matt brings a deep understanding of the industry and a passion for helping employers and advisors navigate an evolving healthcare landscape. Since joining ParetoHealth in 2022, he has partnered with organizations to deliver sustainable healthcare solutions and drive meaningful conversations around cost containment and employee health benefits. Matt lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and their three children.

    We look forward to seeing you there for a morning of networking, collaboration, and meaningful conversations around the future of employee benefits.

    HRCI, SHRM and WatW approved!

ATX Lunch & Learn Educational Events

Our lunch and learn events have become the top benefit to becoming a ATX member.  Your membership will give you access to total rewards or compensation related webinar events for a nominal cost. ATX strives to host trending relevent educational events every other month. At the minimum, you will receive access to at least six educational events a year. At best, you will have an opportunity to grow your network by joining ATX.

We bring in subject matter experts with information that you can take back to your own employers or organization. Occasionally, we will host in-person educational events in where you will have opportunities to network with others working in the HR, benefits and compensation profession. Either way, our events are SHRM and HRCI certified. 

                       




The annual Texas Total Rewards Conference (TTRC) will take place in Austin, Texas, in August 2026 at the Hyatt Hotel & Conference Center, bringing together professionals from across the Total Rewards landscape.




EDUCATIONAL SERIES


The Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation gives you an edge in today’s competitive world signifying that you are an expert in your field. It gives you, and your employer, confidence in your job skills. The CCP designation demonstrates you possess essential knowledge about integrating compensation programs with business strategy, designing and administering base and variable pay programs, complying with legal and regulatory requirements, and effectively communicating compensation information. 

The Certified Benefits Professional® (CBP) is our benefits certification that is widely recognized in the HR and total rewards communities. It demonstrates your knowledge and skills in strategy development, design and administration of U.S. employee benefits programs. This certification will empower you to develop benefits programs and integrate them with business strategy to positively impact employee engagement and retention. The CBP is a designation for entry- to mid-level HR professionals achieved by passing a series of 7 exams that test your skills and knowledge. WorldatWork delivers corresponding preparation courses to better prepare you for the examinations.

The CBP will establish your excellence and acumen as an HR benefits professional.


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Email us at admin@atxtotalrewards.org to recieve the discount code for upcoming events.


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