Session 1

 Chelsea Hamilton - herronpalmer

Senior Compensation Consultant, Practice Leader

Chelsea Hamilton serves as the Consultant, Compensation Practice Leader for herronpalmer, where she partners with clients to design and implement thoughtful, data informed compensation solutions. She leads projects across a broad spectrum of compensation work, including base pay structure and job architecture design, comprehensive analytics, incentive plan development, and pay transparency initiatives.

Chelsea began her career in Human Resources as part of an in house HR team, gaining hands on experience in system administration, benefit plan design and administration, compliance, HR operations, change management, and other foundational HR functions. She later joined Innovative TR Solutions, where she specialized in Compensation, and subsequently held roles as Compensation Consulting Manager and Compensation Consulting Director at Brown & Brown. She now leads the Compensation Practice at herronpalmer, a division of Brown & Brown.

Chelsea brings deep expertise in designing customized compensation structures and career progression frameworks, and in conducting in depth analyses—including competitive market studies, compression reviews, cost of labor evaluations, and equal pay analytics. She is known for delivering tailored recommendations that blend market data and proven best practices with an organization’s unique culture and values. Chelsea also understands the importance of weaving data driven insights with change management and intentional communication, ensuring organizations achieve successful and lasting adoption of their compensation strategies.

Hannah Hargrave - herronpalmer

Consultant, Compensation Project Manager

Hannah Hargrave is a Consultant, Compensation Project Manager for herronpalmer, a division of Brown & Brown. Hannah is responsible for managing projects in various areas of compensation, such as base salary structures and job architecture development. She advises clients on industry best practices and empowers them with powerful business tools and solutions to assist in recruiting, engaging and retaining top talent, leading to overall company success.

Hannah worked as a researcher and university instructor in healthcare and higher education settings at the bachelors and masters level for over 12 years. Her approach to project management stems from her experience as an evidence-based practitioner, using both quantitative and qualitative datasets to approach multifaceted questions. During this tenure, she led special program development, enhanced patient care and supported student education which published and presented at local, regional, and national professional conferences. Her career shifted towards compensation in 2021 when she joined the Compensation Consulting Practice at Brown & Brown. She began by employing her background in data analytics, working with organizations across a variety of industries to use their data to evaluate compensation practices and increase engagement within workforces. As her role continues to evolve, she is leading projects and initiatives across the spectrum of total rewards.

Hannah obtained a Bachelor’s & Master’s degrees in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.

In this session, Chelsea and Hannah will explore how to develop a pay strategy that drives employee engagement and retention while aligning with organizational values. Attendees will learn how they identify key stakeholders, gather and analyze critical data, and define clear objectives to set a salary structure project up for success. They will also explain how to establish competitive positioning, align pay with market data, and support internal equity, along with strategies for effectively rolling out compensation initiatives through manager training and employee communication. Finally, they will discuss how to supplement base pay with total rewards offerings to create a compelling and holistic employee value proposition.

  Session 2  

Sharee Bowsher-Brown & Brown, National Pharmacy Practice

Sr. Director, Client Engagement & Business Development

Sharee Bowsher is a thought leader in the pharmacy and healthcare industry and a Certified Self Funding Specialist as designated through the Health Care Administrators Association. With more than 20 years of experience across specialty pharmacy, PBM strategy, and client engagement, she has partnered closely with plan sponsors to develop data driven approaches focused on managing pharmacy spend and member outcomes. Sharee previously served as a Board Member for the Wisconsin Association of Healthcare Underwriters. She currently serves as Senior Director of Client Engagement and Business Development within Brown & Brown’s National Pharmacy Team, where she helps customers and their trusted advisors leverage advanced data intelligence to improve their pharmacy program.

Hunter O'Hare - Garner Health

Regional Vice President

With nearly a decade of experience having worked inside health navigation, carrier, and point-solution companies, Hunter brings a rare, ground-level understanding of how the employer health ecosystem actually operates — and where it breaks down. At Garner Health, he works with employers to move beyond reactive cost-cutting toward data-driven benefit strategies that produce measurable outcomes for both plan sponsors and their members.