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At this lab, lunch will be provided to attendees.

Please visit Tulsa Tech's website here for directions to the Client Service Center.

Presented by Andrew Malahowski, Joshua Tanusaputra, and Travis Jones

Many Americans will experience a large life transition this year, whether it is through retirement or through job elimination. Employers face challenges when these workers are displaced or retire. 

The “Silver Wave” is here.  About 4.1 million Americans will turn 65 this year, more than 11,000 each day.  This presentation will provide the fundamental principles that govern health and welfare benefits and benefit continuation for a range of employment, leave, and termination scenarios. 

Together, outplacement and retirement coaching offers a holistic approach to career transitions, ensuring that individuals not only navigate their immediate challenges but also lay the groundwork for a prosperous and satisfying future.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn about the complexities of navigating career transitions. They will gain insights into the emotional, psychological, and practical challenges faced during these periods and understand the importance of comprehensive support in overcoming these obstacles.
• Participants will learn how to handle separations with dignity and respect: participants will learn how to prepare, communicate, and handle logistics with sensitivity.
• Participants will gain an understanding on how to develop a comprehensive retirement planning approach by navigating their career, family, leisure, personal development, health and wellness, finances, and their legacy.
• Understand how plan eligibility rules and employer shared responsibility rules intersect.
• Consider benefit options and rules for severance programs, executive agreements, and retirement.
• Explore the benefits implications of employee leaves of absence, from active coverage to FMLA to COBRA.

At this lab, lunch will be provided to attendees.

Please visit Tulsa Tech's website here for directions to the Client Service Center. 

Andrew Malahowski joined Gallagher’s Dallas, Texas office in 2014.  Andrew was previously a partner with an employment and benefits law firm in Chicago, Illinois, where he represented both public and private sector employers in a broad range of employee benefits matters. Over a 22-year legal career, his counseling experience includes the design and administration of employee benefit plans, and he has counseled clients with respect to compliance obligations under ERISA, PPACA, COBRA, HIPAA, and various other employee benefits laws and regulations.

As Compliance Counsel, he assists the many offices of Gallagher’s South Central Region with both day-to-day and strategic compliance questions related to health and welfare plans. He has also assisted clients with benefit plan audits and filings with the IRS and DOL. Andrew’s additional depth of experience from his prior law practice allows him to strategize with clients on other angles affecting their employee benefit plans, such as collective bargaining, worker classification, and the management of employee leaves of absence.

Andrew lives with his family in Coppell, Texas, and is a “Double Domer” graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Notre Dame Law School.  Andrew is a licensed attorney in the states of Illinois (inactive status) and Texas. 

Joshua Tanusaputra joined Career Development Partners as the COO in 2019, a talent management firm that helps companies recruit, develop, and transition their employees. Joshua was formerly a consultant for Hogan Assessments, a personality assessment company in Tulsa, OK. He is a graduate of John Brown University and earned his Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health from Denver Seminary.

Joshua experience with working with fortune 500 companies gives him the unique ability to balance an organization’s strategic imperatives with human capital needs in this competitive landscape. His background in living in three different continents and fluency in 4 languages gives him a distinctive perspective in working with clients with local and global locations.

He is passionate in helping organizations become more effective in the management of their change management and culture. His area of expertise includes talent acquisition and development, one-on-one coaching, assessment strategy, and job analysis. His goal is to enable and empower organizations to attract, retain, and develop their employees effectively.

Joshua serves on the board of Tulsa HRC and BNI and is actively involved in his church. He has been married for 10 years and has two children and a hyperactive goldendoodle.

Travis Jones has been an entrepreneur and business owner in Tulsa for over 30 years. He is a well-known community servant and is dedicated to providing world-class service for everyone we encounter at Career Development Partners. Travis is a career transitions coach, certified Life Options Retirement Coach and is certified to facilitate and deliver the Manager as Coach Learning Series (MACLS) through CPI. He has served on the board of Career Partners International (CPI) and is an equity partner in CPI, offering a global reach with over 270 offices in 45 countries.

Prior to Career Development Partners, Travis served as President of Personnel Consultants, a professional staffing and placement company which consisted of 6 offices located in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Under his leadership, Personnel Consultants was the recipient of Inc. Magazine’s Award for the 135th fastest growing privately held business in America in addition to being named by Oklahoma Business Monthly as one of the best companies to work for in Oklahoma. Travis serves on the Board of Oklahoma Ethics, New Life Ranch and is a proud member of Tulsa Executives Association (TEA) and is active with several other organizations serving the community and beyond.

Career Development Partners serves Oklahoma and NW Arkansas and globally through our CPI Partners with a personal touch. We assist in every area of the employee life cycle ranging from your talent management to the next level in hiring, onboarding, development and reduction in the workforce programs.