William Salmon

Senior Partner & Co-Founder

William has been in the employee benefit business for 20 years with experience in all aspects of the industry and is a co-founder of Progressive Benefit Solutions.

His career began with MetLife where he went through extensive training...read more

John R. McDonnell

Senior Partner & Co-Founder

John has over 25 years of experience in the insurance and managed care industry.  In 1998 he co-founded Progressive Benefit Solutions, one of North Carolina’s leading consulting and insurance brokerage firms. 

His previous experience includes sales and marketing for Blue Cross Blue Shield...read more

Rick Kelly, FSA

Managing Partner

With nearly 20 years of experience, Rick has a successful record of running healthcare businesses and increasing earnings in different markets and positions.  He is a recognized industry professional quoted in many articles and an active participant in healthcare panel discussions. 

Prior to joining Progressive Benefit Solutions...read more

Kyle Lawrence

Vice President of Worksite Benefits

Kyle Lawrence has been in the insurance industry for over 15 years. Kyle brings a tremendous amount of knowledge in the Voluntary and Worksite Benefits market. Prior to joining Progressive Benefit Solutions, he served as a Sales Coordinator for the largest Supplemental insurance company in the U.S. and was recognized as one of the top agents in his field.

In 2004, Kyle founded Lawrence Benefits, Inc., which quickly became...read more

Todd Reider

Account Executive

With over 19 years of industry experience, Todd brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Progressive Benefit Solutions team. Todd began his career with Aetna, holding a variety of positions from Installation Coordinator to Client Manager to Senior Account Executive. He has helped design, implement, and manage the benefit programs for many of Aetna's largest customers including DuPont, Honda Manufacturing, and Qwest Communications.

Todd attended the University of Connecticut earning a BA in...read more

Rusty Bramlage, SPHR, CCP, CBP, GRP

Human Resources Consulting Director

Rusty received his MBA from the University of Michigan; his Master's in healthcare management/operations from Yale School of Medicine; and his BA from the University of Notre Dame. Rusty has more than 20 years of human resources, operations, compensation, and benefits management experience in bioresearch, high-technology, manufacturing, government, and consulting environments.

Prior to working with Progressive Benefit Solutions, he was head of human resources at...read more

Peter Marathas, Esq.

Compliance Director

Through Progressive Benefit Solutions' affiliation with the Benefit Advisors Network, the nation's premier association of benefits consultants, Peter serves as our Compliance Director. Peter received his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, magna cum laude, his M.A. from Bradley University, summa cum laude, and his B.A. from Bradley University, cum laude.

Peter is a Partner in the Boston, MA offices of the highly respected...read more

David Rearick, DO, MBA, CPE

Medical Director

Through Progressive Benefit Solutions' affiliation with the Benefit Advisors Network, the nation's premier association of benefits consultants, Dr. Rearick serves as our Medical Director. Dr. Rearick received his DO from Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and his MBA from Emory University.

He is known nationally as an expert in the fields of wellness, benefit design and oversight of care management programs...read more

Armand Dilanchian, R.Ph.

Pharmacy Director

Through Progressive Benefit Solutions' affiliation with the Benefit Advisors Network, the nation's premier association of benefits consultants, Armand serves as our Pharmacy Director.

Armand is a clinically trained pharmacist with over 22 years of experience in managed care and Pharmacy Benefit Management and is currently President and CEO of Integrated Health Concepts (IHC), a national pharmacy benefit consulting firm...read more

Beth McDonnell

Nutritionist/Wellness Coordinator

Beth is a registered dietitian with a Master's degree in nutrition and 23 years of nutrition counseling experience in a variety of clinical and community settings, including both individual and group sessions. Beth is a member of the American Dietetic Association, as well as the North Carolina Dietetic Association.

She has certification in adult and pediatric weight management and is a member of the ADA sports, cardiovascular, and wellness dietitians practice group...read more

Cathy Lusky

Account Manager

Cathy has been in an account manager role with Progressive Benefit Solutions, LLC for almost five years.  In this capacity she handles the day-to-day service needs of our clients and their employees and interacts with medical, life, and disability carriers daily.

Prior to joining Progressive Benefit Solutions...read more

Martha Coats

Account Manager

Martha has been in the customer service field for more than 15 years.  Her career began at the Teacher’s Academy for Mathematics and Science in Chicago, Illinois where she provided direct support to clients of the Chicago Public School system, through enrollment, payment and constant communication to over 300 school administrators in Cook County.

After serving ten years with The Teacher’s Academy...read more

Jennifer Brown

Account Manager

Jennifer joined the Progressive Benefit Solutions team in March 2009. In her role as an account manager, she is interacting daily with each of the medical, life and disability carriers and managing the day to day service needs for our clients and their employees.

Jennifer has over 7 years experience working in a client service role...read more

Shane Banks

Account Manager

Shane is an Account Manager at Progressive Benefit Solutions.  In this position he works to ensure that the needs of all prospective clients are met, and that each client receives prompt, personal treatment.

Prior to joining Progressive Benefit Solutions...read more

Michael Johnson

Marketing and Communications Manager

Michael joined Progressive Benefit Solutions as Group Marketing Specialist in September 2008.  After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007 with a degree in business administration, Michael fulfilled a lifelong dream of traveling around the world to Australia and New Zealand....read more