Inflation Anxiety: How Employers Can Support Teams

Ellen Meza is a Human Resources professional with over 20 years of progressive employee benefits and HR operations experience. She has worked both in-house and as a consultant with companies from the start-up/pre-IPO stage all the way to mature 10,000+ employee companies. She currently serves as the Senior Director of Global Benefits, Wellbeing & Mobility at DocuSign and is an advisory council member for many start-ups in the People Technology space. Ellen has a sharp eye for innovation, and is extremely passionate about helping the community and world.

With 60 years of transportation experience, J.B. Hunt is one of the leading transportation companies, and is changing the way carriers and customers collaborate and do business throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Jim Dubina III is currently assisting over 32,500 employees manage their money and achieve their retirement goals, while also serving as the head of their Financial Wellness Campaign. Jim has over 14 years of experience in the Financial Services industry as a financial advisor.

Merraf Abel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and a Provider Lead at Spring Health. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Mind-Body Medicine with a specialization in Mindful Leadership in Healthcare from Saybrook University. Her dissertation is focused on exploring the experiences of leaders with imposter phenomenon and its impact on their leadership style. Merraf received a Bachelor of Science in Human Development from Cornell University and obtained both a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Health Promotion and Education and a Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy (MFT) from Loma Linda University.

Merraf has 13+ years of clinical experience, which includes working at the County of San Bernardino’s Department of Behavioral Health and non-profit organizations with children, transitional age youth, adults, and families as well as providing clinical supervision to trainees and associates.

She maintains a private practice, Abel Minds, and lives in Los Angeles, CA, where she enjoys soaking in the sun while on the beach.

Merraf was born and raised in Washington, DC to Ethiopian parents. When she is not exploring the many vineyards and wineries California has to offer, she is either in DC or traveling to one of the 56 countries on her travel list.