Julie Stone

Julie A. Stone spent several years as a member of Willis Towers Watson Health & Benefits North America Senior Leadership team. She was responsible for Intellectual Capital and Specialty Practices including health management, wellbeing, pharmacy, absence & disability management, dental, vision and more. She designed and lead Learning & Development for the Health & Benefits practice following the integration of Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt. She also was responsible for the business partnership with WTWs Research & Innovation Center bringing thought leadership to both employer and employee-centric survey design. She led broad strategic initiatives across WTW’s H&B business and for large and complex employers.

Prior to joining Towers Perrin, Julie held a variety of roles in Prudential’s Health Care business including leading the integration team focused on networks, sales, and account management for the Northeast during the
sale of the business to Aetna. Prior to that, she oversaw the execution of
the sale of the New England Prudential health plan to Tufts Health Plan
in Massachusetts. Earlier in her career, she led the national accounts underwriting team, served as an Account Executive for key national accounts, managed the health care data analytics team, the treasury operations, and spent six years leading the user design team in IT for Prudential’s managed health care business.

Julie worked with clients directly to develop health and welfare benefits strategies aligned with organizational/business goals as well as to design, implement and measure their health and welfare programs’ effectiveness through a variety of quantitative and qualitative approaches. Julie’s background and expertise covers the full range of health and welfare programs. She has worked with clients in a variety of industries, including financial services, utilities, and pharmaceuticals.

Julie has spoken at conferences sponsored by The Conference Board and the Business Group on Health, SHRM, and other women’s health events. She has frequently been interviewed about health care by various media including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Kaiser Health News, Fox Business, Money magazine, and National Public Radio.