Subject: INVITE: Monthly Conference Call with Department of Health and Human Services
From: "Devon Wardlow, BusinessFwd.org" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:40:08 +0000

Hunter --

Please join Business Forward for the monthly Affordable Care Act update with Sol Ross, Director of Private Sector Engagement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sol will discuss the impact of Affordable Care Act implementation on businesses. 

There will be time for you to ask questions and share your advice at the end of the call. This call is off-the-record and not for press purposes.

Click here to register: http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/V8S7EF8IC2OF5T1E

Here are the details:

What: Business leader conference call with Sol Ross, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
When: Wednesday, April 16th from 4:00 - 4:30 pm EDT
Where: A teleconference dial-in and password will be sent to you when you register
 
Don't forget to register: http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/V8S7EF8IC2OF5T1E

Thank you,

Devon

Devon Wardlow
Director of Programming
Business Forward 

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Sol Ross: Director of Private Sector Engagement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Sol Ross currently serves as the Director of Business Outreach in the Intergovernmental and External Affairs Office in the Department of Health and Human Services. He serves as a liaison between the business community and the department on Affordable Care Act, strategic initiatives including the White House Business and Jobs & Competitiveness Councils, and as a direct point of contact for businesses.

Previously he spent two years in state and local government consulting, working with Fortune 500 clients on various dynamic campaigns. Prior to those endeavors, Mr. Ross was the Manager of Government Relations for BearingPoint, Inc. in McLean VA, where he oversaw State and Local Government Affairs for the Public Sector. Upon arrival, Sol helped to reduce to overall budget spent on state consultants, and served to create the Hurricane Katrina Taskforce, which contributed over $1M in pro bono assistance to the affected region.

While working at BearingPoint, Sol also helped establish the Government Affairs Committee for TechAmerica, and served as Vice Chair on the committee in its inaugural year. The committee identified key legislators and decision makers regarding government contracting and tech issues.

Prior to BearingPoint, Sol served as the State-Federal Relations Director for the State of Illinois. He managed the Federal Appropriations process, and devised the outreach strategy for State Agency Directors and Secretaries to the Illinois Delegation and Federal Government. In addition, Mr. Ross helped create the Chairman's Agenda for the Midwestern Governors Association in 2005, and served as the staff lead for the Democratic Governors Federal Liaison from 2004-2005.

Sol received his BA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.

About Business Forward

With the help of more than 50 of the world's most respected companies, Business Forward is making it easier for tens of thousands of business leaders from across America to advise Washington on how to create jobs and accelerate our economic recovery. Together, we have organized hundreds of local briefings with more than 400 senior Administration officials, Members of Congress, mayors and governors. In 2012, we also brought more than 2,000 business leaders to the White House to brief the President's economic advisors. Business leaders who have participated in our briefings have seen their suggestions implemented in the Affordable Care Act, the Jobs Act, three trade agreements and every one of the President's budgets. Many have also shared their recommendations with their representatives in Congress and through op-eds and interviews with local media. Ninety-eight out of 100 business leaders who have participated in a Business Forward briefing would be interested in participating in another one.