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Medica and our Pride ERG (Employee Resource Group) had a great time at this weekend's Twin Cities Pride 🌈 event! We had a lot of folks stop by our booth and say hi-- a fun way to wrap up Pride Month.

📣 📣 Announcement 📣 📣 Medica is happy to share Alicia Bartsh Reuter joins the organization as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer. ◼ In this role, Alicia will provide strategic direction and oversight for legal, compliance, privacy, regulatory affairs, public policy, risk management, community engagement, and the Medica Foundation. "We are fortunate to have a Chief Legal Officer of Alicia’s caliber at Medica to help guide us through the health care industry’s legal, compliance, and policy environment, which continues to evolve rapidly,” said Lisa Erickson, Medica President and CEO. ◼ Alicia brings more than 25 years of experience in the legal and healthcare industry, including more than 15 years with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota in progressive roles, most recently as Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary. ◼ She began her career with Piper Sandler in investment banking and equity research. ◼ She also spent time with Split Rock Partners, SuperValu, and law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis PA.  ◼ Alicia holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Economics, from Macalester College, and she earned her Juris Doctor with honors from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. ◼ She serves on the board of Academy of Holy Angels.

💻 Another great webinar happening tomorrow with Becky Taylor talking all things social security--this is a great opportunity to learn some pro tips from the Social Security Administration on how to navigate parts of your healthcare plan and what makes the most sense for your customers! To sign up head ⬇ Broker Portal > Training and Events

⚾ 🧢 It's one of our favorite times of the year-- the College World Series!! Our Omaha team Sarah Podany, MBA, Jeni Alm, Pat Hoefener, Tom Gilsdorf and Desiree Adams and a whole host of others hosted their CWS appreciation event for the 3rd year in a row! We had approximately 200 customers, broker partners, provider partners, and prospects join us for an afternoon of networking and celebrating our partnerships, and the excitement of CWS. Thankful to everyone that came out to join us!

Medica recognized Juneteenth for the first time this year as a company holiday--there has a been a lot of hard and meaningful work to get to this point from our Employee Resource Groups and the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility) team led by Rose Judkins and Laterrica Moore, CAPSW. Rose Judkins attended the Soul of the Southside Juneteenth Festival this past Wednesday to recognize the meaning behind the day.

Recently our team spent part of their day at Open Arms of Minnesota cooking and packing nutritious and medically tailored meals for people who are critically ill and have chronic diseases. We packed over 500 macaroni and cheese meals, over 400 barbeque 🍗 meals, and chopped 82lbs of Bell 🌶 way to go! Medica is a longtime partner of Open Arms of Minnesota--we always enjoy swinging by and volunteering our time!

In our latest Unscripted video where we get to know our leaders outside of the office--we met up with Andrew Marshall for a run in Eden Prairie. Andrew is an avid marathon runner--but his journey to becoming a 🏃♂️ was through hitting rock bottom-- it's inspiring to see a successful executive open up about struggles and challenges they've overcome in life--if you ever believed in second chances--this video is for you!

You sure do find the most interesting items along the side of a highway! Yesterday a team from Medica volunteered their time doing a spring Adopt-A-Highway clean-up. One colleague found a kitten (alive and well) and reached out to local authorities who contacted a local animal shelter for it to be taken to and cleaned up. Then our crew found a social security card, intact--that was taken to a local DVS to hopefully get back to the owner. The team thought…what’s next, a bag filled with 💰 ? Alas, they found a $1 bill 💵-- a few laughs and some team bonding made for a good Tuesday! #MedicaInTheCommunity #VolunteerTimeOff #TeamBonding

Brokers: Don't miss this important update on this past legislative session from our Jay McLaren--he will break down all the details that happened over the last few months in the hubs we serve and what that means for our industry. Sign up ⬇ https://lnkd.in/gTqfMjAP

We appreciate MinnPost for featuring the mental health journey of our Dan Abdul--a video produced by our corporate communications team recently won several awards for highlighting how he shares his mental health story in the workplace and has opened the doors for colleagues to feel safe sharing their struggles. A great interview with Andy Steiner. https://lnkd.in/dsT-F-Nn