Zen and the art of intermittent leave management

AVP, Leave and ADA Solutions, Unum

Angel Bennett is the Assistant Vice President for Leave and ADA Solutions at Unum. She leads a team that provides expert guidance and support to Unum’s customers on a variety of leave and ADA-related issues. With over 15 years of experience in the employee benefits industry, Angel is a frequent speaker and writer on leave and ADA topics.

Vice President of Platform Strategies, Unum

Rich Lappin is the VP of Platform Strategies – Platform Partnerships at Unum. Rich has spent 25 years in the insurance industry in a variety of roles, including benefits, reporting and analytics, account management and implementation. He’s currently leading Unum’s efforts to improve the employer and employee experience for customers using the Workday system.

AVP Legal Counsel, Unum

Daris Freeman has spent more than 20 years at Unum focused on all things absence management. As Assistant Vice President, Legal Counsel, Daris’ primary responsibility is to support Unum’s Absence Management operation, which administers FMLA, paid leave, ADA and over 200 complementary state laws. Daris also partners with state agencies through rulemaking and operational, workgroups to apply her expertise and experience to the development of their programs. In addition, she assists in the development of Unum’s products and services to help clients comply with paid leave requirements while integrating existing leave and pay programs. Daris is a certified trainer for SHRM and CE credit and is a frequent speaker on FMLA, ADA and paid leave.