J. David Johnson is a Vice President and Senior Consultant with Sibson Consulting, a member of The Segal Group, a national human resources, employee benefits and actuarial consulting firm.  Based in the Washington, DC office, he works with clients on a range of human resources issues.  He has particular expertise in evidence-based workplace wellness programs, value-based purchasing strategies and employer issues related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  He is also an Adjunct Faculty at Towson University, where he teaches Workplace Wellness in the Masters in Human Resource Development program. 

David has twenty-six years of experience in human resources and employee benefits.  He is a frequent national and regional speaker on Behavioral Economics, workplace wellness and ACA.  Recently, David presented on workplace wellness at the National Summit for the Partnership for a Healthier America, an initiative chaired by First Lady Michelle Obama.  Other recent speaking engagements include two Briefings at the US Capitol on the value of prevention to US employers.  He has provided testimony on employer issues related to ACA to both the US Department of Labor and the Washington, DC City Council.  David has published multiple articles on employee benefits issues in Bloomberg / Bureau of National Affairs, and has been quoted in the Washington Business Journal, the Baltimore Business Journal, Employee Benefits News and the Capital Gazette.

David is a Board Member of the MidAtlantic Business Group on Health, past-president of the Worldwide Employee Benefits Group, Baltimore Chapter, Board Member of the American Diabetes Association, Baltimore Chapter and Fit-Friendly Employer Reviewer for the American Heart Association. He serves on the Payment Models Workgroup of the Maryland Health Services Review Commission.   David is also active in the Society of Human Resources Management and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.  He holds an MBA in Health Care Management from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelors of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mr. Johnson's presentation will cover:

Employees routinely make poor decisions about their health and how they save for retirement, impacting themselves and their organizations. How can HR leaders get employees to make better choices? During this program we will outline basic principles of Behavioral Economics to “nudge” employees to adopt healthier habits and save better for retirement. Through an interactive session, we will share research and demonstrate how individuals often make irrational choices based on mental shortcuts such as Loss Aversion, Status Quo Bias or Expert’s Certainty Bias. We’ll discuss how HR professionals can reframe these choices by leveraging concepts of “Choice Architecture”, such as Naming, Ordering, Default Options and Anchoring. Participants will come away with examples of how they can provide the knowledge, motivation and resources to help employees:

• Improve nutrition
• Increase physical activity
• Reduce risky behaviors such as tobacco use, excessive alcohol use or texting while driving
• Enhance overall wellbeing through stress reduction and better work / life balance
• Make better choices about their retirement savings

A non-cancellation fee of $15.00 will be charged to anyone that is registered for the meeting and is unable to attend, but does not cancel by 5:00pm on Thursday prior to the scheduled meeting.