Free Webinar
What do we truly know about the people of cannabis? How do leaders offer the right attention and support to this unique population? How can we align workplace culture, and health and wellness initiatives that are authentic to cannabis culture?
Cannabis Human Resource leaders aspire to be allies to employees, providing safe workplaces and health programs that support their personal and professional growth. With a portion of the cannabis workforce suffering from depression, PTSD, substance use disorder, anxiety, and more, HR leaders must approach staff health and well-being through an educated, compassionate lens.
Access the free webinar recording and materials so you can be better prepared to discuss mental health and manage employee wellness in our diverse industry.
Included with the recording are the presentation slides and a free handout with guidelines on how to speak to your employees about mental health.
Meet the presenter
Dede Kennedy-Simington is a 30-year veteran of the insurance industry and is known nationally for her expertise in the field of employee benefits, health insurance, and healthcare financing reform. She is President of BenAssist Health Insurance Services, the fully woman-owned business she founded.
Dede is a Certified Healthcare Reform Specialist, member of the Leading Producers
Round Table, and works with large and small, private sector health insurance plans, including fully and partially self-funded programs.
Dede’s expertise is in providing extensive analysis to assist clients in the design of employee benefits and HR strategies that bend the healthcare cost curve, strengthen employee engagement and retention, adding to and fortify operational strategies. Her firm also provides precise federal and state insurance compliance tools and innovative resources.
Dede has lobbied extensively on healthcare reform in Sacramento and Washington, DC, since 1998, and is a self-professed legislative junkie. She was honored to serve as President of LAAHU for two years during the implementation of the ACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), giving her an extraordinary in-the-trench perspective and experience with the ground-breaking legislative and regulatory changes affecting employers, individuals, Covered California, and all insurance markets.
