Power Hour: Smarter Benefits for Small Businesses

 Smarter Benefits for Small Businesses

Are your employee benefits helping your business grow—or holding you back?

Join us for an engaging Power Hour designed specifically for small business owners, HR professionals, and decision-makers who want to build competitive, cost-effective benefits packages that attract and retain top talent.

Our panel of industry experts will cover:

• Retirement Plans – Affordable strategies to help employees prepare for the future while adding value to your business.
• Direct Primary Care – Discover a healthcare model that can improve access to care while helping control costs.
• Employee Benefits – Learn about today's major medical options, along with voluntary and ancillary benefits that enhance your overall benefits package without significantly increasing employer expenses.

Whether you're offering benefits for the first time or looking for new ways to improve your current program, you'll leave with practical ideas, fresh strategies, and actionable solutions you can put to work immediately.

Presenters:

Eric Sporing has been working as a financial advisor with individuals, families, and business in the Kansas City area since 2010.  After working for Edward Jones and US Bank, he decided in 2016 to pursue an independent financial advisor practice and formed ECS Capital Investments and joined LPL Financial.

Vincent DeMarco, DO, is a board‑certified family physician and founder of Keys Health Direct Primary Care in Blue Springs, Missouri. He combines full‑scope family medicine with a relationship‑centered DPC model that prioritizes access, transparency, and preventive care. Dr. DeMarco is committed to restoring the patient‑physician partnership through unhurried visits, wholesale pricing on labs and medications, and a practice built on stewardship and trust. 

Tara Lavelle is an experienced business manager with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance industry. She is skilled in customer service, personnel management, sales, and strategic planning. She has a Bachelor's degree focused in Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, from WGU Missouri.  She is a Chamber Champion, has served on the Chamber’s Board of Directors and many committees.