Open enrollment season doesn't have to be stressful or scary. But it is important that you're making the decisions that are best for you and your family. In this episode, Meredith Ryan-Reid and Marsha Barnes give advice on how you can make the right open enrollment decisions, especially during a global pandemic, and how your employer can help you do so.

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Related Links:

Metlife's 2020 Open Enrollment Studyhttps://www.metlife.com/open-enrollmentThe Finance BarFollow the Finance Bar on InstagramFollow the Finance Bar on TwitterLearn more about the healthcare marketplace at heathcare.gov

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Meredith Ryan-Reid serves as senior vice president and head of MetLife’s Financial Wellness & Engagement organization. Her organization has responsibility for powering employee engagement across the U.S. Business with an initial focus on enrollment and financial wellness and a longer-term focus on solutions that enable U.S. business growth and strengthen customer lifetime value. Ryan-Reid joined MetLife in 2013 to build and lead the Group Accident & Health business.

She went on to lead the Distribution Development & Benefits Delivery team. In these roles, she’s managed P&Ls, global broker relationship teams, third party distribution development, partnerships with key HR technology firms, voluntary benefits strategy and sales enablement. Her teams also designed and delivered sales training and hiring programs, rewards and recognition events and broker compensation plans.

Ryan-Reid joined MetLife from Starr Companies, where she ran the North American Accident and Health Division. Before joining Starr, she worked on the brokerage side of the industry, producing new business and managing large client relationships for Marsh (commercial insurance) and Mercer (health & benefits). Prior to Marsh, Ryan-Reid spent ten years on the insurance carrier side of the business in underwriting, sales, and general management roles at both CIGNA and AIG. Ryan-Reid is the executive sponsor for MetLife’s Diverse Abilities employee resource group and is a passionate sponsor of Women in Sales.

Outside of work, Ryan-Reid serves as her alumni class president and is a member of the Johnson School Advisory Council at Cornell University’s business school. She received her MBA from Cornell and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Richmond where she played Division I lacrosse. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and two daughters.

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Marsha Barnes is a personal finance expert, financial social worker, commentator and Founder of The Finance Bar. Marsha was named as Go Banking Rates 2018 Best Money Expert in the Net Worth Category by Go Banking Rates and currently serves as the national ambassador for FICO. 

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