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Mitra Malek

Contributing Writer

Mitra Malek

Contributing Writer

Mitra Malek creates and edits content focused on wellness. She has been a yoga teacher since 2006 and was a senior editor for Yoga Journal magazine. She is also news journalist and was a staff writer at newspapers throughout the country for many years. As a freelance journalist, her reporting and writing have appeared in The Washington Post and USA Today, among others. Learn more at www.mitramalek.com or connect with her on Twitter @mitramalek.

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Peter Economy

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Peter Economy

Contributing Writer

Peter Economy is a best-selling business author, ghostwriter, and publishing consultant with more than 85 books to his credit and more than 2 million copies sold. He writes columns on leadership for Inc.com (The Leadership Guy) and has also served as Associate Editor for Leader to Leader magazine—published by the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute in New York City—since 2001.

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Chris Winston

Manager WorkWell

Chris Winston

Manager WorkWell

A former reporter and editor for The (Columbia, S.C.) State, AOL/Patch, The Roanoke (Va.) Times and the (Spartanburg, S.C.) Herald-Journal, Chris thrives on sharing information and daily deadlines. Away from the office, Chris is a proud dad to two boys who are growing up too quickly. He loves to volunteer as a coach and at his church. Most evenings, he can be found out on the baseball diamond, tennis court or football field – where he’s trying to wear the…

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Laura Adams

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Laura Adams

Contributing Writer

Laura Adams is an award-winning author of multiple books, including Money Girl’s Smart Moves to Grow Rich. She’s been the host of the popular Money Girl Podcast, a top weekly audio show in iTunes, since 2008. Laura is a frequent source for the national media and has been featured on most major news outlets including NBC, CBS, ABC FOX, Bloomberg, NPR, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Money, Time, Kiplinger’s, USA Today,…

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Brian Baker

Managing Editor

Brian Baker

Managing Editor

Brian has been in the communications business for more than 15 years, getting his feet wet in the Big Apple before returning to his Southern roots. From buying media for AT&T to running traditional public relations campaigns for Mayfield Milk, he’s worked with brands with vastly different audiences and stories to tell. As a corporate communications manager for Unum and contributor of WorkWell, he gets to inform consumers on the importance of voluntary benefits…

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Sharlyn Lauby

HR Bartender - Contributing Writer

Sharlyn Lauby

HR Bartender - Contributing Writer

Sharlyn Lauby is an author, writer, speaker and consultant. She has been named a Top HR Digital Influencer and is best-known for her work on HR Bartender, a friendly place to talk about workplace issues. HR Bartender has been recognized as one of the Top 5 Business Blogs Worth Reading by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Best Business Blog by the Stevie Awards. Publications such as Reuters, The New York Times, ABC News, TODAY, and The Wall Street…

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John Schmoll

Contributing Writer - Frugal Rules

John Schmoll

Contributing Writer - Frugal Rules

John Schmoll, MBA, is a former stockbroker, mutual fund administrator and veteran of the financial services industry. His interest in investing and passion for financial literacy led him to leave his career with a well-known brokerage house to grow an advertising business with his wife and start a personal finance site, Frugal Rules, in 2012. Today he manages multiple personal finance sites and writes for many online publications. His work has been featured in Forbes,…

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Melissa Gratias

Contributing Writer

Melissa Gratias

Contributing Writer

As measured by almost every personality test known to psychology, Dr. Melissa Gratias has the profile of a disorganized, scattered person who detests planning and thinks calendars are for wimps. So it makes perfect sense that she became a productivity psychologist...right? Dr. Melissa’s philosophy is that personality may dictate our preferences for action, but our capacity is usually much higher. On a daily basis since 2007, Dr. Melissa has helped businesspeople…

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Laura Adams is an award-winning author of multiple books, including Money Girl’s Smart Moves to Grow Rich. She’s…

Executive Vice President of People and Communications

Liz Ahmed was appointed executive vice president, people and communications of Unum Group in October 2018. In this…

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With a left-brain love for creative writing and a right-brain need for structure and organization, Brook found…

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Tim Arnold was named executive vice president, voluntary benefits and president, Colonial Life in February 2020,…

Managing Editor

Brian has been in the communications business for more than 15 years, getting his feet wet in the Big Apple before…

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Mike Barish joined Unum in August 2018, as a member of the Digital Marketing organization, and transitioned to…

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Leslie’s a writer and editor with 30 + years of experience helping businesses, non-profits and government agencies…

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Damon Brown helps potential and current entrepreneurs make their mark without sacrificing themselves. He co-founded…