CINDY HEINE, PRESIDENT

Cindy Heine began her career in faith-based healthcare holding various administrative and executive level positions in both the Sisters of the Mercy and the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady sponsored ministries.  Cindy has extensive experience in leveraging an organization’s history as well as its core ideology- mission, vision and core values-to inform current day realities.  Such current day realities are often complex issues facing organizations and business owners such as how to fairly and creatively establish a strategically relevant and affordable “people” focus including everything from group health insurance offerings to wellness benefits to developing the organization’s talent. 

Ms. Heine has served on the board of Associated Benefits since the company’s creation in 1998.  In 2007, she began full time employment with Associated Benefits as its Vice President, Operations and was named President of Associated Benefits Consulting in 2009.  Cindy holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Louisiana State University as well as a designation as a Group Benefits Associate from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business in conjunction with the International Foundation of Employee Benefits.