Heather Bowers, president, Lone Star Benefits.
Heather Bowers is president of Lone Star Benefits, where she uses creative plan design and funding options to create strategies that help employers control their health care costs.
Paul Wilson: How did you get your start in the benefits industry?
I stumbled into it. I was working for a company that was going to change my position and pay me less, so I quit. I was happy at home for a while, but then I needed to find something else to do. My dad has been in the benefits industry since 1970; he owned an agency and said, "Why don't you just come and work for me until you find something else?" Almost 21 years later, I'm still here.
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Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson is the editor-in-chief of BenefitsPRO Magazine and BenefitsPRO.com. He has covered the insurance industry for more than a decade, including stints at Retirement Advisor Magazine and ProducersWeb.
