Ron Leopold

Bio

TWITTER FOCUS: Blending humorous observations on generations (baby boomers, Gen X, Generation Y) while on the road (business travel) in the employee benefits marketplace. A frequent public speaker at industry events, Ron offers Twitter-ready observations on work, business life, society, demographics, health care, the relationship between health and wealth and the purely humorous and compelling. WORK BIO Ronald S. Leopold, MD, MBA, MPH, is Vice President and National Medical Director of MetLife Institutional Business. Dr. Leopold is an industry thought leader for MetLife focusing on the future of work, health and benefits. He is a member of the National Speakers Association and is recognized for his entertaining style that blends thought-provoking industry insight with compelling illustrations and humor. He is a Board Certified Occupational Medicine Physician who holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Public Health from Boston University. He will be publishing his next book in May 2009 on the future of employee benefits entitled The Benefits Edge: Honing the Competitive Value of Employee Benefits He is also the author of A Year in the Life of a Million American Workers, an almanac of absence data that provides a comprehensive picture of one million American workers and their health conditions, illnesses and absence patterns over a one-year period.