TANGO 2026 Building Bridges Conference Speakers

Speaker Name
Title
Company
Guest Speaker & TANGO Partner

Bio

Speaker Name
Title
Company
Guest Speaker & TANGO Partner

Bio

Ben Abbas
Team Lead
Cause Inspired
Guest Speaker & TANGO Partner

Ben Abbas is a Senior Digital Strategist with over a decade of experience across the digital marketing landscape. Since 2020, he’s focused his skills exclusively on the nonprofit world. Ben loves nothing more than helping purpose-driven organizations cut through the noise, demystify the Google Ad Grant, and leverage AI tools to build highly effective digital campaigns that get the spotlight they deserve.

Julia Boisvert
Partner
Harris Beach Murtha
Guest Speaker & TANGO Partner

Julia P. Boisvert is a health care and tax-exempt lawyer who represents for-profit and nonprofit providers, including hospitals, social services providers, physicians and the full spectrum of taxexempt entities on regulatory, corporate and business matters.

A member of the Health Care and Tax-Exempt Organizations practices, Julia advises clients on issues related to corporate formations, transactions and strategic collaborations, governance, contracting, privacy and security, and regulatory issues. For health care clients, she regularly drafts corporate governance documents, services agreements, employment contracts, and HIPAA privacy and security policies.

Julia’s experience serving on boards of directors provides direct insight into the operations of tax-exempt organizations. For clients in the nonprofit sector, she regularly assists with tax exemption filings, board management issues, operational matters, charitable giving and the development of social enterprises.

By bringing a practical perspective to navigate complicated corporate and regulatory issues, Julia helps clients achieve their strategic objectives. She recently guided an affiliation between a developmental service provider and a behavioral health provider that allowed the affiliated system to expand its service offerings and broaden its market.

Other recent representations include developing an international grant-making process that allowed a private foundation to provide grants around the world; reorganizing an affiliated tax-exempt system to increase its operational efficiency; and facilitating an acquisition of one physician practice by another to increase its geographic reach.

Pam Hunter
Vice President, Loss Control Services
Workers’ Compensation Trust
Guest Speaker & TANGO Partner

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Ben Abbas
Team Lead
Cause Inspired
Guest Speaker & TANGO Partner

Ryan Krejci is a Team Lead at Cause Inspired, where he guides the strategies and processes that help nonprofits maximize their digital resources. Drawing on a background in digital marketing and nonprofit onboarding, he specializes in helping organizations adopt emerging technologies thoughtfully and ethically. Ryan is a Lenoir-Rhyne University graduate and Google Ads certified professional who loves helping purpose-driven teams leverage AI and modern tools while keeping human relationships and trust at the center of their missions.

Lauren St. Germain
Founder
Lauren St. Germain Coaching, LLC
Guest Speaker & TANGO Partner

Megan Nail is Senior Vice President of the Total Rewards Practice at NFP, where she partners with organizations to design compensation and total rewards strategies that drive business success. A recognized expert in pay transparency, equity, and strategic compensation planning, Megan brings nearly 25 years of experience and a practitioner’s perspective to helping leaders make confident, defensible pay decisions.

She works closely with clients to address complex compensation challenges—balancing market competitiveness, pay equity, transparency, and budget realities—while developing clear, effective communication strategies that promote understanding and alignment.

An active thought leader, Megan speaks at national conferences and delivers training on job evaluation, market analysis, and modern pay practices. She has also served in senior volunteer leadership roles with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), reflecting her commitment to advancing the HR profession. Megan holds a Master of Science in Organizational Communication from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Dayton, along with CCP, CEBS, and SHRM-SCP certifications.

Rollin Schuster
Managing Director
NFP, an Aon Company
President & Founder
TANGO
Guest Speaker & TANGO Partner

Rollin Schuster is a Managing Director at NFP, an AON Company, one of the world’s largest insurance and financial services advisory firms. In 2020 Rollin’s prior firm The Schuster Group was acquired by NFP. For the last 38 years he has focused on providing clients with innovative employee benefits and insurance strategies. He has served on the NFP Benefits Partner Broker Advisory Board as well as numerous insurance carrier advisory boards. He is also a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters and a frequent speaker on industry related topics.

Rollin’s affinity for serving the nonprofit sector inspired him to create a nonprofit; The Alliance for Nonprofit Growth & Opportunity, Inc. Commonly referred to as TANGO which he now serves as Founder and President. This organization provides business training and resources to over 1,800 nonprofits, helping them further their mission and create positive change in the sector.

Rollin’s nonprofit involvement also includes serving as President of the TANGO Foundation, Board of Directors of CW Resources, Inc., Board of Directors of Qualidigm, Trustee of Franklin Pierce University, and Board Member of The Guide Relief Program. Also, a participant on the Compensation and Benefits Committee of Renbrook School, Corporator of CCARC and Connecticut Community Care, Inc. Rollin is a graduate of Franklin Pierce University and holds numerous insurance licenses and is a registered representative with Kestra Securities, Inc. He is also an Investment Advisory Representative (IAR). He lives in Simsbury, CT and Martha’s Vineyard, MA with his wife, has three children, and three grandchildren.

Ed Spinella
Partner
Harris Beach Murtha
Guest Speaker & TANGO Partner

Edward B. Spinella is a member of the Firm’s Business and Finance Department and the Chair of the Tax-Exempt Organizations Group. He is also a member of the Privately Owned Business, Education and Health Care Practice Groups, as well as the Innovation Team.

Ed serves as general counsel to a diverse array of non-profit organizations including start-up public charities, social service providers, other healthcare organizations, private foundations, social clubs and trade associations. Recently, he has counseled clients in connection with cutting-edge projects such as the creation of integrated affiliated systems containing non-profit and for-profit organizations as well as the conversions of non-profit entities into for-profit entities and vice versa. Ed regularly advises his clients regarding mergers, including mergers of religious institutions such as synagogues and churches, affiliations, joint ventures and other collaborations. He has familiarized himself with the non-profit sector generally by speaking to non-profit executives, volunteer fiduciaries and advisors.

In addition to his tax-exempt organizations practice, Ed regularly provides general counsel services to various for-profit entities with an emphasis on closely-held businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups.

He was an active member of the Connecticut Bar Association’s LLC Act subcommittee in connection with its overhaul of the LLC Act and will be actively involved with the Bar Association’s anticipated overhaul of the CT Revised Nonstock Corporation Act. He received his B.A. from the College of Holy Cross and his J.D. from the University of Connecticut Law School.

Lauren St. Germain
Founder
Lauren St. Germain Coaching, LLC
Guest Speaker

Lauren St. Germain is a keynote speaker, facilitator, and coach who challenges high-achieving leaders to stop running on empty and start leading like whole humans. After facing burnout at age 30, Lauren began rethinking everything she knew about success and now teaches the essential skills most leadership programs ignore: how to rest well, reflect often, and celebrate progress. With 15 years of experience spanning coaching, facilitation, corporate finance, and nonprofit board leadership, she bridges performance with well-being in ways that resonate across industries.

Sharla St. Rose, DBA
Managing Director, PEO & Staffing Practice Leader
NFP, an Aon company
Guest Speaker & TANGO Partner

Sharla St. Rose is a business strategist, consultant, and executive leader with a passion for helping organizations and people grow. She works with clients across private equity, health care, education, nonprofits, and professional employer organizations (PEOs), bringing deep expertise in insurance and risk management.

Recognized for turning complex challenges into clear, actionable solutions, Sharla has a strong record of driving growth, transformation, and sustainable results. She holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the FIU Chapman School of Business and lives in New York with her husband and four children.