Speaker Biography: Liliana Salazar, Esq.
Director of Compliance, ABD

Professional Highlights:

Liliana joined ABD in 1997.  Her current responsibilities include overseeing ABD’s Compliance Department that consists of ten dedicated individuals in four of our California offices. Liliana drafts customized Summary Plan Descriptions, Plan Documents, and Summaries of Material Modifications for Welfare and Fringe Plans, as well as conduct compliance audits of Welfare and Fringe Plans to determine their conformity with federal and state regulations. Liliana also assists ABD’s clients in the private and public sector with design, implementation and administration of full flex cafeteria plans and oversees the Employee Benefit section of Cybersure, ABD’s interactive web-based employee benefit and human resource database.

Recently, Liliana was appointed ABD’s Privacy officer to ensure our firm’s, our business associates and clients compliance with HIPAA Privacy and EDI Standards. Prior to joining ABD, Liliana worked in Columbia as in-house counsel for Multinspec, Ltd. and Thomas Miller, Inc. Americas.

Qualifications:

• B.A. in Latin American History
• J.D. from Universidad de Los Andes, Columbia
• Member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association - Health Law and Employment Law Sections
• Member of the Beverly Hills Bar Association- Employment Law Section
• Active Member of CEBS and EBPA

Publications and Seminars

• COBRA:  An Employer’s Dilemma – Published in the 2001 California Magazine Issue
• Seminar on HIPAA Administrative Simplification Standards Employer and Health Care Provider Obligations, sponsored by the Torrance Chamber of Commerce
• Seminar on HIPAA Portability and 2001 HIPAA Nondiscrimination Requirements, sponsored by ABD
• Seminar on 5500 Filing Requirements, sponsored by ABD
• Seminar on COBRA – Employers’ Obligations and Requirements, sponsored by ABD