Director of Human Resources
Hendry Marine Industries
Stephanie Porrino is a resident of the Tampa Bay area, currently working as the Director of Human Resources for Hendry Marine Industries. Stephanie has over 25 years of HR leadership experience at various companies. Over the past several years, she has taken an active role in understanding and transforming employee health benefit plans. At Hendry Marine, and in her previous role, she was instrumental in moving the employee health plans to a self-funded model. Stephanie is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience with other HR professionals so that more people understand the benefits a self-funded health plan has for both the company and for employees.
Because of Stephanie’s healthcare knowledge and unique experience in self-funding, she has become a frequent speaker at healthcare conferences across the country. In the past year and a half, Stephanie has spoken at several healthcare conferences including The Best of the Best hosted by the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, Workforce Development Partners of Tampa Bay, YOU Powered Symposium, BenefitsPRO, The CFO Leadership Conference, World Finance Forum, and The Validation Institute flagship conferences; she has also been a guest on several podcasts and webinars.
Stephanie is a graduate of William Paterson University, Leadership Tampa – Class of 2012 as well as a member of SHRM, HR Florida, HR Tampa, Leadership Tampa Alumni, a member of the Advisory Board for Workforce Development Partners and the Vice Chair for the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value. She’s also a licensed healthcare agent in the State of Florida.
Most importantly, Stephanie has a 16-year-old son named Jacob who is special needs and falls on the Cerebral Palsy and Autism spectrums. They love going to Disney, seeing movies, going b
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