Elizabeth Chappelear serves as the Head of Benefit Strategy at MilliporeSigma, bringing two decades of benefits leadership to the role. She directs strategic design to manage benefit spend and reduce risk, while building programs that enhance engagement, productivity, and culture. Under her leadership, MilliporeSigma launched a caregiving support and women’s fertility vendor, extended parental and caregiving leave to 9 weeks, and expanded metabolic health coverage. She has expertly navigated a series of vendor transitions to ensure continuity and value for employees and the organization. In three years, Elizabeth realized a $24 million financial cost-management impact within benefits. She will discuss how benefits strategies can support broader metabolic health initiatives and, in the context of GLP-1 therapies, fit into a long-term wellbeing strategy that goes beyond weight management, addressing diabetes, liver and kidney health, inflammation, and cardiovascular risk.