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September 22, 2024 2 mins

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In this episode, we share the short version of Concourse Benefits’ origin story. (Future episodes will dig deeper into each co-founding member with one on one interviews.)

The Concourse Benefits entity we have today is a collaboration between two companies and a team of seven individuals geographically located across North America. 

Each founder brings unique industry expertise resulting in the creation a central gathering platform where associations and businesses can come together, connect and gain value from the leveraged aggregate power collective network. That’s why we chose to call it Concourse, a gather place where everything connects.

The two companies are Associated Benefits Consulting and Concourse Partners LLC. The owners of Associated Benefits Consulting are Marcie O'Dwyer and Susan Ellender from Louisiana, and the owners of Concourse Partners LLC are myself, Marc Palud from Manitoba, Boyd Stough from Georgia, Colin Schmidt from British Columbia, Ted Westerheide from Florida and Paul Mayer from Hawaii.

The official public launch of the Concourse Benefits Platform was in 2024 at the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Convention in Dallas, Texas. Further details will be covered in future podcast episodes. To be notified when new episodes get published, use the podcast notification setting in you favorite podcast app, or get added to the email notification list at www.AssociationBenefitsPodcast.com 

Marc Palud   https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcpalud
Marcie O'Dwyer    https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcie-o-dwyer-b29197129
Susan Ellender   https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-ellender-222b2365
Boyd Stough  https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyd-stough-j-d-1b851042
Colin Schmidt    https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-schmidt
Ted Westerheide   https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedwesterheide
Paul Mayer   https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbmayer

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Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families.

Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform, hosted by Marc Palud, one of the Co-Founders and Chief Marketing Officer of Concourse Benefits LLC.


A benefits game-changer, the Concourse Benefits Platform is a comprehensive, end-to-end, customizable benefits management ecosystem. It takes care of everything on your behalf— yes, everything — from procurement, promotion, education, communications, redemption, and automated disbursements to deliver top-tier benefits and additional value to members, employees and their families.

The platform is available to qualifying associations and companies on a limited basis via a success driven revenue share subscription model that is better than free! Ask for details.

Connect with Marc on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcpalud

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