John Schembari leads Kutak Rock’s national employee benefits and executive compensation group and focuses his practice primarily on minimizing his client’s legal risks while ensuring that their employee benefits and executive compensation programs align with their goals.

He works with private, public and governmental employers on qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, employee stock ownership plans, insured and self-funded health plans, executive and incentive compensation programs, and other equity-based compensation arrangements. He advises compensation committees, ERISA fiduciaries, in-house counsel, and finance and human resources executives from companies of all sizes, including several of the largest employers in the U.S.

John is a nationally-recognized speaker on employee benefits, executive compensation, tax and privacy matters, speaking several times each year throughout the U.S. to crowds numbering in the thousands.

Kasey has significant experience litigating cases, as well as obtaining summary judgement on discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, involving: Title VII, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), and state anti-discrimination laws.

Employers also turn to Kasey for counseling on day-to-day issues such as employee discipline, wage payment, drug testing, application of the ADA and the FMLA, termination, unemployment and workers’ compensation issues.

Clete is a nationally respected crisis response lawyer and focuses his practice in employment law, immigration law, worksite and regulatory compliance, and commercial litigation. He has extensive knowledge of the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, including the civil and criminal penalties for hiring and employing individuals without employment authorization, worksite enforcement, and other related issues.

In his practice, Clete also provides clients with key preventative advice to help them avoid workplace liability, and if there has been an action or investigation initiated by a governmental agency, he represents clients to ensure the government action is lawful and the matter is resolved fairly and expeditiously.

Clete also has significant experience in preparing H-1B, L-1, P-1B, and other non-immigrant visa petitions, and preparing family-based visa petitions, including Form I-130 petitions, Lawful Permanent Resident (green card) applications, and Naturalization applications.

IIlana Mauskopf is the Director of People and Talent Operations at Nava Benefits. With a personal and empathetic approach, Ilana leads the strategic direction of Nava's hiring, culture, benefits, employee engagement and retention. Within this realm, she has a particular passion for helping companies (and their culture) scale and creating a psychologically safe environment for employees.

Before her role at Nava she was on the People Team at Datacamp where she oversaw team growth of 350% during her tenure. Additionally, she spent time in the recruiting space at Stack Overflow and Huxley Banking and Financial Services. Outside of work Ilana unwinds by practicing yoga, testing out new restaurants, and playing video games.