May Brown Bag
Leadership Lessons from Mathematics


 Wednesday, May 20, 2026
11:30 am – 1:00 pm 
$25/Member & $35/Non Member
(Includes Lunch)


Leadership Lessons from Mathematics

Rising healthcare costs, unpredictable renewals, and growing compliance demands continue to challenge employers. This Brown Bag session will provide a clear, practical overview of Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs) and how they compare to traditional group health plans.

Attendees will learn how ICHRAs work, why some organizations are exploring them, and what factors to consider when evaluating this approach. The session will also touch on contribution strategies, compliance basics, and real-world examples to help bring the concept to life.

This is a non-sales, educational presentation designed to help you better understand your options and determine next steps. This will be an interactive session, and questions are welcome throughout.




Featured speaker:
Dr. Andy Armacost, President, University of North Dakota

Andy Armacost is the thirteenth president of the University of North Dakota, a role he assumed on June 1, 2020. He has spent nearly three decades in higher education as an educator, scholar, and leader.

In his current role, Armacost has led the UND campus to national acclaim, setting a trajectory for the university’s recent classification as a “Carnegie R1” institution. He has forged key partnerships with the US Department of Defense, becoming the first-ever university designated as a member of the U.S. Space Force’s University Partners Program. He has garnered significant support from the state legislature to launch two new major facilities: one for satellite design and fabrication and another for the development of nanomaterials. He led critical efforts following the COVID pandemic to unify and empower the campus community via the creation and launch of the UND LEADS strategic plan, which articulates our guiding vision and our core values of Learning, Equity, Affinity, Discovery, and Service. Notably, under Armacost’s leadership, the UND campus received the Larry Abernathy Award from the International Town & Gown Association and the ACE/Fidelity Investments Transformation Award as two examples of our sense of unity and purpose. The campus and President Armacost have been nationally recognized for their work in the adoption of artificial intelligence, the interaction of humans and machines, and the preservation of what it means to be human.

Prior to UND, Armacost served as the Dean of the Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He retired in the rank of Brigadier General after thirty years of service, including twenty years as a professor, department chair, and Dean of the Faculty. He currently serves on the board of the Academy’s Falcon Foundation; represents UND on three NCAA Division I athletic conference boards; serves on the advisory board for VOICE, the voice of collegiate esports; and is an active board member for four UND-affiliated non-profit organizations that guide our work in energy, aerospace sciences, innovation, and philanthropy.

His academic career began as an undergraduate at Northwestern University, where he studied Industrial Engineering, and as a graduate student at MIT, where he earned his master’s and Ph.D. in Operations Research. He is an award-winning educator and researcher, with international recognition from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and the Military Operations Research Society (MORS).