Our team brings extensive industry knowledge and experience to the table. Among the many local and regional brokerages, Soldevila & Associates stands out because we are not only dedicated to delivering creative, cost-effective benefits plans but also because we can leverage our strong networks and established relationships to negotiate successfully on our clients' behalf.
Dale Soldevila, Founder and President
Sarah Bergeron, Administrative Services, Account Management Assistance
Dale Soldevila - Founder and Principal
Dale founded Soldevila & Associates, LLC. in July, 2000. From the very beginning Dale has maintained the company's mission of delivering simple, affordable and comprehensive employee benefits management solutions that provide immediate impact to an employer's bottom line. For current and prospect clients, Dale's activities focus on helping organizations develop a vision and strategy for the role of Human Resource Information Services (HRIS), as well as conducting Employee Benefit needs analysis, defining requirements, evaluating and selecting vendors, and planning and managing system implementations and servicing clients. Dale has led Soldevila & Associates to become a "respected firm" in the benefits marketplace . By aligning the organization with a wide array of partners, Soldevila and Associates has been able to leverage its core strengths, provide a high level of service and realize reduced pricing for clients.
Dale has more than 15 years of experience within the employee benefits industry. Prior to forming Soldevila & Associates, Dale spent the first 3-years of his career with Ochsner Health Plan (now Humana Healthcare) as an Account Executive. Dale's experience included the design, sale and implementation of health insurance plans to companies of 2-3000 employees within Louisiana. The next 3-years were spent with Slabaugh, Morgan, Conefry Consulting firm. Dale's specific areas of focus included the anaysis of all employee benefit plans, HR organizational design, process and systems analysis, policy design and implementation of integrated human resource and compliance analysis for local and national clients.
Dale grew up in Clarksdale, MS and attended the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, MS. Dale moved to New Orleans, LA in 1990 and has since moved to Metairie where he lives with his only child: Hillary.
Sarah Bergeron - Administrative Services, Account Management Assistant
Sarah has 2 years of Employee Benefits experience, working with client organizations ranging in sizes of two (2) to 500 employees. Sarah is a dynamic professional with a diverse business background
whose organizational, office management, and customer service skills
keep Soldevila & Associates brokers and customers satisfied. Sarah is continuing her education with specific Business
and Insurance courses to add to her knowledge base and overall success.
Her career includes one(1) year with Abercrombie and Fitich as Assistant Manager and with IM Marketing as a Graphic Design Intern. Sarah joined Soldevila & Associates as Administrative Assistant in August, 2007. Sarah attended Nichols State University in Thibodaux, LA.