Biography

Norris L. Beren has more than 40 years experience working with CEOs in businesses of all sizes. A recognized authority, consultant, speaker, trainer and author on risk reduction, business growth, strategic and management issues, he is known for helping people avoid staying up at night worrying about business and personal issues.  He has made a career giving people “Straight Talk on Tough Topics.”

Utilizing his experience as a risk management expert and health care advocate, Beren has studied the confusing and uncertain health care reform act and now speaks and leads workshops regarding its impacts upon businesses and their employees.

Beren has appeared on a variety of news and talk outlets including Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNN, ABC Radio News NBC News, Code Red Radio Program, and others shows throughout the United States providing expert commentary. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Fortune Small Business, and countless newspapers. His op-eds have appeared in NewsMax, Pensacola News Journal, Gainesville Sun, Florida Times-Union, Lakeland Ledger, and numerous papers and trade journals.

Beren has a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Illinois and attended John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He has worked with over 1,000 companies around the United States.

Client List:

• FedEx Corporation
  
• CNA Insurance, Chicago Headquarters
  
• Assurance Agency, Chicago
  
• Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM)
  
• Iowa Governors Conference
  
• Wisconsin Governors Conference
  
• West Cook Municipal Conference
  
• City of Delavan, Wisconsin
  
• City of Brookfield, Missouri
  
• Michigan State Police/Homeland Security
  
• Lyons Township Police Commission
  
• Nalco Chemical – Chemical Advisory Group

Media Contributor:

• Fox News Channel
• CNBC
• MSNBC
• CBS
• ABC
• NBC
• CNN
• CNN Headline News

Testimonials

Norris is a prostate cancer survivor.  He is a "Man on a Mission"  who eventually took charge, as CEO of his own healthcare, and urges people to do the same.  His short book, Prostate Cancer - Hope Is Not A Strategy is a good guide for men about what they should expect when being diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer.  I bought a copy for each of my adult sons, and my cousin.

Jeff Babcock - Chair, Vistage International

“Your presentation was one of the highlights of the Conference…your message ...certainly hit home with many of those in the audience…”
Johnnie L. Smith
Administrator, State of Wisconsin, Dept. Of Military Affairs,
Wisconsin Emergency Management

“Your devotion to quality and passion for safety exceeded ALL of my expectations. Everyone who attended your training session commented positively on your breadth of knowledge, your enthusiasm and your ability to connect with individuals with diverse backgrounds…My experience with this program has definitely been OUTSTANDING!”
Jerry Davis, HR Manager, FedEx Express

“Everything went really well at the program and attendees were very impressed with Norris’s presentation content. I had numerous attendees say what a wonderful job that he was doing with a difficult topic and he made everyone leave with the understanding of how important it is to have a plan in place.
K. McCann, SHRM, LaCrosse, WI
SHRM, Society for Human Resource Management

Thanks for joining me on air. You are a great media guest - excellent on air and very informative. Loved having you on and would love to do it again. I will look over and keep your topics calendar, but don't hesitate to contact me to remind me in a month or two.

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