Theodore (Ted) Bennett is currently the Director, National Labor Relations, for Kaiser Permanente, headquartered in Oakland, California. He is responsible for Labor and Employee Relations for Kaiser’s MSSA line of business. Ted has extensive experience working in the fields of Labor Relations and Employment Law, as a law partner and as a strategic legal, labor, and corporate leader responsible for all aspects of human resources within multibillion-dollar global food service, financial, consumer product, service, and industrial companies. Ted previously served as a Senior Labor and Human Resources Executive for several companies, including Nestle Foods Corporation; Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York, Inc.; Comerica Incorporated; Aramark; and The Compass Group.