Board Selection Center
Welcome to the Board Selection Center.
April 18, 2025
Nominate Academy Member-Selected Directors
Nominations will be accepted beginning Friday, April 18, for Academy member-selected directors, who will serve three-year terms on the Academy’s Board of Directors. Nominations are due by Monday, May 19. The Nominating Committee will meet soon to identify new candidates in accordance with Nominating Committee Guidelines criteria. Member-selected director candidates will be selected by Academy members later in 2025 in an online selection process from the slate of candidates presented by the Nominating Committee.
For more details about what is expected of Member-Selected Directors and to submit nominations starting April 18, please visit this page.
Nominating Committee Guidelines
The Nominating Committee strives each year to nominate actuaries who contribute to the Board’s overall balance by specialty, business affiliation, employer, and additional attributes, as laid out in § II of the Nominating Committee Guidelines.
Following the Board's election of slate of officers at its annual meeting in October 2024 and the selection by Academy members in September 2024 of the slate of member-selected directors presented to them by the Nominating Committee, the distribution of Board members for the 2024-2025 year is as follows:
Position | Name | Area of Practice | Employer Type | End of Board Term |
President | Darrell Knapp | Health | Retired (consultant) | 2027 |
President-Elect | Tricia Matson | Life | Consultant | 2028 |
Past President | Lisa Slotznick | Casualty | Retired (consultant) | 2026 |
Penultimate President | Ken Kent | Retirement | Retired (consultant) | 2025 |
Secretary-Treasurer | Ben Slutsker | Life | Regulator | 2025* |
Vice President, Casualty | Susan Kent | Casualty | Insurance organization | 2026 |
Vice President, Health | Annette James | Health | Consultant | 2026 |
Vice President, Life | Jason Kehrberg | Life | Software developer/ vendor | 2025 |
Vice President, Professionalism and Education | Nancy Behrens | Life | Retired (insurance organization) | 2026 |
Vice President, Retirement | Jason Russell | Retirement | Consultant | 2025 |
Vice President, Risk Management and Financial Reporting | Steve Malerich | Life | Consultant | 2025 |
Member-Selected Director | Steve Armstrong | Casualty | Insurance organization | 2027 |
Member-Selected Director | Lena Black | Retirement | Consultant | 2026 |
Member-Selected Director | Joyce Bohl | Health | Retired (insurance organization) | 2025 |
Member-Selected Director | Derek Freihaut | Casualty | Consultant | 2025 |
Member-Selected Director | Eric Keener | Retirement | Consultant | 2027 |
Member-Selected Director | Stephen Koca | Casualty | Consultant | 2027 |
Member-Selected Director | Julia Lerche | Health | Government | 2025 |
Member-Selected Director | Donna Megregian | Life | Insurance organization | 2026 |
Member-Selected Director | Maambo Mujala | Life | Insurance organization | 2026 |
Board-Selected Director | Cathy Murphy-Barron | Health | Consultant | 2025 |
*The Academy’s secretary-treasurer can serve for three consecutive one-year terms. This is Ben Slutsker’s second year as secretary-treasurer of a possible three.
The names highlighted in blue are those of member-selected directors whose terms on the Board end this year.