Academy Announces Officers and Regular Directors Begin Terms
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WASHINGTON—In addition to the start of Bob Beuerlein’s term as its president, the American Academy of Actuaries is pleased to announce the start of the terms of five officers and four regular directors serving on the Board of Directors. Their terms began at the close of the Annual Meeting of the members of the Academy.
Stephen Alpert, an actuary specializing in retirement and pension issues who has been an Academy volunteer since 2000 and is chairperson of the Public Interest Committee, began a one-year term as the Academy’s president-elect. “I look forward to working with Academy volunteers across all practice areas to maintain and enhance the public’s trust in our profession,” Alpert said. Tom Campbell, a member of the Committee on Qualifications and a former vice president, life, began a one-year term as secretary-treasurer. “I am excited to be back in a leadership role at the Academy, and I look forward to working with the Board, the Executive Committee, and Academy staff on issues of importance to the actuarial profession,” Campbell said.
Alpert’s and Campbell’s terms will conclude at close of business of the Academy’s 2017 Annual Meeting on Nov. 14, 2017, at which time Alpert will become the Academy’s president.
Three vice presidents started two-year terms. Rade Musulin, a member of the Academy’s Extreme Events Committee, is the new vice president, casualty. Shari Westerfield, who has served as vice chairperson of the Health Practice Council (HPC) and was a regular director on the Academy’s Board from 2010 to 2012, is the vice president, health. And D. Joeff Williams, a current Academy board member and chairperson of the Life and Health Qualifications Seminar Committee, is the vice president, professionalism.
Nominations for officer positions were voted on by the Academy’s Board of Directors, as directed by the Academy’s bylaws, at the Board’s annual meeting on Oct. 13-14, 2016.
The regular directors who started their terms today are April Choi, Stuart Mathewson, Robert J. Rietz, and Lisa Slotznick. Choi has served on many health care committees and work groups since 2004, including the Medicare, Medicaid, and Risk Sharing subcommittees, and the Health Practice International Committee. Mathewson, a member of the Casualty Practice Council from 2006 to 2013, chaired the Flood Insurance Subcommittee from 2006 to 2013 and has been a member of the Natural Catastrophe Subcommittee since 2006. Rietz was vice president, professionalism, from 2002 to 2004 and a special director prior to that, and was chairperson of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline from 2014 to 2015. Slotznick has been chairperson of the Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting since 2014, on which she first became a member in 1996, and is a member of the Financial Reporting Committee and the Opinion Seminar Subcommittee.
The Academy’s Nominating Committee presented the slate of four candidates for open regular director positions, and Academy members elected them in online balloting over the summer. Choi, Rietz, and Slotznick are serving three-year terms that will expire in 2019, and Mathewson is serving a one-year term to fill the spot that was vacated by Joeff Williams.
For more information on the Academy, please visit www.actuary.org.
The American Academy of Actuaries is an 18,500+ member professional association whose mission is to serve the public and the U.S. actuarial profession. For more than 50 years, the Academy has assisted public policymakers on all levels by providing leadership, objective expertise, and actuarial advice on risk and financial security issues. The Academy also sets qualification, practice, and professionalism standards for actuaries in the United States.
Stephen Alpert, an actuary specializing in retirement and pension issues who has been an Academy volunteer since 2000 and is chairperson of the Public Interest Committee, began a one-year term as the Academy’s president-elect. “I look forward to working with Academy volunteers across all practice areas to maintain and enhance the public’s trust in our profession,” Alpert said. Tom Campbell, a member of the Committee on Qualifications and a former vice president, life, began a one-year term as secretary-treasurer. “I am excited to be back in a leadership role at the Academy, and I look forward to working with the Board, the Executive Committee, and Academy staff on issues of importance to the actuarial profession,” Campbell said.
Alpert’s and Campbell’s terms will conclude at close of business of the Academy’s 2017 Annual Meeting on Nov. 14, 2017, at which time Alpert will become the Academy’s president.
Three vice presidents started two-year terms. Rade Musulin, a member of the Academy’s Extreme Events Committee, is the new vice president, casualty. Shari Westerfield, who has served as vice chairperson of the Health Practice Council (HPC) and was a regular director on the Academy’s Board from 2010 to 2012, is the vice president, health. And D. Joeff Williams, a current Academy board member and chairperson of the Life and Health Qualifications Seminar Committee, is the vice president, professionalism.
Nominations for officer positions were voted on by the Academy’s Board of Directors, as directed by the Academy’s bylaws, at the Board’s annual meeting on Oct. 13-14, 2016.
The regular directors who started their terms today are April Choi, Stuart Mathewson, Robert J. Rietz, and Lisa Slotznick. Choi has served on many health care committees and work groups since 2004, including the Medicare, Medicaid, and Risk Sharing subcommittees, and the Health Practice International Committee. Mathewson, a member of the Casualty Practice Council from 2006 to 2013, chaired the Flood Insurance Subcommittee from 2006 to 2013 and has been a member of the Natural Catastrophe Subcommittee since 2006. Rietz was vice president, professionalism, from 2002 to 2004 and a special director prior to that, and was chairperson of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline from 2014 to 2015. Slotznick has been chairperson of the Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting since 2014, on which she first became a member in 1996, and is a member of the Financial Reporting Committee and the Opinion Seminar Subcommittee.
The Academy’s Nominating Committee presented the slate of four candidates for open regular director positions, and Academy members elected them in online balloting over the summer. Choi, Rietz, and Slotznick are serving three-year terms that will expire in 2019, and Mathewson is serving a one-year term to fill the spot that was vacated by Joeff Williams.
For more information on the Academy, please visit www.actuary.org.
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About the American Academy of ActuariesThe American Academy of Actuaries is an 18,500+ member professional association whose mission is to serve the public and the U.S. actuarial profession. For more than 50 years, the Academy has assisted public policymakers on all levels by providing leadership, objective expertise, and actuarial advice on risk and financial security issues. The Academy also sets qualification, practice, and professionalism standards for actuaries in the United States.
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