American Academy of Actuaries Announces Nominees for Regular Directors

WASHINGTON -- Oct. 5, 2010 -- The American Academy of Actuaries Nominating Committee presented a slate of nominees today to fill regular director positions on the Academy's board of directors. The nominees for these positions will be voted on by the membership during the Academy's annual meeting on Nov. 8 in Washington.

Catherine Murphy-Barron, a consulting actuary for Milliman, Inc., in New York, is nominated to serve the remaining year of a term that was vacated today by Stephen Rosen, who was elected by the board of directors to the position of secretary. Shari Westerfield, an actuary for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in Chicago, is nominated to serve the remaining two years of a term that was vacated today by Tom Wildsmith, who was elected by the board of directors to be the vice president of the Academy's Health Practice Council. The Nominating Committee also nominated three actuaries to fill open regular director positions. The nominees for the three-year term positions are Marc Oberholtzer, a principal for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Philadelphia; Jeffrey Petertil, an independent consulting actuary based in Oak Park, Ill.; and Stephen Preston, a life insurance actuary, who was formerly the U.S. chief insurance risk officer at ING Group and currently is on work sabbatical.

All director position terms will commence at the close of the Academy's annual meeting. For more information on the nominees, please see Academy Nominating Committee Chairperson Bill Bluhm's letter to members, available at: http://www.actuary.org/email/2010/misc/nominations_2010.html

For more information, please contact Andrew Simonelli, assistant director of communications for the American Academy of Actuaries, at 202.785.7872. For more information on the Academy, please visit: www.actuary.org.  

The American Academy of Actuaries is a 17,000-member professional association whose mission is to serve the public on behalf of the U.S. actuarial profession. The Academy assists 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.

SOURCE: American Academy of Actuaries

Media contact: Andrew Simonelli, assistant director of communications for the American Academy of Actuaries, 202-785-7872, simonelli@actuary.org