Volunteer Committees and Task Forces

The AI & Emerging Technology Committee advances the CCA’s mission by helping consulting actuaries understand, adopt, and responsibly apply artificial intelligence and emerging technologies in their work. The committee facilitates education, collaboration, and governance in the practical use of AI across practice areas—including healthcare, retirement, and enterprise and personal risk management—through hands-on learning and community engagement. Our goal is to equip actuaries with the knowledge, tools, and professional perspective needed to navigate and lead in an AI-enabled future.

Reports To
Robert J. Reiskytl

Committee Chair
Jim Dolstad

Committee Members

• Rob Bacher
• Beth Baker
• Chuck Bloss
• Richard Cadwell
• Melissa Chacko
• David Driscoll
• Logan Grime
• Justin Hartmann
• Kenny Herbold
• Justin Hornburg
• Ryan Klapatch
• Malcolm Merrill
• Leanne Metcalfe
• Donna Novak
• Brian Rakowski
• Moshe Radinsky
  
• David Scharf
• Brian Septon
• Evan Thomas
• Dave Tuomala
• Shelley Zhao

Staff Liaison
Rachel McLaughlin

This committee plans the program for the Annual Meeting, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, and is responsible to the Board for the design and implementation of such programs.

Reports To
Robert J. Reiskytl

Chair
Jeremy Olszewski

Vice Chair

• Mark Afdahl
• Paul Angelo
• Joseph C. Anzalone
• Jessica Arnold
• Grace Barbieri
• Mariah Becker
• Elena V. Black
• Brian Y. Boring
• Thuong Broaden
• Mark H. Buis
• Douglas J. Carey
• Michael S. Clark
• Michael J. de Leon
• James Dolstad
• Brian Donohue
• Stephen N. Eisenstein
• Richard O. Goehring
• Lee Gold
• Cheryl A. Ham
• Dan Hoffman
• Mitchell H. Hofing
• Koren L. Holden
• Justin N. Hornburg
• Yangyan Hu
•  James L. Jones
• Todd D. Kanaster
• Ellen L. Kleinstuber
• Jennifer Leming
• Yi-Ling Lin
• John McAndrew
• Phillip A. Merdinger
• Malcolm Merrill
• Jerry Mingione
• Mitsuyasu Nishiwaki
• Trevis G. Parson
• Edward M. Pudlowski
• John Redmond
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• Craig P. Rosenthal
• Patricia A. Rotello
• Lance P. Roteman
• Matthew Sampogna
• David Scharf
• Josh Shapiro
• Alan J. Silver
• Kurt T. Southworth
• Kevin S. Spanier
• Mike Spetko
• Tim Stawicki
• Gail Steward
• Tanya E. Sun
• Todd N. Tauzer
• Thomas S. Terry
• Rebecca O. Trauger
• Katherine Troutman
• David M. Tuomala
• Elizabeth A. Wiley

Staff Liaison
Matt Noncek

The DEI Committee advances the CCA's mission and vision by advising the Board of Directors and collaborating with committees on the creation and implementation of diverse experiences and fostering a culture of belonging where every member feels valued, empowered, and united by a shared commitment to diversity, belonging, and mutual respect.

Reports To

Committee Members

• Stephen N. Eisenstein
• Ellen L. Kleinstuber
• Melissa Kolle
• Yi-Ling Lin
• Felix A. Okwaning
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• David Scharf
• Elizabeth A. Wiley

Staff Liaison
Rachael McLaughlin

This committee develops and implements communications and social media strategies to enhance the value of CCA membership to consulting actuaries and to promote the activities of the CCA and its membership to the general public.

Committee Members

• Michael L. Frank
• Scott A. Hittner
• Yi-Ling Lin
• Tonya B. Manning
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• Tanya E. Sun

Approximate Time Commitment: Three (3) virtual one-hour meetings per year with limited work between meetings.

This committee advises and assists the Vice President of Communities in the oversight of the CCA communities.

The following are some of the tasks that committee members may be asked to perform:

• Act as a sounding board for the Vice President of Communities
• Advise the Vice President of Communities on goals, strategies and tactics for communities and the CCA’s Community Platform
• Provide suggestions for topic areas for new communities
• Assessment of whether any groups should be disbanded
• Encourage and spur group discussions in the CCA’s Community Platform
• Review specific discussion postings and assess them for potential removal from the Platform
• As the number of groups grows, provide logistical support to the Vice President of Communities, e.g. attending group conference calls and/or in-person meetings at the Annual Meeting

Reports To
Mariah Becker

Committee Members

• Cheryl A. Ham
• Lauren Meyer
• Jeremy P. Olszewski
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• Craig P. Rosenthal
• Stacey Marie Schmid

• Joshua Shapiro

Staff Liaisons
Shannon Peterson

Approximate Time Commitment: Three (3) virtual one hour meetings per year with limited work between meetings.

Monitors CCA continuing education programs and suggests additional programs and changes to ensure they meet the needs of the consulting actuary.

Reports To
James Dolstad

• Kenny Herbold
• Piotr Krekora
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• Gail Steward
• Elizabeth A. Wiley
• Beth Wiley

Staff Liaisons
Kelly M. Fanella
Shannon Peterson
Matt Noncek

Approximate Time Commitment: Limited virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Work between meetings to coordinate events such as community forums.

Reports To
Mariah Becker

Committee Members

• Margaret Berger
• Maria Sarli
• Larry Sher

Staff Liaison
Shannon Peterson

Approximate Time Commitment: Limited virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Work between meetings to coordinate events such as community forums.

Reports To
Mariah Becker

Committee Members

• Stacey Schmid

Staff Liaison
Shannon Peterson

Reports To
Robert J. Reiskytl

Chair
Jessica Kachur

Committee Members

• Linda L. Bournival
• Sherry S. Chan
• Baron A. James
• Michael S. Clark
• Joseph F. Hicks
• Tonya B. Manning

Staff Liaisons
Kelly Fanella
Matt Noncek

Reports To
Robert J. Reiskytl

Chair
Jessica Kachur

Vice Chair
Paul Angelo

Committee Members

• James Berberian
• Michael S. Clark
• Kevin J. Donovan
• Andrew Forgrave
• Bruce C. Gaffney
• David R. Godofsky
• Kevin Gontowski
• Eli Greenblum
• William R. Hallmark
• James E. Holland
• Tonya B. Manning
• Jess McGrath
• David Pazamickas
• John A. Potts
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• Craig P. Rosenthal
• Maria M. Sarli
• Josh Shapiro
• Megan Yee

Staff Liaison
Matt Noncek

Approximate Time Commitment: Limited virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Work between meetings to coordinate events such as community forums.

Reports To
Mariah Becker

Committee Members

• John Lowell
• Aaron Pedowitz
• Pete Neuwirth
• Alex Laun

Staff Liaisons
Shannon Peterson
Kakoli Dutta

The purpose of this committee is to promote sound actuarial considerations for healthcare reform proposed at the national and state level, provide an open forum for the exchange of ideas among healthcare actuaries, and encourage participation in national and local efforts to voice actuarial perspectives regarding healthcare improvement. The committee members work through an online discussion forum and live conference calls. This group is developing an online reference area as well as online "live meeting" capabilities. In addition, committee members may participate in and contribute to Conference presentations, seminars, webcasts and other continuing educational offerings.

Committee Members

• Joshua W. Axene
• Justin N. Hornburg
• Sunit Patel
• Thomas E. Persichetti
• Adam J. Reese
• Jeffrey L. Smith
• Tanya E. Sun
• David M. Tuomala
• Shelley Y. Zhao

Staff Liaison
Matt Noncek

Approximate Time Commitment: Three (3) to six (6) one-hour virtual meetings per year.  Work between meetings to recruit and develop presentations for the CCA Healthcare Meeting.

This committee plans the program for the CCA Healthcare Meeting, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, and is responsible to the Board for the design and implementation of such programs.

Committee Members

• Mike Clarke
• Priya Debuka
• James Dolstad
• Emily Erickson
• Donna C. Novak
• Sunit Patel
• Edward M. Pudlowski
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• David M. Tuomala
  

Staff Liaisons
Matt Noncek
Shannon Peterson

Approximate Time Commitment: Four (4) virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Work between meetings to coordinate events such as community conference calls.

Coordinates In-House Public Sector Actuaries Committee for members that work for state and local pension systems, in-house for a multi-employer fund, or as internal resource at a pension fund to discuss the unique aspects of this work.  

Reports To
Mariah Becker

Committee Members

• Andy Blough
• Koren Holden
• Melissa Kolle

Staff Liaison
Shannon Peterson

Approximate Time Commitment: Three (3) virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Work between meetings to coordinate events such as podcast club and Annual Meeting sessions.

This group helps to identify additional methods for attracting and meeting the needs of the upcoming generations of actuaries through CCA offerings, and it provides the opportunity for idea exchange and collaboration among emerging leaders.

Reports To
Mariah Becker

Committee Members

• Jamal Adora
• Mona Auji
• Melissa Chacko
• Scott Grenier
• Sheena McEwen
• Rebecca Trauger
• Elizabeth A. Wiley

Staff Liaison
Shannon Peterson

Approximate Time Commitment: Six (6) virtual one-hour meetings per year. Recruits and develops sessions for Leadership Seminar.

This committee is responsible for the development and delivery of education and training on the topic of leadership and leadership development.

Reports To
Robert J. Reiskytl

Chair
Michael S. Clark

Committee Members

• Sam Brown
• Melissa Chacko
• Jingshuang Chen
• Sheena McEwen
• Gail Steward
• Ellen Kleinstuber
• Mary Kirby
  

Staff Liaison
Shannon Peterson

Approximate Time Commitment: Six (6) virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Some work between meetings on projects as needed.

The Membership Committee focuses on growing and engaging the CCA’s membership base. Members of this committee work to recruit new members, improve member retention, and ensure the association continues to meet the evolving needs of its community.

Reports To
Justin N. Hornburg

Chair
Elizabeth A. Wiley

Committee Members

• Mark Anderson
  
• Pia Calle
• Kelly Conlin
• Michael L. Frank
• Derek N. Guyton
• James L. Jones
• Adrienne Lieberthal
• Felix A. Okwaning
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• Lawrence E. Scherer

Staff Liaisons
Shannon Peterson
Kakoli Dutta

Approximate Time Commitment: Three (3) virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Work between meetings to coordinate events such as community forums.

Reports To
Mariah Becker

Chair
Mariah Becker

Committee Members

• Susan Boyle
• David Pazamickas

Staff Liaison
Shannon Peterson

Reports To
Robert J. Reiskytl

Co-Chairs
Ellen L. Kleinstuber
Maria M. Sarli

Committee Members

• Margaret S. Berger
  
• Bruce Cadenhead
  
• Scott A. Hittner
  
• James E. Holland
• Eric A. Keener

Staff Liaison
Rachael McLaughlin

Approximate Time Commitment: Six (6) virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Some work between meetings on projects as needed.  Recruits and develops sessions for Professionalism Forum.

This committee is responsible for the development and delivery of education and training on the topic of professionalism, and to serve as a resource for information on professionalism to CCA members. All committee work is put forth to the Board of Directors for approval before release.

Committee Members

• Beth Baker
• Julie Cameron
• Jami Eckman
• John Governale
• Ellen L. Kleinstuber
• Yi-Ling Lin
• Ankit Nanda
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• Lisa Ullman

Staff Liaison
Shannon Peterson

Approximate Time Commitment: Three (3) virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Work between meetings to coordinate events such as community forums.

This Committee is charged to advance the sound actuarial and governance practice in the public sector pension and employee benefits arena by providing guidance for the activities of the Public Plans Community. This group provides leadership, input, and support to all CCA educational opportunities.

Vice Chair
Elizabeth A. Wiley

Committee Members

• Brent A. Banister
• David L. Driscoll
• William B. Fornia
• William R. Hallmark
• Koren L. Holden
• David Lamoureux
• Matt Larrabee
• Stephen T. McElhaney
• Brian B. Murphy
• James J. Rizzo
• Todd N. Tauzer
• Lance J. Weiss
  

Staff Liaison
Shannon Peterson

This committee is planning the writing of the Public Plans White Paper 2.0.

Reports To
Robert J. Reiskytl

Chairs
Paul Angelo
Elizabeth Wiley

Committee Members

• Kelly Adams
  
• Andy Blough
• Jody Carreiro
• William H. Hallmark
• Piotr Krekora
• Matt Larrabee
  
• Wendy Ludbrook
• Jordan McClane
• Brad Ramirez
  

Staff Liaisons
Shannon Peterson
Kelly Fanella

Reports To
Robert J. Reiskytl

Chair
Ellen Kleinstuber

Vice Chairs
Ted Goldman
Josh Shapiro

Committee Members

• Andy Banducci
• Glenn Butash
• David Certner
• Dan Doonan
• Karen Friedman
• Lee Gold
• Dimitra Hannon
• Scott Hittner
• Kendra Isaacson
• Mark Iwry
• Michelle Neblett
  
• Maria Sarli
• Chantel Sheaks
• Tom Terry

Staff Liaison
Kelly Fanella

Approximate Time Commitment: Limited virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Work between meetings to coordinate events such as community forums.

Reports to
Mariah Becker

Committee Members

• Nick Allen
• John Bury
• Adrienne Liberthal

Staff Liaison
Shannon Peterson

This committee is responsible for the design, implementation, speaker recruitment and presentation coordination of all CCA webinars. This committee presents a full slate of webinars each Fall for the upcoming year, and meets via conference call throughout the year to monitor recruiting progress. Commitment – 1 year, with potential for renewal; 20 hours; quarterly conference calls; committee meets virtually in August to prepare for the upcoming year.

Reports To
Robert J. Reiskytl

Chair
David M. Tuomala

Committee Members

• Jamal Adora
• Melissa Chacko
• Michael S. Clark
• Lee Gold
• Joseph D. Heintzelman
• Anders Hendrickson
• Kenny Herbold
• Monica Hirning
• James Jones
• Judith A. Kermans
• Samantha Klingler
• Jake Libauskas
• Ari Loiben
• Tom Persichetti
• Tony Pistilli
• Michelle Robb
• Lawrence J. Sher
• Maria Simmers
• Scott Steadman
• Troy L. Ware

Staff Liaison
Marie Shaw

Approximate Time Commitment: Six (6) virtual one-hour meetings per year.  Some work between meetings on projects as needed.

Develops and hosts events for the Women in Consulting Community.  This may include lunch and learns, Annual Meeting sessions, book clubs, and postings to the community.

Reports To
Mariah Becker

Chair
Jessica Kachur

Committee Members

• Emojoy Brown
• Tonya Manning
• Riddhi Patel
• Elizabeth Wiley

Staff Liaison
Shannon Peterson

Meets at least once each year to review the 401(k) investment options.

Committee Members

• Rob O. Bacher
  
• Jerry Mingione
• Robert J. Reiskytl

Staff Liaison
Jim Uhlarik

The Committee is responsible for reviewing and recommending any employee benefit program changes to the Board. Additionally, the Committee assists the Executive Director with employee benefit program administration as needed.

Committee Members

• James Dolstad
• Yi-Ling Lin
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• John J. Schubert

Jim Uhlarik

This committee reviews and analyzes the financial condition of the Conference and presents the annual budget and quarterly financial statements to the Board of Directors. The Treasurer serves as the committee chair.

Committee Members

• Douglas J. Carey
  
• Michael S. Clark
• Eli Greenblum
• Jessica Kachur
• Ellen L. Kleinstuber
• Jerry Mingione
• Thomas E. Persichetti
• Robert J. Reiskytl
• Craig P. Rosenthal
• David Scharf

Staff Liaisons
Kelly M. Fanella
Jim Uhlarik

This committee is responsible for reviewing and determining staff compensation.

Committee Members

• Josh Shapiro
  
• Robert J. Reiskytl

Staff Liaison
Kelly M. Fanella

This committee is responsible for nominating a slate of candidates for the Board of Directors for presentation to and approval by the CCA members. This committee also develops a slate of candidates for officers of the CCA for presentation to and approval by the Board of Directors.

Yi-Ling Lin

Committee Members

• Derek Guyton
• Robert J. Reiskytl
  
• David Scharf
• Josh Shapiro

Staff Liaison
Kelly M. Fanella

This committee assesses the feasibility of strategic initiatives recommended by the Board of Directors, prioritizes and determines the implementation process for these initiatives, and makes recommendations to the Board.

Robert J. Reiskytl

Chair
Josh Shapiro

Committee Members

• Susan Boyle
• Bill Hallmark
• Justin Hornburg
• Grace Lattyak
• Tiffany Myers
• Ed Pudlowski
• Rob Reiskytl
• David Scharf
• Troy Ware
• Shelley Zhao

Staff Liaisons
Kelly Fanella
Shannon Peterson
Rachael McLaughlin

To honor Irwin I. “Wynn” Kent, President from 1989-1990 for the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, his family and friends established an award in Mr. Kent’s name through The Actuarial Foundation.

The Committee is responsible for reviewing nominations submitted and making recommendations for recipients based on the criteria established. The Committee members work in conjunction with The Actuarial Foundation staff to ensure that the process is timely.

Robert J. Reiskytl

Chair
John H. Lowell

Committee Members

• Michael S. Clark
• Kenneth A. Kent
• Patricia A. Rotello
• John J. Schubert