Candidates for 2017 Section Election Announced
The Society of Actuaries sponsors 20 professional interest sections, each with a section council which plans and executes the activities of the section in line with its mission. Councils range in size from nine to 12 members, elected by section members. Each year, one-third of each council is replaced by new volunteers.
Below is a list of this year's section council candidates and the biographical information and answers to the questions they provided. Biographies are limited to identification of employment, major fields of professional activity, service in the Society of Actuaries, and other relevant experience. Candidate names are listed on the ballot, and in this document, in the order in which they were received.
Elections are now closed.
Actuary of the Future (vote for 3)
- Tim Van Laarhoven, ASA, MAAA
- Melissa Carruthers, FSA, FCIA
- Minyu Cao, FSA, CERA
Education & Research (vote for 3)
- Hal Tepfer, FSA, MAAA, EA, MSPA, FCA
- Thomas Wakefield, FSA
- Colin M. Ramsay, PhD, ASA, MAAA
- Guangwei (George) Fan, ASA
Entrepreneurial & Innovation (vote for 5)
- Chris Greig, ASA, CERA, ACIA
- Helen Colterman, FSA, ACIA, CERA, MAAA
- Melissa Carruthers, FSA, FCIA
- Tamara Lea Wilt, ASA, MAAA
- Jennifer Healy, FSA, MAAA
- Joseph Paesani, FSA, MAAA
- Justin Yiu, ASA
- Eric T. Sondergeld, ASA, CFA
Financial Reporting (vote for 3)
- David C. Armstrong, FSA, MAAA
- Ross Zilber, FSA, MAAA, CFA, FRM, CLU, ChFC
- Enzinma Miller, FSA, MAAA
- Lance Berthiaume, FSA, MAAA
- Jenn Nam, FSA, MAAA, CFA
- Tian Shee (Gary) Shia, FSA, CERA, MAAA
Health (vote for 4)
- Jacqueline Lee, FSA, MAAA
- Rick Pawelski, FSA, MAAA, CERA
- Marilyn McGaffin, ASA, MAAA, FLMI
- Zachary Aters, ASA, MAAA
- Geof Hileman, FSA, MAAA
- Evan Morgan, ASA, MAAA, PhD
International (vote for 3)
- Arpita Das, FSA
- Yanjie Feng, FSA, MAAA
- Payam Hashemieh, ASA
- Susan Mateja, FSA, MAAA
- Beibei Li, ASA
- Peter Yang, FSA
- Sudha Shenoy, FSA, CERA, MAAA
Investment (vote for 4)
- Erik Thoren, FSA, CERA, MAAA
- Alan Chan, ASA
- Hal Pedersen, ASA
- Suhrid Swaminarayan, FSA, CFA, FRM, FIA
Joint Risk Management (vote for 4)
- Ribhi Alam, FSA
- Siew Chen Ow, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA
- Chet Szczepanski, FCAS, MAAA
- Xiaobin Cao, FCAS
- Florian Richard, FCAS
Leadership & Development (vote for 3)
- James F. Clark, FSA, MAAA
- Ying Zhao, FSA, MAAA, FRM
- Ryan Bruner, FSA, MAAA
- Michael Prendes, FSA, MAAA
- Brent Walder, FSA, MAAA
- Annie Xue, FSA, MAAA, CERA
Long Term Care Insurance (vote for 3)
- Aaron Weatherman, FSA, CERA, MAAA, EA
- Matthew Morton, FSA, MAAA
- Mike Bergerson, FSA, MAAA
- Jamala Murray Arland, FSA, MAAA
- Jan Graeber, ASA, MAAA
Marketing & Distribution (vote for 3)
- Zachary Aters, ASA, MAAA
- Mark Friederich, FSA, MAAA
- Manoj Gandhi, FSA, FCIA
- Brendan Costello, ASA
- Brian Pauley, FSA, MAAA
Modeling (vote for 3)
- Eric Schwartz, FSA, MAAA
- Corey A. Carriker, FSA, MAAA
- Zohair Motiwalla, FSA, MAAA
- Isaac Maycotte, FSA, CERA, MAAA
- Vikas Sharan, FSA, FIA, MAAA, CFA
- Hoi Yan (Daphne) Kwan, FSA, MAAA
- Shar Choi, ASA, ACIA
- Robert Crompton, FSA, MAAA
Pension (vote for 3)
- Thomas (Tom) McNab, FSA
- John G. Eng, FSA, EA
- Mathieu Laurendeau, FSA, FCIA
- Sanket Bhimani, ASA, ACIA, MAAA
- Tom Sablak, FSA, EA, MAAA, FCA
- Ruth E. Schau, FSA, EA, FCA
- Thomas Perko, FSA, EA
Predictive Analytics & Futurism (vote for 3)
- Roujie (Joy) Chen, ASA, CERA
- Nathan Pohle, FSA, CERA ,MAAA
- Cassie Minyu He, FSA, MAAA
Product Development (vote for 3)
- Benjamin Wadsley, FSA, MAAA
- Yuan Tao, FSA, MAAA, CFA
- Leonard Mangini, FSA, FRM, FALU, CLU, ChFC, MAAA
- Curt Clingerman, FSA, MAAA
- Anthony Ferraro, FSA, MAAA
Reinsurance (vote for 3)
- Laura Muse, FSA, MAAA
- Olivia Yang, FSA, CERA, MAAA
- Xueli Zhang, FSA, MAAA, CFA
- James Christou, FSA, MAAA, FCIA
- Kyle Bauer, FSA, MAAA, CERA
- Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA
Smaller Insurance Company (vote for 4)
- Jacqueline Yang, FSA, MAAA, ACIA
- Carolyn Covington, FSA, CERA, MAAA
- Kevin Dill, FSA, MAAA
- Stephen Rook, FSA, MAAA
- Pamela Hutchins, FSA, MAAA
Social Insurance & Public Finance (vote for 3)
- Carlos Fuentes, FSA, FCA, MAAA
- Douglas Fiddler, ASA, MAAA, EA, FCA
- Janet Cranna, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA, MSPA
- W. James Koss, ASA, MAAA, EA, FCA
- James J. Rizzo, ASA, MAAA, FCA, EA
Taxation (vote for 3)
- Sivakumar Desai, FSA, MAAA
- S. Vincent Zink, FSA, MAAA
- Tom Edwalds, FSA, ACAS, MAAA
Technology (vote for 3)
- Hugh Lakshman, FSA, MAAA
- Henry Han Chen, FSA, ACIA, MAAA
- Paul San Valentin, FSA, CERA, MAAA
- Shyam Kolli, FSA, MAAA
- Ravi Bhagat, FSA, MAAA
- Shane Kohls, FSA, MAAA
- Guangwei (George) Fan, ASA