Candidates for 2019 SOA Board of Directors Elections Announced
During its June 22-23 meeting, the SOA Board of Directors approved the 2019 elections ballot of endorsed candidates. Voting opens August 19 and closes September 6. See the final slate of candidates and learn about their backgrounds and how they would approach their service on the SOA Board. This year, there were three nominees for President-Elect and 22 nominees for Elected Board member for consideration by the SOA Nominating Committee. See the candidates endorsed by the SOA Nominating Committee, listed in alphabetical order.
Voting for the 2019 SOA elections is now closed.
Endorsed Candidates for President-Elect (one to be elected)
Roy Goldman, FSA 1980, MAAA, CERA, PhD
Retired
Jacksonville Beach, FL
Questionnaire | Candidate Page | Video Message
Jim Toole, FSA 1997, MAAA, CERA
FTI Consulting, Inc.
Managing Director, Life & Health
Winston-Salem, NC
Questionnaire | Candidate Page | Video Message
Endorsed Candidates for Elected Board Member (five to be elected)
Janet E. Duncan, FSA 2014, FCAS, MAAA
Lecturer
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
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Robert Eaton, FSA 2009, MAAA
Milliman, Inc.
Consulting Actuary
Tampa, FL
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Gregory G. Fann, FSA 1998, MAAA, FCA
Consulting Actuary
Axene Health Partners, LLC
Temecula, CA
Questionnaire | Candidate Page
William B. Fornia, FSA 1986, MAAA, EA, FCA
President
Pension Trustee Advisors
Greenwood Village, CO
Questionnaire | Candidate Page
Sharon Giffen, FSA 1984, FCIA, ICD.D*
Independent Board Member
Toronto Ontario, Canada
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Lisa Kuklinski, FSA 1995, MAAA
Actuarial Consultant
Ernst & Young
New York, NY
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Brian L. Louth, FSA 1989, FCIA*
Senior Vice President Business Development and Chief Marketing Officer
RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada
Toronto Ontario, Canada
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Timothy L. Rozar, FSA 2004, CERA, MAAA, FLMI, MBA
Reinsurance Group of America
Chief of Staff to the CEO
Chesterfield, MO
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Hans Wagner, FSA 1992
Senior Consultant
AXA
Paris, France
Recently Chief Actuary and Chief Risk Officer
ICBC-AXA Life
Shanghai, China
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Xu (Vincent) Xuan, FSA 2012, MAAA, CFA
Lead Director, Head of Statutory Valuation
AXA Equitable
Jersey City, NJ
Questionnaire | Candidate Page
*Note: At least one candidate to be selected for the Canada reserved seat.
Petition Process
Nominees who have completed an Expression of Interest form for SOA Board positions and who are not endorsed by the Nominating Committee may seek to be placed on the SOA Board’s elections ballot through the petition process, which will be open July 2 to July 31. Eligible voting members will receive an email from Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) on July 2 with a link and pass code to a website where they can submit a petition in support of any petitioners. Eligible voting members may support the petition of no more than one President-Elect office and no more than three nominees for Elected Board Member. Eligible nominees will need to receive petition support from 601 eligible voting members to attain a place on the elections ballot. Petitioning nominees who receive the required level of petition support will be added to the final election ballot as a candidate for election and designated as a candidate "by petition." Learn more about the petition process.
If you have any questions about the ballot or the elections process, email elections@soa.org.
The members of the SOA Nominating Committee include:
Erin J. Knopf, FSA, MAAA, Chair
Elaine T. Corrough, FSA, MAAA, FCA, Vice Chair
Kara L. Clark, FSA, MAAA
Ian Genno, FSA, CERA, FCIA
Paula M. Hodges, FSA, MAAA
Brian E. Pauley, FSA, MAAA
Michael B. Smith, FSA, MAAA, FCAS
Larry N. Stern, FSA, MAAA
Donna K. Weninger, FSA, MAAA