Candidates for 2021 Section Election
Voting for this year’s Section Council elections is now closed. Election results will be announced shortly. The Society of Actuaries (SOA) is deeply appreciative for all the candidates who ran for a section council.
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.
Actuary of the Future (vote for 3)
- Kevin (Jiance) Xiao, FSA
- Andrew Meier, ASA, MAAA
- Yang Pan, FSA
- Zane Wong, FSA, MAAA, CERA
- Austin Lee Gwinner, ASA
Education & Research (vote for 3)
- Stefanos Orfanos, FSA, CERA
- Tim Luedtke, FSA, MAAA, CFA
- Peng Shi, FSA
Entrepreneurial & Innovation (vote for 3)
- Paul San Valentin, FSA, CERA, MAAA
- Han (Henry) Chen, FSA, MAAA, FCIA
- Ping Xiao, FSA
Financial Reporting (vote for 4)
- Hui Shan, Ph.D., FSA, CERA, MAAA
- Weiling Lao, FSA
- Katheryne (Qian) Ma, FSA, FCIA, CERA
- Chris Whitney (he/him), FSA, MAAA
- Joy (Xiao Yu) Zhang, FSA, MAAA, CERA
Health (vote for 4)
- Lydia Tolman, FSA, MAAA
- Dani Cronick, FSA, MAAA
- Derek Ray, FSA, MAAA
- Mandy Geyer, FSA, MAAA
- Amine Elmeghni, ASA, MAAA
- Karan Rustagi, FSA, MAAA
- Julie Wang, FSA, MAAA
- Gabrielle Guzman, FSA, MAAA
- Scott Fry, FSA, MAAA
International (vote for 4)
- Yuan Yuan, FSA, MAAA
- Lin Zhao, FSA, MAAA
- Mark Anthony Macharia, FSA, CERA
- Nikhil Asnani, FSA, CFA
Investment (vote for 3)
- Lucy Ouyang, FSA, CERA, MAAA
- Peter Sohl, ASA, MAAA
- Hugo Robert, ASA
- Naoya Kobayashi, M.Sc., FSA, CFA, CERA
- Angel Zhu, FSA
- Chia Chun (Steve) Lo, FSA
Joint Risk Management (vote for 4)
- Daniel Klein, FSA, FCIA, CFA
- Chet Szczepanski, FCAS, MAAA
- Yi Yang, FSA, CFA, MAAA
- Jing Fritz, FSA, MAAA, CERA, CFA, FRM
Leadership & Development (vote for 3)
- Tammy Kapeller, FSA, MAAA
- Wendy Liang, FSA, CERA
- Fahim Islam, FSA
- Andreea Savu, FSA, MAAA
- C. Ian Genno, FSA, FCIA, CERA
- Xuan Deng, FSA, MAAA
Long Term Care Insurance (vote for 3)
- Nicole Gaspar, ASA, MAAA
- Ganiu Dare Shefiu, ASA
- Matt Klaus, FSA, MAAA
- Nick Sheahon, FSA, MAAA
Marketing & Distribution (vote for 4)
- Chris Siudzinski, FSA, MAAA
- Vladimir Krepkiy, FSA, MAAA, FCIA, FCA
- Art Lewis, FSA, MAAA
- Aneesha Deshpande, FSA, MAAA, CERA
Modeling (vote for 3)
- Laura Whitaker, FSA, CERA, MAAA
- Andrei Titioura, FSA, FCIA, MAAA
- Steven Ngo, FSA, ACIA, CERA
Predictive Analytics and Futurism (vote for 3)
- Joan C. Barrett, FSA, MAAA
- Jason Reed, FSA, MS, MAAA
- Brent Carpenetti, ASA, CERA
- Stu Alden, FSA, MAAA, FCA
- Chris Lalonde, FSA, CERA, MAAA
- Alex Tam, ASA, MAAA
Product Development (vote for 3)
- Jinnah Cox, FSA, MAAA
- Wen King Liu, FSA, MAAA
- Nik Datsenka, FSA, MAAA
- Xiaoman Yan, FSA, MAAA
Reinsurance (vote for 3)
- Vikas Sharan, FSA, FIA, MAAA, CFA
- Tim Morant, FSA, MAAA, FLMI
- Linda Xu, FSA
- Maria (Xin Qing) Zou, FSA, FCIA
- Michael Green, FSA, MAAA
- Benjamin Keslowitz, FSA, MAAA
- Chris Halloran, FSA
Retirement (vote for 3)
- Marvin J. Paull, FSA, MAAA, EA
- Greg Hawes, FSA, CERA, FCIA, MAAA
- David Rosenblum, FSA, EA, FCA
Smaller Insurance Company (vote for 3)
- Scott Haglund, FSA, MAAA
- Marc Altschull, FSA, MAAA, CFA
- Brett W. Mushett, FSA, MAAA
Social Insurance & Public Finance (vote for 3)
- Paul Angelo, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA
- Geof Hileman, FSA, MAAA
- Linda L. Bournival, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA
Taxation (vote for 2)
- Yaohua (Aria) Zhou, ASA
- Philip Ferrari, ASA, MAAA
Technology (vote for 4)
- Kaihua Yu, FSA, MAAA
- Joe Alaimo, ASA, ACIA
- Nick Miller, FSA, CERA
- Eric Wolfe, FSA