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HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 9430 | William B. Fornia, FSA President William B. (Flick) Fornia is founder and President of Pension Trustee Advisors. PTA provides consulting services on public pensions with focus o pension advice. Previous Work History He was Senior Vice President at Aon Consulting, leading their pub pension actuarial consulting practice from 2006 to 2010. Flick has more than 30 years of consulting and actuarial experience, primarily in the areas of retiree pension and healthcare benefits. Prior to Aon, he managed the Denver Retirement Practice of Buck Consultants and has served nationally as a Senior Consultant for Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Co., both specializing in public pensions. Work Experience Flick has expertise in all retirement-related areas, including financing, plan design, bond analysis, - liability studies, retiree healthcare and legislative testimony. actuary for The Boeing Company and as consultant for numerous multinational corporations in Bra Argentina during his ten years at Towers Perrin. Previously, he was corporate actuary for Boeing. He has performed consulting services for 22 statewide retirement systems in Alaska, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Puerto Ri, Wyoming and others. Other clients have included the US Department of State, Cities of Baltimore, Oakland and Philadelphia, IBM, US WEST and Ford Motor Company. Articles and Speech Presentations Flick is well known for his ability to teach complex concepts to lay audian author and frequent speaker at organizations such as the Pension Research C State Retirement Administrators (NASRA), the National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR), the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA), the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS), the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, the Western Pension and Benefits Conference, the International Foundation of Employee Be Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), and the Brazilia (ABRAPP). Articles and speeches have addressed all aspects of retirement programs including retiree healthcare plans, and the challenges of public sector defined contribution -A Better Bang for the Buck with the National Institute of Retirement Security in 2008. Professional Organizations and Education He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Enrolled Actuary, Me Actuaries, and Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries.the steering committee of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries Public Pensi faculty of the Society of Actuaries Fellowship Admissions Course Flick earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics at Whitman College. Pension Trustee Advisors, Inc. 7600 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 125 Centennial, CO 80112 303.263.2765 Website: pensiontrusteeadvisors.com Email: flick@pensiontrusteeadvisors.com R.PS,A.S.A.(R.) AUL CHRADERET Consulting Actuary Paul Schrader has 45 years of experience with retirement and oth major employers in both the private and public sectors. Paul spe Hansen, Inc. in Denver as a consulting actuary with responsibility for th Rocky Mountain region. He served as a Vice President, member of Executive Committee of Hansen, and later as a Managing Director m M. Mercer, Inc. after their acquisition of Hansen. Paul retired from Buck Consultants responsibility for Buck’s activities in this region. Since retirement from Buck Consultants, Paul has consulted with ement systems in areas of strategic planning. E XPERIENCE Assisted in the consolidation of several independent statewide p systems into one unified system with common benefits and practic Served as consulting actuary and principal consultant to a statewide public employee retirement system for over 35 years, and continues to serve as a strategic Designed a consolidated, total benefit plan for a multi-bank holding company after merger. Consultedwith a Fortune 500 employer on adoption of investment policy and assumptions and methods to match corporate objectives of minimiz plan due to substantial over-funded status. Conducted numerous asset/liability forecast studies to test long-term and most likely effects of alternative investment policies, actuarial assumptions and metho Developed a strategic plan including benefit and funding policie covering over 50,000 members. Led numerous retirement plan reviews for public sector retiremen conversion of a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution o E&A DUCATION CHIEVEMENTS Graduated from the University of Texas witha degree in Actuarial Science Associate of the Society of Actuaries, Member of the American Ac Member of the Western Pension & Benefits Conference and an Enrol A frequent speaker at professional and industry organizations, aauthor of several benefits articles, and has provided expert testimony in the development o ADMIN/PRO/BIOS/bio-Schrader