Meet the actuaries

How does one become an actuary? Just like there are a variety of ways people learn about the profession, there are a variety of paths to becoming an actuary. During our University Visits, actuaries come to the classroom to share their stories. Click on the links below to read more about these professionals and view their presentations. Check back often as new biographies will be added regularly.

Bios

Fritzie Archuleta
ASA, MAAA, Senior Pension Actuary, CalPERS Actuarial Office
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Tim Bischof
FSA, MAAA, Vice President, CNO Financial Group
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David Brentlinger
FSA, CERA, MAAA, Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary, OneAmerica Financial Partners
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Michelle Brown
ASA, MAAA, Actuarial Analyst, WellPoint
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Jill Carpenter
FSA, MAAA, CLU, Assistant Vice President, Lincoln Financial Group

Dan Cassidy
FSA, CERA, EA, FCA, President, Cassidy Retirement Group

Jeffrey J. Drazagowski
FSA, MAAA, Medicare Actuarial, Aetna

Stephen A. Eadie
FSA, FCIA, Partner, Robertson, Eadie and Associates

Jim Forbush
FSA, EA, MAAA, Senior Vice President, Compensation and Benefit Strategies Group, AON Consulting

Sylvain Fortier
ASA, CERA, Assistant Vice President, Laurentian Bank

Annie Girard
FSA, FCIA, Assistant Vice President, Development, RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada

R. Dale Hall
FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, Vice President and Chief Actuary, Life/Health Operations COUNTRY Financial

Kari Jennings
ASA, MAAA, Consultant, AON Hewitt
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Rheia Khalaf
ASA, CERA, Senior Actuarial Analyst, Ernst & Young, Inc.

Stuart Klugman
FSA, PhD, Principal Financial Group Professor of Actuarial Science, Drake University

Doug Knowling
FSA, CERA, MAAA, Senior Vice President and Chief Actuarial Officer, RGA, U.S. Division

Simeon H. Ling
FSA, MAAA, Consultant, Towers Watson

Genevieve Lussier
FCIA, FSA, Consultant, Sibson Consulting

James Miles
FSA, MAAA, Actuarial Education Consultant, Society of Actuaries

Mike Noble
FSA, FCA, EA, MAAA, Consulting Actuary, Cheiron, Inc.

Susan Pantely
FSA, MAAA, Consultant, Milliman, Inc.
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Sunit Patel
FSA, CFA, Senior Vice President, Fidelity Investments

Dominique Pilote
FCIA, FSA, Consultant, Morneau Sobeco

Marie-Claude Poulin
FCIA, FSA, Consultant, Industrielle Alliance Assurance et Services Fina

Dan Pribe
FSA, MAAA, Senior Consultant, Towers Watson

Art Randolph II
FCAS, MAAA, CPCU, ARM, ARe Senior Consultant

Dave Sandberg
FSA, MAAA, CERA, Vice President, Corporate Actuary, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

Vinaya Sharma
FSA, CERA, Consultant, Quantitative Risk Management
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Sim Segal
FSA, CERA, MAAA, U.S. Leader of ERM Services, Towers Watson

Prakash A. Shimpi
FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, Managing Principal, Towers Watson;
CEO, Towers Perrin Capital Markets Corp.

Vincent Soucy
FSA, Actuarial Consultant, Avalon Actuarial Inc.

Eric Veletzos
FSA, CFA, EA, Investment Consultant and Actuary, Towers Watson

Steve Vernon
FSA, President, Rest-of-Life Communications

Kathryn Watts
FSA, FCIA, Director, Capital Management, Sun Life Financial
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Mark Yu
FSA, CFA, FRM, MAAA, Swiss Re Life and Health North America, Vice President and
Marketing Actuary, Client Markets

Kurt Zhang
ASA, Actuarial Associate, Towers Watson