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ACOPA Honors Actuary Janet S. Eisenberg for Distinguished Service

Melinda | August 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

Ed Burrows Award Recognizes Excellence in the Actuarial Profession

Arlington, VA (August 17, 2011) –The ASPPA College of Pension Actuaries (ACOPA) honored Janet S. Eisenberg with the Edward E. Burrows Distinguished Achievement Award at its 2011 Actuarial Symposium on August 13 in Boston.

The members of the College of Pension Actuaries gathered August 12-13 for intensive discussion of issues important to actuaries in the pension field, ranging from IRS regulations to professional standards and client communications.

Eisenberg is the owner and actuary at Eisenberg Associates Ltd in Skokie, Illinois. Janet was a Director of ASPPA from 1992-1997. She has served on the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries Advisory Committee since 2002. Janet also served on several ASPPA committees, co-authoring comments on the regulations on maximum benefit limitations, and testifying before IRS and Treasury officials on these comments.

“Janet’s spirit of volunteerism and service to the profession is the essence of this award”, said colleague Larry Deutsch, MSPA. “We are pleased to have this opportunity to recognize the significant contributions she has made.”

ACOPA presents the Edward E. Burrows Distinguished Achievement Award annually to a pension actuary who is considered to have set an example for the industry. Recipients are honored for their excellence in promoting ethics, education, and legislation or regulation to enhance the professionalism of enrolled actuaries who serve within the private pension system. Burrows is considered the standard in this regard and ACOPA honors his legacy by presenting this annual award to recognize other actuaries who have chosen to follow his example. Past award recipients include Burrows (2008), Joan Gucciardi (2009), and Robert Schramm (2010).

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The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) is a national organization of more than 7,500 retirement plan and benefits professionals that serves as the educator, voice, and advocate for the employer-based retirement system. ASPPA members are administrators, actuaries, advisors, attorneys, accountants and other financial services professionals who provide consulting and administrative services for qualified retirement plans. For more information, visit www.asppa.org.

The ASPPA College of Pension Actuaries (ACOPA) formed in September 2008 when ASPPA and the College of Pension Actuaries (COPA) combined to create a semi-autonomous operating unit within ASPPA. ACOPA is the primary source of professional organizational support for pension actuaries and manages the actuarial responsibilities of ASPPA, which is one of the recognized U.S. organizations of actuaries. All credentialed actuarial members of ASPPA are members of ACOPA.