ADVISORY BOARD & SPEAKERS
Keynote Speakers
Daniel Aronowitz
Assistant Secretary
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), U.S. Department of Labor
Dan Chuparkoff
CEO, Innovation and A.I. Expert
Reinvention Labs
Sam Ravech
TV Host, Countdown to GameDay
ESPN
Advisory Board
Hunter Bethea
Director of Deferred Compensation
Tennessee Department of Treasury
Alethea Cababa
Director, Retirement Plans
Hearst
William (Randy) Caldwell
CEBS SPHR SHRM-SCP CCP GRP CMS
Manager, Benefits and Compensation
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Kyle Cotrufello
Benefits Program Manager, Financial Benefits and Retirement
Google
Jason B. Culp
CFP®, CEBS
Senior Retirement Plans Manager
King & Spalding LLP
Brennon A. Fountain
MBA, CICA
Deputy State Treasurer
Office of the Delaware State Treasurer
Katelyn Langevin
CPA, CEBS
Savings Plan Operations Manager
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Sharon Lukacs
CEBS
Executive Director
New York State Deferred Compensation Plan
Chris Moss
Director, Retirement Benefits
Ben E. Keith Company
Josh Newmister
Director, Retirement Investments
Intel
Jean Roma
Director US Retirement Plans and International Benefits
Citi
Brooke Rowden
MBA
DC Plans Education & Marketing Coordinator
MO Deferred Comp Plan
Tammy Scholtes
Senior Director of Conference Programming
Pensions & Investments
Julie Tatge
Editor-in-Chief
Pensions & Investments
Trisha Webb
Associate Director, Retirement & Financial Well-being
Humana
Featured Speakers
Abdul Al-Asaad
Co-Founder & CEO
Basic Capital
Wirmin Alcantara
Associate Administrator/DC Plan Director
Adventist Retirement
Nelson Arruda
MFin., MSc., CFA
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Head of the Multi Asset Strategies Team
Mackenzie Investments
Vikrant Arya
CFA, CAIA
Managing Director, Head of Retirement Strategic Clients
Nuveen
Rob Austin
FSA
Head of Thought Leadership
Alight Solutions
Chris Ceder
Senior Retirement Strategist
Goldman Sachs
Michael J. Contorno
CEBS, CFP®, SPHR
Principal, Head of DC Vendor Management
NEPC
Brian Croce
Washington D.C. Bureau Chief
Pensions & Investments
Mackenzie Cronin
Defined Contribution Retirement Consultant
Capital Group
Vincent De Cicco
PHR, SHRM-CP
Senior Director, Human Resources
Vantive US Healthcare LLC
John Doyle
Senior Retirement Strategist
Capital Group
Jarod Eassa
QKA
Client Relationship Manager
United Workers Retirement Plan
Jodi Epstein
Partner
Ivins, Phillips & Barker Chartered
Jaime Erickson
Director, Retirement Plans (US & Puerto Rico) Benefit Practice Center
Abbott
Reuben Escobedo
Vice President, Retirement Plan Administration
United Workers Retirement Plan
Jamie Fleckner
Partner and Chair, ERISA Litigation
Goodwin Procter LLP
Harris Freedman
Retired Technical Service Manager
Verizon Retiree
Frederick P. Gabriel
Editor
Pensions & Investments
Scott Graham
Chief Investment Officer
Global Trust Company & Seaport Advisors
Rick Jones
Senior Partner, Aon PEP Leader and DC Solutions
Aon
Kelvin Jones
Director, Retirement Plans
United Airlines
Eric Kaplan
Head of Asset Allocation & Institutional Product
Fidelity Investments
Drew Krepelka
Senior Lifetime Income Default Specialist
TIAA
Richard H. Linton Jr.
President and Chief Operating Officer
Empower
Cathy Marasco
VP, Protected Retirement Solutions
Nationwide®
Nick Maynard
Senior Vice President
Commonwealth
Dwyatt McClain
Head of Retirement Income Distribution
Fidelity Investments
Houston McConnell
CFA, CAIA
Director, Institutional Investments
OneDigital Financial Services
Charles E. F. Millard
Senior Advisor
Ares Management
Francisco J. Negrón
Head of Retirement Plan Services
T. Rowe Price
Andrew Oringer
Partner
The Wagner Law Group
Julie Parten
SVP, Commercial Operations
Pensions & Investments
Beth Pattillo
CPSP
Retired Retirement and Financial Wellness Leader
Paul Quinlan
Head of U.S. Defined Contribution
Blackstone
Roberta Rafaloff
Head of Institutional Income Annuities
MetLife
Cheryl Reardon
Chief HR Officer & Associate Vice President
University of Iowa
Bill Ryan
CAIA, SPHR
Managing Director, Head of Retirement Solutions
The Carlyle Group
Debbie Smith
Partner, National Professional Standards Group
Grant Thornton LLP
Einat Steklov
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Kashable
Robert Steyer
Reporter
Pensions & Investments
Rebecca Tadikonda
Partner, Apollo and CEO, Vitera
Vitera, Affiliate of Apollo
Matthew Tufano
Retirement Income Senior Strategist
Vanguard
Ronald Ulrich
Vice President, Product Consulting and Compliance
ADP Retirement Services
Julie Varga
Senior Vice President, Investment and Product Specialist
Morningstar Retirement
Kenneth Verzella
Managing Director - Field Product Deployment
Principal Financial Group
Brantley Webb
Partner, Co-Leader of ERISA Litigation Partner
Mayer Brown
Daniel Yem
CFA
Head of Retirement Income
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Megan Yost
Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership & Insights
Segal
If you would like to speak at the next Defined Contribution East conference,
please contact Tammy Scholtes at tscholtes@pionline.com.