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Release Date: 06/17/2004
Release Number: 04-1086-NAT
Contact Name: Gloria Della
Phone Number: 202.693.8664
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Washington, DC - Secretary of Labor Elaine L.
Chao met with the Advisory Council of Employee Welfare and Pension Plans
to welcome the Council’s new members and discuss ways to improve the
retirement security and health coverage of America’s workers. |
“The
year’s Advisory Council’s members will be a source of unique insights
into a variety of issues facing pension, health and other benefit plans
under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,” Secretary Chao said.
“Recent Council recommendations resulted in a fiduciary education
program unveiled last month to help employers and those who service plans
to better meet their fiduciary responsibilities under the law. I look
forward to working with the Council as they consider emerging issues
affecting the retirement and health benefits of workers and their
families.” |
Secretary
Chao also announced the new leadership of the 15-member Advisory Council.
David Wray of Chicago will serve as the chair and R. Todd Gardenhire of
Chattanooga, Tennessee as vice chair. |
New
members appointed to three-year terms to represent various stakeholders in
the employee benefits world include Charles J. Clark, vice president of
Aon Consulting in New Jersey, representing actuarial counseling; Lynn L.
Franzoi, senior vice president of benefits for the Fox Entertainment
Group, Inc. in California, representing employer organizations; Neil
Gladstein, senior research economist and assistant director of the
Strategic Resources Department of the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Maryland, representing employee
organizations; Sherrie E. Grabot, president, founder and chief executive
officer of GuidedChoice, Inc of California, representing investment
counseling; and Tim Knopp, member of the Oregon House of Representatives,
former state majority leader of the House and chair of the House Public
Employees Retirement System Committee in Oregon, representing the general
public. |
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