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2022 Board Election Results

The Society of Actuaries (SOA) announces the results of the 2022 Board of Directors Elections. Five Board members and one President-Elect and Vice-Chair have been elected to serve starting with the 2022–2023 term. Thank you to all SOA members who voted in the 2022 election.

Board Results

We welcome the elected members of the SOA Board of Directors.

Karen Burnett, FSA 2002, FCIA 2002
Senior Director, Retirement
WTW
Toronto, ON

 

Ian Duncan, FSA 2002, FIA 1982, FCIA 1984, MAAA 1992, FCA 2015
President, Santa Barbara Actuaries Inc.
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Statistics & Applied Probability, University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

Lisa Kuklinski, FSA 1995, MAAA 1996
FTI Consulting
Managing Director
New York, NY

 

Melody Prangley, FSA 2007, MAAA 2008, EA 2009, FCA 2021
New York State Teachers’ Retirement System
Deputy Chief Actuary
Albany, NY

Kelly Rabin, FSA 2006, MAAA 2006, CFA 2011
Hannover Re
Vice President & Actuary
Orlando, FL (I work out of my home in Issaquah, WA )

 

The newly elected Board members will join the continuing Board members Arpita Das, FSA; Josée Deroy, FSA, MAAA, CFA; Sara Goldberg, FSA, MAAA; Amanda Hug, FSA, MAAA; Dave Ingram, FSA, CERA, MAAA; Mary Beth Ramsay, FSA, MAAA; Nazir Valani, FSA, FCIA, MAAA; Si Xie, FSA, CERA, FCIA; Mercy Yan, FSA, FCIA, MAAA; and Ying Zhao, FSA, MAAA.

The SOA thanks the members who will complete their term with the SOA Board following the October Board Meeting. The members rolling off are past president Roy Goldman, Ph.D., FSA, MAAA, CERA; Robert Eaton, FSA, MAAA; William B. (Flick) Fornia, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA; Sharon Giffen, FSA, FCIA; and Xu (Vincent) Xuan, FSA, MAAA, CFA.

President-Elect and Vice-Chair Results 

Timothy Rozar, FSA 2004, MAAA 2001, CERA 2008
RGA Reinsurance Company
Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff to the CEO
Chesterfield, MO

 

Congratulations to Timothy Rozar, FSA, MAAA, CERA, who will serve as the 2022–2023 SOA President-Elect and Vice-Chair. He will be the 75th SOA president. Rozar has served as a member of the SOA Board of Directors, as chair of the Product Development Section Council and InsurTech Task Force, and as a member of the Research Executive Committee, Technology Section Council, and Committee on Life Insurance Research. Rozar is currently on the Board of Directors of the United Way of St. Louis, the National Leadership Council of Maryville University, and the advisory board of The Longer Life Foundation, and has previously served on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis, and as President of the St. Louis Actuaries Club.

During his term Rozar will lead the SOA Board of Directors. Along with his fellow Board members, Rozar will vote on important strategic decisions to ensure they will fit within the SOA Long-Term Growth Strategy and Strategic Plan.

For the 2022–2023 term starting in October, Timothy Rozar, FSA, MAAA, CERA, will serve as the president-elect, joining John W. Robinson, FSA, FCA, MAAA, who will serve as SOA president for the 2022–2023 term. Jennifer L. Gillespie, FSA, MAAA, will serve as past president for the 2022–2023 term.

Vote Totals

Preferential vote totals for president-elect candidates:

Round 1

Total Valid Ballots: 4,851

Total Unexercised*: 235

Total Ballots Cast: 5,086

Round 2

Total Valid Ballots: 4,768

Total Unexercised*: 318

Total Ballots Cast: 5,086

Past 3 Year Vote Counts:

*The total numbers of voters that submitted a ballot but did not select a voting option in that ballot.
**The 2021 election cycle took place over two business weeks instead of three as in current and previous elections.

Visit the SOA governance page for more information about the SOA Board and Strategic Plan.