2022 Board Member Candidate
Melody Prangley, FSA 2007, MAAA 2008, EA 2009, FCA 2021
New York State Teachers’ Retirement System
Deputy Chief Actuary
Albany, NY
Election Message:
I want to promote the actuarial profession to an inclusive, diverse group of future actuaries. I have volunteered at the Society of Actuaries for nearly 15 years and I have found my career to be vastly rewarding. I have met so many actuaries who are smart and creative, problem solvers. My passion is to promote the actuarial career through:
- Education:
- Further development of the newly created SOA Centers of Actuarial Excellence and Universities and University Earned Credit program
- Adding Emotional and Adaptability Quotient development to our students’ education
- Inclusion:
- Continuing to strengthen the SOA’s Diversity Extension of the University Earned Credit
- Creating new programs to support women’s’ growth in our profession
- Internship Opportunities: Working with employers to increase internship opportunities to open the door to more incoming students
I am passionate and approachable. I am open to listening to issues and opinions and focusing on positive solutioning. Please consider a vote for me.
Brief description of current work:
Melody is the Deputy Chief Actuary of the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS). NYSTRS is one of the ten largest public pension funds in the United States. The actuarial team maintains a secure, stable pension for the members of NYSTRS. Melody leads the annual pension valuation and the calculation of the employer contribution rate.
Primary Area(s) of Practice:
Retirement
Bio:
Melody is the Deputy Chief Actuary of the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) and leads the valuation of both pension and OPEB plans. Her prior actuarial roles include Pension consulting, Pension Risk Transfer, and insurance.
Melody has volunteered at the Society of Actuaries for nearly 15 years. She currently serves as the General Officer of Fellowship Retirement Examinations, leading the development and grading of fellowship retirement exams. Melody recently became an Interested Party on the American Academies of Actuaries’ Pension Committee.
Melody holds a Bachelor in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo. She became a FSA in 2007 and an EA in 2009.