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Speakers Bureau

American Benefits Council staff are experts in the field of employee benefits and are available for speaking engagements. Below is a list of available speakers and topics. A nominal honorarium to the Council is required. To contact any of these individuals, you may e-mail them directly by clicking on their name, or by contacting Deanna Johnson, APR, the Council's director, communications, at (202) 289-6700.

Speaker Topics
James Klein
President

BIOGRAPHY

401(k) plans generally
Accounting standards
Cash balance plans
Contingent employees
COBRA
Defined benefit plan design
ERISA claims litigation
ERISA fiduciary duty litigation
Ethics
Executive compensation
Fiduciary duties generally
Health care reform
Health insurance purchasing cooperatives
Health plan policy
Health plans generally
HIPAA generally
HIPAA privacy rules
Legislation - pending
Long-term care
Managed care
Nonqualified deferred compensation
Pension plans generally
Pension policy
Social Security generally
Work/life issues
 

Paul Dennett
Vice President, Health Policy

BIOGRAPHY

COBRA
Consumer-directed health care
ERISA claims litigation
Health benefit mandates
Health care reform
Health coverage for the uninsured
Health plan policy
Health plans generally
HIPAA generally
HIPAA privacy rules
Legislation - pending
Managed care
Medical malpractice/tort reform proposals
Mental health parity
Participant rights
Patients' Bill of Rights
Retiree health coverage initiatives
 

Lynn Dudley
Vice President and Senior Counsel

BIOGRAPHY

401(k) plans
Annuities
Anti-alienation rules
Anti-cutback rules
Bankruptcy
Cafeteria plans
Cash balance plans
Contingent or leased employees
Controlled group issues
Cross-tested plans
Current benefits cases and laws
Defined benefit plan design
ERISA litigation
ESOPs
Fiduciary duties
Form 5500 and other reporting
Hardship withdrawals
Labor Department audits
Loans to participants
Long-term care
Missing participants
Nonqualified deferred compensation
Paperless administration
Participant communicat
Participant rights
Pending benefits legislation
Pension plans and policy
Plan expenses
QDROs
Safe harbor plans
Voluntary employee benefits
Work/life issues
 


Jan Jacobson
Director, Retirement Policy

BIOGRAPHY

401(k) plans generally
Annuities
Cash balance plans
Defined benefit plans
Fiduciary duties generally
Form 5500 & other reporting
Hardship withdrawals
Legislation — pending
Pension plans generally
Pension policy
Phased retirement policy
Regulations — pending
Social Security generally
Social Security reform
 

Kathryn Wilber
Health Care Legal Counsel

BIOGRAPHY

Cafeteria plans
COBRA
Current cases & laws
Employee Assistance Programs
ERISA claims litigation
ERISA fiduciary duty litigation
ERISA litigation generally
ESOP administration
ESOPs generally
Health care reform
Health insurance purchasing cooperatives
Health plan policy
Health plans generally
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
HIPAA generally
HIPAA privacy rules
Internet for research
Labor Dept audits
Legislation — pending
Long-term care
Managed care
Participant communication
Participant rights
Voluntary employee benefits
Welfare benefit trusts
Work/life issues
 


                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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