April 12, 2018
Our 2018 Lawyers and Administrators Meeting took place on April 12, 2018 at the Almas Shrine Temple in Washington, DC. Our speakers contributed their substantial experience and knowledge of Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plan, the MPRA application and review process, federal credit and the implications for any multiemployer rescue loan program, and what we might expect in the way of government regulations over the next year.
The full Program Agenda is available for download here: Download Program Agenda and all materials are available for download below.
We hope that you will join us next spring for our 2019 Lawyers and Administrators meeting.
Agenda
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Facilitators
Lori Wood
Executive Director, Sheet Metal Workers’ National Pension Fund
Paul Green
Attorney, Mooney, Green, Saindon, Murphy & Welch P.C
Welcome and Introductions
Michael Scott
Executive Director
NCCMP
Remarks on Joint Select Committee - Bobby Scott
The Honorable Robert C. “Bobby” Scott
Ranking Member, House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Member, Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans
Remarks on Joint Select Committee - Dr. Phil Roe
The Honorable Phil Roe, M.D.
Chairman, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Member, Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans
Remarks on Joint Select Committee - Chris Allen and Gideon Bragin
Chris Allen
Senior Advisor for Benefits and Exempt Organizations
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Gideon Bragin
Senior Policy Advisor
Senator Sherrod Brown
Responding to the Multiemployer Pension Crisis
Michael Scott
Executive Director
NCCMP
Break
Status and Funding of the PBGC
Update from the PBGC
Bruce Perlin
Assistant Chief Counsel
Office of Chief Counsel
PBGC
Daniel Liebman
Deputy Assistant General Counsel
Office of Chief Counsel
PBGC
Lunch Seminar: Keeping Healthy Plans Healthy
Jason Russell
Senior Vice President and Actuary
The Segal Group
Update from HHS
Nicholas P. Heesters, Jr., JD, CIPP
Health Information Privacy & Security Specialist
HIPAA Compliance & Enforcement
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
MPRA Application Experiences – The Agency Perspective
Sam Alberts
Special Master to the Treasury
Jim Donofrio
Chief Negotiating Actuary
PBGC
Julie Cameron
Negotiations and Restructuring Actuarial Division
PBGC
MPRA Application Experiences – The Plan Perspective
Paul Bullock
Vice President
United Actuarial Services
Peter Leff
Attorney
Mooney, Green, Saindon, Murphy & Welch P.C
Healthcare Update
Kathryn Bakich
Senior Vice President and National Health Compliance Practice Leader
The Segal Group
Earl Pomeroy
Senior Counsel
Alston and Bird LLP
Carolyn Smith
Counsel
Alston and Bird LLP
Break
Federal Credit Primer and Implications for Multiemployer Loan Programs
Open Forum
Mariah Becker
Director of Research and Education
NCCMP
Closing and Adjournment
Michael D Scott
Executive Director
NCCMP
