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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

FIVE NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO ERISA ADVISORY COUNCIL

Mon., Jan. 23, 1995

For more information call: 202/219- 8921.

Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich today announced the appointment of five new members to the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.

The advisory council is a bipartisan group of 15 members representing broad categories of interest in pensions. It submits policy recommendations for the administration of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and advises the secretary on implementation of those recommendations.

Carl S. Feen, representing the employers' category, has worked as an estate and business planner and an employee benefit specialist for Cigna Financial Advisors for 30 years. He also has served as vice chairman of the Governors Council of Economic Advisors, where he was instrumental in implementing the Economic Development Commission for the State of Connecticut.

Representing investment counseling is Thomas J. Healey, a general partner at Goldman, Sachs and Company and head of the company's pension services group. He brings to the council more than 20 years of private- and public-sector experience in investment and financial matters.

Joyce A. Mader will represent employee organizations and multiemployer plans. She is a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue and heads its employee benefits practice.

Victoria Quesada, a founding partner of a firm specializing in employee benefit disputes, will represent the general public (pensioners). Her previous experience includes working as a staff attorney at the Department of Labor's Plan Benefits Security Division.

Representing actuarial counseling is Zenaida M. Samaniego. She is currently the vice president and actuary responsible for individual annuity product development and research at the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States in New York. Previously she did financial reporting and analysis, pricing individual annuity products and group pension plan close- outs.


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