CAS Board Director Steve Belden (left) celebrates with new Associates Joycelyn Aryeetey, Emmanuel Boateng and Kwabena Boateng.
Seasoned Actuaries meet New Associates at their Spring Meeting Monday night dinners. Seated (left to right) are CAS Fellows Jim MacGinnitie, Mike Toothman, Gail Tverberg, Barry Zurbuchen, Dale Porfilio, Pat Teufel, Dave Hartman and John Gleba. Standing new Associates (left to right) are Nicole Grazda, Parker Grant, Franz Schauer, Brittany Strausser, Michael Kossuth, Reiner Atstathi, Willies Mboko, Trisha Chan, Kayla Gephart, Vincent Porcelli, Shannon Osterfeld and Marc Gagnon.
Pleased with their CAS pins are (left to right) CAS Board Director Len Llaguno, FCAS; Spring Meeting Working Group Chair Meagan Mirkovich, FCAS; and CAS Board Director Sandy Lowe, FCAS.
New Associates arrive early for the Celebration of New Members. Pictured left to right are Bryanna Lum, Michael Robert Etkin, Jorie Steinberg, Stasya Houghton and Kimberly Fabanich.
New Fellow Taylor Van Laar (center) waits with his parents Kris and Kenneth Van Laar Jr., FCAS, for the Celebration of New Members to begin. Van Laar is an assistant actuary for Allstate Insurance Company in Martinez, California. The elder Van Laar is chief risk officer for State Compensation Insurance Fund in San Francisco.
Spring Meeting Featured Speaker Chaunté Lowe (right) and Jacob Galecki of Galecki Search Associates, LLC, who introduced Lowe. A world-class athlete, Olympian and cancer survivor, Lowe presented on the “Champion Mindset: Overcoming Adversity and Tenacity During Challenging Times.”
Family and friends celebrate during the reception for new Associates. Some of those celebrating includes Mario Cannamela, ACAS, and his guest Courtney Collings; Jason Wang, ACAS, (left) and his wife, Chenxi Li; Daniel Suryakusuma, ACAS, (right) and his fiancé Betty Hwang; Joseph DiFabrizio, ACAS, (left) and his husband Dalton Connolly; and Danielle Alyse Guenter, ACAS, (right) with her husband Marius.
The CAS held a Townhall on May 6 to answer members questions from the in-person and virtual audience. Pictured left to right is CAS CEO Victor Carter-Bey, Board Chair Roosevelt Mosley Jr., President-Elect Dave Cummings and President Frank Chang.
