Sunday Welcome Reception
Join your colleagues in the exhibit hall where you will walk the red carpet and be treated like celebrities to kick off the 2010 Western Benefits Conference! Mingle with the vendors under the bright lights and flashing bulbs of the paparazzi!
WP&BC Special Event at Lucky Strike
WP&BC members, prospective WP&BC members and guests are invited to a special Sunday evening event at L.A. LIVE’s Lucky Strike. Bowl, shoot pool, enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres, catch-up with colleagues and meet new people! Space is limited to the first 100 that register! Tickets are required and cost $60/person (see registration form).
Monday Networking Reception
This is yet another opportunity to network with your peers while visiting with and learning from the vendors in the Exhibit Hall.
Exhibit Hall
Vendor partners will showcase essential products and services for plan sponsors and plan practitioners. The exhibit hall is a terrific way to quickly keep in touch with the latest industry developments. The Sunday evening reception and Monday and Tuesday beverage breaks will be held in the hall, or drop by at other times during the conference. Our vendor partners invite you to speak with them and learn more about their products and services. In addition, the exhibitors join us for lunches, providing yet another networking opportunity.
Steering Committee
ASPPA Co-Chair, Ellen Houston, QPA, QKA, Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group
WP&BC Co-Chair, Bruce L. Ashton, Esq., APM, Reish & Reicher
Heather Abrigo, APM, Reish & Reicher
Michael T. Anderson, Finestone Partners/Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
Melanie K. Curtice, Stoel Rives LLP
Constance M. Hiatt, Altman & Cronin Benefit Consultants, LLC
Petros P. Koumantaros, QPFC, Spectrum Pension Consultants, Inc.
Kyla Marie Keck, CPC, QPA, QKA, Retirement Plan Consultants, Inc.
Tom Munson, Price, Raffel & Browne Administrators, Inc.
Adam C. Pozek, QPA, QKA, QPFC, Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group
Joanne Lawrence Smith, CMP, ASPPA
Ronald J. Triche, Trucker Huss, APC
Program Committee
ASPPA Co-Chair, Ellen Houston, QPA, QKA, Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group
WP&BC Co-Chair, Michael T. Anderson, Finestone Partners/Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
Heather Abrigo, APM, Reish & Reicher
Bruce L. Ashton, Esq., APM, Reish & Reicher
Bruce A. Baldwin, KPMG LLP
Gregory D. Burnett, Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
Vincent Cacciottoli, Garvey Shubert Barer
Alison Smith Fay, Boutwell Fay, LLP
Constance M. Hiatt, Altman & Cronin Benefit Consultants, LLC
David N. Heap, Fennemore Craig, PC
Kyla Marie Keck, CPC, QPA, QKA, Retirement Plan Consultants, Inc.
Petros P. Koumantaros, QPFC, Spectrum Pension Consultants, Inc.
Lisa McCargar, Perry-Smith, LLP
Tom Munson, Price, Raffel & Browne Administrators, Inc.
Marianne S. Nelson
Adam C. Pozek, QPA, QKA, QPFC, Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group
Joanne Lawrence Smith, CMP, ASPPA
Susan I. Taylor, QKA, URS Corporation
Ronald J. Triche, Trucker Huss, APC
Mark Zoltay, Principal Financial Group