The Principal® 10 Best Companies Judging Panel
An independent panel of judges and Mathew Greenwald & Associates, a premier market research company, review the entries to The Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security. The 2009 panel is listed below.
About Mathew Greenwald & Associates
Mathew Greenwald & Associates is a premier public opinion and market research company with an expertise in employee benefits. Founded in 1985, Greenwald & Associates has conducted public opinion and customer-oriented research for more than 200 organizations, including many of the nation's largest companies and foremost associations. Greenwald & Associates is the parent company for National Research, LLC, an executive and consumer telephone interviewing organization. For more information, visit www.greenwaldresearch.com.
About The Principal® 10 Best Companies Judging Panel—2009
View a biography of each of The Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security judges.
- Nevin E. Adams, Editor-In-Chief
PLANSPONSOR Magazine and PLANSPONSOR.com - Angelo M. Nardi,
Executive Vice President
Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc. - John E. McClain, Vice President-Human Resources
NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co.—2008 10 Best winner - Connie Rank-Smith,
Vice President-Human Resources
Jewelers Mutual Insurance—2008 10 Best winner - Corey Rosen, Executive Director & Founder
National Center for Employee Ownership - Dallas L. Salisbury, Chief Executive Officer
Employee Benefit Research Institute - Timothy A. Welsh, Director
McKinsey & Company - David L. Wray, President
The Profit Sharing/ 401kCouncil of America (PSCA)
Nevin E. Adams
Editor-In-Chief
PLANSPONSOR Magazine and PLANSPONSOR.com
Nevin is editor-in-chief of PLANSPONSOR magazine, its Web counterpart, PLANSPONSOR.com, and PLANADVISER magazine. He is also the creator, writer and publisher of PLANSPONSOR.com’s NewsDash, the industry’s leading daily source for information focused on the critical issues impacting benefits industry professionals – currently read each business day by more than 41,000 readers worldwide.
In 2004, Adams oversaw the introduction of PLANSPONSOR’s Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year. In 2005 he launched the PLANSPONSOR Institute which oversees the PLANSPONSOR Retirement Professional designation, currently held by nearly 350 financial advisers.
Adams joined PLANSPONSOR in 1999 as executive editor, and was promoted to his current position the following year. With more than 30 years experience in the retirement industry, Adams is a frequent and popular speaker at industry and trade conferences. He graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Finance from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. In 1988, he received his JD from DePaul University.
Angelo M. Nardi, CEBS
Executive Vice President
Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc.
Angelo is an executive vice president of Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc. (GBS), an employee benefit insurance broker and consultant helping employers of all sizes with their employee benefit plan needs. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is the parent company and is one of the largest insurance brokers in the U.S. and the world.
A 37-year veteran of the employee benefit field, Angelo has been with GBS for 25 years. Nardi is currently responsible for managing national carrier relationships as well as managing industry niche efforts for GBS. He also serves on its Executive Committee, which sets strategic direction.
John E. McClain
Vice President Human Resources
NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co.—2008 10 Best winner
John McClain is vice president of human resources for the NORCAL Group which is a leading provider of medical professional liability insurance and continuing medical education to more than 17,000 physicians, medical groups and hospitals in California, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Delaware and Alaska.
With more than 20 years of human resources experience, John is responsible for human resources initiatives including staff development, staffing, compensation, employee benefits and employee programs for the Group. NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. was named one of The Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security—2008.
Connie Rank-Smith, SPHR, CEBS, CMS
Vice President
Human Resources
Jewelers Mutual Insurance—2008 10 Best winner
Connie Rank-Smith is vice president of human resources at Jewelers Mutual Insurance, a property/casualty insurance company insuring jewelry and the jewelry industry across the United States and Canada.
With more than 20 years of human resources management experience for companies ranging in size from 50 to 800 employees, Connie’s expertise includes employee recruitment, discipline and termination, wage and salary development and administration, performance management, human resource policy development, and employee benefit plans. She has a B.B.A. in Business and Human Resources from Marian College and a MS in Management and Organizational Behavior from Silver Lake College. A certified Senior Professional in Human Resources, Connie is also a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist and Compensation Management Specialist. She has been awarded Fellowship standing in the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists. Jewelers Mutual was named one of The Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security—2008.
Corey Rosen
Executive Director & Founder
National Center for Employee Ownership
Corey Rosen is executive director and founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), a non-profit membership, information, and research organization focusing on all aspects of broad-based employee ownership.
Rosen taught government at Ripon College and served as a Senate legislative aide for five years. During that time, he drafted a number of ESOP laws. He founded the NCEO in 1981 and since then has authored over a dozen books on the topic—including coauthoring the book Equity, published by Harvard Business School Press in the spring of 2005. Rosen also is a member of the Board of Directors of the Great Place to Work Institute, creator of the Best 100 Companies to Work For list. Rosen has a PhD in political science from Cornell University.
Dallas L. Salisbury
Chief Executive Officer
Employee Benefit Research Institute
Dallas Salisbury is the chief executive officer of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), in Washington, DC. EBRI provides objective, unbiased information regarding the employee benefit system and related economic security issues. Prior to joining EBRI at its founding in 1978, Salisbury held positions with the Washington State Legislature, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).
Salisbury is a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources and is the recipient of the Award for Professional Excellence from the Society for Human Resource Management, the Plan Sponsor Lifetime Achievement Award and the Keystone Award of World at Work. He currently serves on the board of directors for the FINRA Investor Education Foundation as well as the board of advisors to the Comptroller General of the United States.
Timothy A. Welsh
Director
McKinsey & Company
Tim Welsh is a director in the Minneapolis office of McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm advising leading companies on issues of strategy, organization, technology and operations. He leads the firm’s Midwest Financial Services practice. Welsh also co-leads the North American Life and Wealth Management Practice.
Since joining McKinsey & Company 18 years ago, Welsh has served client throughout the financial services industry. In particular, he has served some of the nation’s leading life insurers, property & casualty insurers, and banks on issues of strategy, organization and operations. In addition, Welsh has been a leader in the Minneapolis/St. Paul community; including helping the Minneapolis mayor and city council transform the economic development activities in the city. Mr. Welsh holds an M.B.A., with distinction, from Harvard Business School, and a B.A., magna cum laude, in social studies, from Harvard University.
David L. Wray
President
The Profit Sharing/ 401k Council of America (PSCA)
David Wray is President of the Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA). PSCA is a national, non-profit association of companies that sponsor profit sharing and 401(k) plans for over 5 million employees.
Wray is a nationally recognized speaker, author and authority on 401(k) and other defined-contribution plan issues. He has testified before congressional committees and at Labor Department, Treasury Department, and Internal Revenue Service hearings. He is a member of the John Marshall Law School Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits Advisory Board. Wray was the 2004 Chair of the Department of Labor's ERISA Advisory Council and was a member of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Advisory Board. He served as president of the International Association for Financial Participation, a Paris based alliance of national organizations that promote the use of employee financial participation. His book “Take Control with Your 401(k)”, originally published in June 2002, was revised and re-released in December 2007.
