The Employee Benefits Research Institute has named Harry Conaway as CEO of the prominent non-partisan retirement and benefits think tank.
Conaway is currently a senior partner at Mercer, where he has worked since 1989. He has served as an EBRI trustee for over a decade and served on the organization's executive committee.
He replaces Dallas Salisbury, who served as EBRI's CEO from 1975 to 2015. He will become president emeritus and a resident fellow, beginning next year.
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"With its unparalleled reputation, data bases, and talented research team, EBRI has the capacity to shatter myths and pre-conceptions," said Conaway in a statement.
"As the new CEO, I'm proud that I will have the opportunity to listen to and work with EBRI's members and partners in the benefits community and to lead the nation's premier employee benefits research organization," he added.
"With Mercer, Conaway has built and managed a large, highly regarded, and financially successful human resources and employee benefits legislative and regulatory interpretation, research and communications group and will hit the ground running," said EBRI Board Chair Pamela French.
EBRI is funded by members' dues, grants, and contributions. Members and contributors include pension funds, trade associations, labor unions, money managers, and consulting and legal firms.
Its "sustaining" member list includes a Who's Who of roughly 75 fixtures in the retirement and benefits industry, as well as corporations such as Boeing, FedEx, General Mills, IBM, and Walmart.
It does not advocate for policy, or lobby for or against legislative proposals, according to its mission statement.
EBRI's annual Retirement Confidence Survey is the longest running retirement gauge of its kind, according to its website.
And its proprietary Retirement Security Projection Model factors longevity, post-retirement investment risk, and factors such as nursing home costs when estimating savings and retirement readiness.
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Nick Thornton
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