Pension Rights Center 40th Anniversary

Pension Rights Center 40th Anniversary

10/06/16

Event description: The Pension Rights Center celebrated 40 years of protecting earned retirement benefits for workers, retirees and their families at a reception.


40th Anniversary Gala Event: A Celebration of Superheroes

On Thursday, October 6, 2016, the Pension Rights Center celebrated its 40th anniversary at a gala reception. The reception honored individuals who have made outstanding contributions to retirement security.

View photos and video from the event.
All photos provided by Judy G. Rolfe.
Video produced by Kate Patterson.

Reception and Awards Presentation

Superhero Awards for outstanding contributions to retirement security

  • Phyllis C. Borzi, Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
  • J. Mark Iwry, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Retirement and Health Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • Thomas Reeder, Jr., Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
  • Norman P. Stein, Senior Policy Advisor, Pension Rights Center & Professor, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University

Activist Superhero Awards

  • Bob Amsden, Wisconsin Committee to Protect Pensions
  • Frank Bryant, North Carolina Committee to Protect Pensions
  • Tommy Burke, North Carolina Committee to Protect Pensions
  • Rita Lewis, Northeast Ohio Committee to Protect Pensions
  • Mary Rich, Hospital Center at Orange
  • Greg Smith, Northeast Ohio Committee to Protect Pensions
  • Mike Walden, Northeast Ohio Committee to Protect Pensions

Event Sponsors

Super Sustainers

  • AARP
  • Altman Fund
  • Anonymous
  • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
  • Stris & Maher LLP

Cosmic Contributors

  • Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC
  • Financial Engines
  • Keller Rohrback L.L.P.
  • Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP
  • Stephen R. Bruce Law Offices

Dynamic Donors

  • American Academy of Actuaries
  • American Retirement Association
  • Association of BellTel Retirees Inc./ProtectSeniors.Org
  • Baker Botts L.L.P.
  • Cheiron
  • Covington & Burling LLP
  • Ian Lanoff
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  • Keightley & Ashner LLP
  • Marion H. Mudd
  • McDermott Will and Emery
  • National Retiree Legislative Network
  • Overlook Foundation
  • Pensions & Investments
  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • Service Employees International Union
  • Slevin & Hart, PC
  • Steptoe and Johnson LLP

Spectacular Suppporters

  • American Federation of Teachers
  • BenefitsLink
  • Charlie McBride and Peggy DeBell
  • Daniel H. Mudd
  • Ellen A. Bruce and Richard Segan
  • Fred and Michelle Reish
  • Henry Rose
  • International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
  • Janet Janjigian, in memory of Reuven Frank
  • Lucia and John Mudd
  • Martin & Bonnett PLLC
  • Melanie & Larry Nussdorf
  • National Education Association
  • Olena Lacy
  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • Ralph Nader
  • Sandals & Associates, P.C.
  • Teamsters Local 100
  • The Terry Group
  • United Steelworkers

 

Fantastic Friends

  • AFSCME
  • American Benefits Council
  • Anonymous
  • Barbara Kennelly Associates, LLC
  • Caricatures by Tom Chalkley
  • Clark Law Group
  • Daniel Halperin
  • DeBofsky Sherman & Casciari P.C.
  • Dianne Bennett
  • Helene Madonick & Laura Einstein
  • John H. Biggs
  • Judith Mazo
  • Minnesota Committee to Protect Pension Rights
  • North Carolina Committee to Protect Pensions
  • Promotional Marketing Services
  • Randy Barber
  • Ron Dean
  • Scott Macey
  • Squire Patton Boggs
  • Wayne Turner

 Event Committee

  • Denise Clark, Clark Law Group, PLLC
  • Francis Creighton, Financial Services Roundtable
  • Holly Fechner, Covington & Burling
  • Janet Janjigian, The Carmen Group West
  • Olena Lacy, Pension Rights Center Board of Directors
  • Ian Lanoff, Groom Law Group & Pension Rights Center Board of Directors
  • Scott Macey, Pension Rights Center Michael S. Gordon Fellow
  • Marion Mudd, Pension Rights Center Board of Directors
  • Robert Roach, Jr., Alliance for Retired Americans & Pension Rights Center Board of Directors
  • Howard Shapiro, Proskauer Rose LLP
  • Tom Terry, The Terry Group
  • Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, The Rock Creek Group

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