Press Release

ASPPA Honors Craig Hoffman with 2021 Harry T. Eidson Founders Award

Issued by ASPPA [American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries]

Oct. 18, 2021

The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries honored 2002 ASPPA President Craig Hoffman with the prestigious Harry T. Eidson Founders Award during the Oct. 17 opening session of the 2021 ASPPA Annual Conference in National Harbor, MD.

Hoffman is an Attorney/Senior Consultant with Nova 401(k) Associates in Houston. For more than 35 years, his practice has focused exclusively on federal tax and ERISA matters relating to the design, implementation and operation of tax-qualified retirement plans. He most recently served for one year as Counsel to the Trucker Huss law firm in San Francisco. 

Before joining Trucker Huss, Hoffman served 10 years as General Counsel and Director of Regulatory Policy for the American Retirement Association. Prior to joining ARA, he served for more than 19 years as General Counsel to the Relius division of SunGard, which is now part of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Hoffman was an expert speaker at the National Summit on Retirement Savings, served as a charter member of the first IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Governmental Entities, was the 2008 recipient of the NIPA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and is a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. Craig is a frequent speaker at industry meetings.

ASPPA established the Eidson Award in 1995 to honor the memory of its founder, Harry T. Eidson. His belief in the importance of the employer-sponsored retirement system in the United States and in having an organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing such a system was the inspiration for the formation of ASPPA in 1966. Each year, ASPPA honors one or two individuals for their contributions to the industry. Recipients can be members of ASPPA or from outside the association’s membership.

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