Press Release

ASPPA Welcomes Natalie Wyatt as 2022 President

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

Oct. 18, 2021

The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries welcomed Natalie Wyatt, QPA, QPFC, as the new president of the organization during the Oct. 17 Business Meeting that kicked off the 2021 ASPPA Annual Conference in National Harbor, MD.

Wyatt succeeds 2020 ASPPA President Frank Porter, QPA, QKA.

Wyatt is a Senior Account Executive at SS&C Technologies in Versailles, KY with more than 30 years of experience in the retirement plan industry. Her experience includes roles as Vice President of Administration at Unified Trust Company, N.A., Sales Consultant with SunGard (now FIS) for Relius Administration, and Vice President of Business Development and Vice President of Relationship Management at Innovest Systems. Following the May 2020 SS&C acquisition of Innovest Systems, Wyatt took on the role of Senior Account Executive in January 2021. 

Wyatt has spoken at numerous conferences and events, including the ASPPA Annual Conference, and authored articles on market timing regulations as well as blogs on the evolution of the 403(b) plan.

She is a member of NAPA, NTSA and ASPPA, and served for 6 years as a member of the ASPPA Annual Conference Committee and as the Annual Conference Co-Chair in 2017 and 2018. Currently she serves as an ASPPA Senatorial member on the ARA Board of Directors.  

Joining Wyatt as ASPPA Officers for 2022 are:

• President-Elect: Justin Bonestroo, MSEA, CPC, QPA, QKA, CPFA
• Vice President: Amanda Iverson, APM
• Immediate Past President: Frank Porter, QPA, QKA

In addition, five ASPPA members were elected to open at-large seats on the ASPPA Leadership Council at the Oct. 17 Business Meeting:

• Genelle Brakefield
• Mike Finch
• Manny Marques
• Amy Ouellette
• Tianna Schulz

As Porter indicated in his opening remarks, ASPPA currently has 6,993 members. Of those members, 6,248 are credentialed, and 745 are affiliates. ASPPA’s credentialed members, by highest credential, include 886 CPCs, 1,903 QPAs, 196 QKCs, 3,193 QKAs, and 70 APMs. ASPPA’s membership retention rate is 93% for credentialed members and 83% for affiliate members, Porter noted.

ARA Board Changes

Also present at the Oct. 17 Business Meeting were members of the 2022 American Retirement Association Board of Directors. The Board’s 2022 officers are:

• President: Joe DeNoyior, CPFA
• President-Elect: Missy Matrangola, QPA, QKA
• Treasurer: Jeff Acheson, CPFA
• Secretary: Marjorie Mann, CPSP
• Immediate Past President: Joe Nichols, MSPA

In addition, filling the two at-large seats on the 2022 Board of Directors are:

• Pat Wenzel, CPFA
• Lynn Young, MSEA

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