2024 Plan Sponsor of the Year
PLANSPONSOR is pleased to announce the 2024 Plan Sponsor of the Year finalists.
City of Anaheim
City of Dunwoody
County of Los Angeles
Michigan Office of Retirement Services
State of Oregon (Oregon Savings Growth Plan)
Catholic Charities of Maryland
Central Iowa Power Cooperative
Fellowship Evangelical Free Church
Fullsight, LLC
Michigan State University Federal Credit Union
Security Service Federal Credit Union
SEIU 775 Secure Retirement Plan
The Culinary Institute of America
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Bonfe’s Plumbing, Heating & Air Service, Inc.
Central Bank
Ohio Gratings, Inc.
Agfa HealthCare Corporation
Coffman Engineers, Inc.
David Evans Enterprises, Inc.
HCBeck Ltd.
Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Swanson Group Inc.
Artisan Partners
ASM Research LLC
Salas O’Brien
Standard Chartered Bank
Wayne-Sanderson Farms
Bread Financial
Dayforce, Inc. (formerly Ceridian HMC, Inc.)
NACCO Natural Resources
Avangrid
Community Health Systems, Inc.
Delta Air Lines
Lumen Technologies
North Carolina State Employees’ Credit Union
OneAZ Credit Union
Principal Financial Group
The PLANSPONSOR Plan Sponsor of the Year annual awards program recognizes retirement plan sponsors that show an exemplary commitment to their participants’ financial health and retirement success. The award is given in many categories to recognize all plan types, so any plan sponsor can be eligible.
Nominations are made in December and January; finalists are announced in April and winners named in June. Nominations may be made by providers, advisers, consultants, actuaries, attorneys, third-party administrators, employees or colleagues. Plan sponsors may also nominate themselves. All nominees are then asked to officially enter and complete an online application form, supplying details about their plan’s administration, participant statistics and data, and reason they feel their organization should win our award. Only sponsors that complete the form are considered in the finalist selection.
The number of finalists selected depends on the number of entries in each category. Entries are judged both against other nominees in the category and on the basis of optimal practices specific to each plan sponsor’s industry. Given the number of entries we receive each year, there are plan sponsors with compelling stories that do not get chosen as finalists. We reach out to those sponsors for plan profiles, and we encourage any plans that were nominated to consider applying again in the future.
The 2024 awards are presented in 10 categories to allow for the most accurate comparisons across plan types and sizes:
- Government DC <$1B
- Government DC >$1B
- Nonprofit DC <$100MM
- Nonprofit DC >$100MM
- Corporate DC <$50MM
- Corporate DC $50MM – $200MM
- Corporate DC >$200MM – $500MM
- Corporate DC >$500MM – $1B
- Corporate DC >$1B
- Total Retirement Offering
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Congratulations to the 2024 PLANSPONSOR Plan Sponsor of the Year finalists!
Government DC <$1B
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FINALISTS
Janice Garcia
Human Resources Analyst II, Deferred Compensation and Retirement Health Savings -
Eric Linton
City Manager
Government DC >$1B
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FINALISTS
Susan Moomjean
Manager, Countywide Labor and Compensation Services Division -
Anthony Estell
Executive DirectorAllison Wardlaw
Plan Development and Compliance Director -
Jack Schafroth
Program Manager
Nonprofit DC <$100MM
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FINALISTS
Karen Funk
Benefits and Human Resources Service Center Manager -
Memorea Schrader
Vice President, Human Resources -
Mike Long
Executive Director of Business, Stewardship and Generosity Ministries -
Elizabeth Jones
Chief Human Resources Officer
Nonprofit DC >$100MM
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Suzanne Levan
Vice President Benefits and Wellness -
Sal Naidoo
Deputy Managing Director, Secure Retirement Trust -
Shaynan Garrioch
Chief Human Resources Officer -
Kristine Frohman
Head of Talent Services
Corporate DC <$50MM
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Shelby John Enderwitz
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Corporate DC $50MM – $200MM
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Ben Momblow
Acting 401(k) Committee Chair -
Amy DeWallace
Human Resources Business Partner, Corporate -
Elizabeth Haynie
Health and Wellness Benefits Manager -
Michelle Allen
Senior Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer -
MacKenzie Perry
Chief Financial Officer/Vice President of Finance
Corporate DC >$200MM – $500MM
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Tammy Lassiter
Senior Retirement Plan Administrator and Compensation Analyst -
Lucas Hellmer
Associate Vice President, Director of Compensation and Benefits -
Sairam Reddy
Head of Performance, Reward and Benefits, and Pension Committee Chair -
Christy Freeman
Director, Benefits
Corporate DC >$500MM – $1B
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Tom Armani
Director Global Benefits -
Sarah Fry
Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Corporate DC >$1B
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James Carmody
Vice President Human Resources -
Josh Jessup
General Manager, Global Retirement and Financial Wellness -
Frances Brown
Director, Retirement and Policy
Total Retirement Offering
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FINALISTS
Timothy Byrd
Vice President, Retirement Benefits and Education -
Mike Boden
Chief Financial Officer -
Lisa Coulson
Vice President of Human Resources