About The Instructor
Peter N. Strong, FSA, EA, FCA, MAAA
Senior Consultant
Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company (GRS)
Present Responsibility:
Pete Strong is a Senior Consultant with Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company (GRS). He works in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida office, where he provides actuarial and consulting services for several public employee retirement systems throughout the state. He is responsible for the preparation and presentation of actuarial valuations, GASB accounting disclosures, experience studies, plan design studies and cash flow projections.
Professional Experience:
Pete has over 19 years of actuarial and benefits consulting experience, including over 7 years with GRS. He has worked with both public sector and private sector pension systems over the course of his career. His pension plan experience includes significant involvement with defined benefit and hybrid plan designs, asset liability modeling studies, and deterministic and stochastic projection studies.
Professional Designations:
• Fellow, Society of Actuaries
• Enrolled Actuary, ERISA
• Fellow, Conference of Consulting Actuaries
• Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Speaking Engagements:
Pete has been a regular speaker at the Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA) Trustees Schools and Annual Conferences.
Education:
Bachelor of Science, Mathematical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill