John A. Currie, CLU, CEBS

John Currie is a Principal and Vice President of EBS. He has 30 years of experience in the design, administration, and funding of employee benefit plans. John's extensive experience encompasses group health and welfare plans, self-funded and VEBA trust funded plans, various forms of managed care health plans, qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, ERISA and regulatory compliance, post retirement and post employment benefits, employee communications, and plan administration. His primary responsibilities include the development and implementation of innovative strategies for the design, funding, and administration of corporate and public sector employee benefit plans.

John began his career as a Group and Pension Representative with Aetna. He joined the newly formed employee benefits and life department of Adams & Porter Associates in 1978 and took over management of that department in 1985. When Adams & Porter was acquired in 1987 by Aon Corporation, John became the President and Chairman of the operating company for Aon's benefits consulting and brokerage operations in Texas. He served Aon as a Senior Vice President and Head of the Houston Office of the international benefits consulting firm Godwins Booke & Dickenson (currently known as Aon Consulting) and was a member of the firm's National Health & Welfare Practice Council. In 1995, he joined the regional benefits consulting firm J. E. Stone & Associates, where he spent three years as a Principal and Account Manager.

John is a graduate of Bowdoin College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government and Legal Studies. His professional accreditations and degrees include Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) from The American College and Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. John is a member of the SouthWest Benefits Association (SWBA) and the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (I.S.C.E.B.S.). John has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Houston Chapter of I.S.C.E.B.S. and the Board of Trustees of The Regis School of the Sacred Heart.

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