Start Date: 3/24/2025 3:00 PM EDT
End Date: 3/24/2025 4:00 PM EDT
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P2F2
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Jeannine Markoe Raymond (NASRA) and Leigh Snell (NCTR) are teaming up to present an overview of current federal legislative and regulatory proposals that could impact public retirement systems, including Social Security reform and mandatory coverage (including the WEP/GPO repeal), possible pension revenue raisers to address expiring tax provisions, new retirement security proposals, increased federal activity surrounding ESG, DEI and proxy voting, and restrictions on investments in China.
The webinar is free for members ($50 for nonmembers) and attendees will receive 1 CPE credit for attending if they are logged in for at least 50 minutes and respond to at least 3 of the 4 polling questions.
After attending the webinar, you will be able to:
- Understand the federal legislative and regulatory landscape for state and local retirement systems
- Identify relevant tax and investment proposals that could be in play in 2025
- Prepare for questions from, or needed outreach to, your federal delegation
Speaker Bios
Jeannine Markoe Raymond - National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA)
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Jeannine Raymond is the director of federal relations for the National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA). NASRA is a non-partisan, non-profit professional association of the executive directors of the nation’s largest public retirement systems. Ms. Raymond is the association’s liaison to Congress and the Administration, as well as other national associations, policy organizations, and stakeholder groups. She coordinates policy, outreach and educational efforts on federal legislative and regulatory matters; is a contributor to publications surrounding state retirement system policies and administration; and is a frequent speaker on these issues.
Ms. Raymond serves on the advisory board of the Wharton Business School's Pension Research Council, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans' Government Liaison Committee, is Vice President of the Coalition to Preserve Retirement Security, and is a member of the Tax Coalition. She is on the board of Women in Government Relations and was a co-chair of their Financial Services Task Force. Ms. Raymond was a congressionally-appointed delegate to the 2002 National Summit on Retirement Savings.
Ms. Raymond received a B.A. in economics, with honors, from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.A., with honors, in public administration and intergovernmental management from the University of Southern California. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Calvary United Methodist Church, and is the Board Chair of Calvary Children’s School, in Arlington, Virginia.
Leigh Snell - National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR)
Leigh Snell is the Federal Relations Director for the National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR). NCTR represents 63 state, territorial, and local pension systems serving more than 19 million active and retired teachers, non-teaching personnel, and other public employees, and has served NCTR in this capacity for 19 years.
Mr. Snell has represented public and private sector clients before the U.S. Congress, the Executive branch, and several regulatory agencies since 1980. His focus has been primarily on public pension plans and their issues. His areas of expertise include retirement policy, taxation, and securities regulation.
Mr. Snell joined the staff of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 1972 and served as a special assistant to then-Commissioner Elizabeth Hanford, who subsequently married former U.S. Senator Robert Dole and was herself a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 2003 to 2009. In 1975, Mr. Snell left the FTC to become a member of the legislative staff of former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA), where he served for five years, eventually becoming the Senator’s Legislative Director.
A native Floridian, Mr. Snell received a BA in History from Duke University and a JD (Juris Doctor) from the Georgetown University Law Center.
CPE Credit
P2F2 is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. For more information please visit www.nasba.org. The webinar will be presented online in a Group Internet-based format. This webinar is considered an update knowledge level. There are no prerequisites and no advance preparation is required. In keeping with NASBA requirements, P2F2 tracks attendance for CPE credit. Attendees may earn 1 CPE credit in economics as long as they are logged in for at least 50 minutes and respond to at least 3 of the 4 polling questions spread throughout the webinar. State Boards of Accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.
