# 2022 SOA Board Elections **URL:** \ **Category:** Actuarial Politics\ **Created:** [June 15, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972 "2022-06-15T13:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/41 "2022-09-01T01:53:44Z")
> [@SteveWhite](#): > > I suppose I’ll break down and look at their bios and statements. That’s what I ended up doing. I don’t even remember who I voted for anymore. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/42 "2022-09-01T02:01:10Z")
> [@SteveWhite](#): > > I suppose I’ll break down and look at their bios and statements. Now have looked at several, with very limited opinions. One thing struck me as extremely bizarre: Melody Prangley’s Questionnaire Page is entirely third person, and Candidate Page is primarily third person. Her Election Message, while short, is first person, as is her candidate video. I would prefer that all be first person. That said, overall I’m leading toward voting for her. ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/43 "2022-09-01T08:53:59Z")
> [@SteveWhite](#): > > Now have looked at several, with very limited opinions. One thing struck me as extremely bizarre: Melody Prangley’s Questionnaire Page is entirely third person, and Candidate Page is primarily third person. Her Election Message, while short, is first person, as is her candidate video. I would prefer that all be first person. That said, overall I’m leading toward voting for her. I wouldn’t hold third person construction against anybody. It’s just a style choice, and I can understand taking this approach. It can be standard when putting together RFPs, for example. For the Board, I endorse Kelly Rabin. I have no other particular endorsements. When I choose, I try to choose people from a variety of fields and geographies, as well as looking at their prior SOA volunteering. Yeah, I can be biased by people I personally know (howdy, Kelly!), but I like to see some balance on the board. ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/44 "2022-09-01T16:53:52Z")
WTF? I just got this in an e-mail from the SOA > [@](#): > > Dear Stephen, > > Your candidates have spoken! The Society of Actuaries’ (SOA) Board of Directors elections are here, and you have a chance to find out even more about the candidates. New candidate messages are now available. Be well-informed as you make your leadership choices. What does it mean that “ **New** candidate messages are now available”??? Has anything changed since yesterday? ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/45 "2022-09-01T19:24:11Z")
Life expectancy dropped another year! Haven’t you heard? ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/46 "2022-09-01T21:24:56Z")
> [@SteveWhite](#): > > WTF? I just got this in an e-mail from the SOA > > > [@](#): > > > > Dear Stephen, > > > > Your candidates have spoken! The Society of Actuaries’ (SOA) Board of Directors elections are here, and you have a chance to find out even more about the candidates. New candidate messages are now available. Be well-informed as you make your leadership choices. > > What does it mean that “ **New** candidate messages are now available”??? Has anything changed since yesterday? Now something has changed, but I don’t think it had changed when I looked before, even though I had already received the e-mail from the SOA about “new candidate messages”. Some candidates at least now have “Message One” and “Message Two”. ETA: It looks to me like Melody Pranger’s message two is identical to her message one. I had been leaning toward voting for her, but if she isn’t interested enough or doesn’t have the time to tweak her pitch, isn’t that a big negative? Still, there are things I like, so perhaps she’ll get my vote anyway. ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/47 "2022-09-02T13:40:42Z")
> [@SteveWhite](#): > > but if she isn’t interested enough or doesn’t have the time to tweak her pitch, isn’t that a big negative? No, not in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![aces219](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/aces219/32/279_2.png) [@aces219](https://community.goactuary.com/u/aces219)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/48 "2022-09-02T13:56:38Z")
Thanks for the endorsement, @meep and @SteveWhite. I guess I’m outing myself after all these years but it’s a username too many places already and most of the receipts are gone at this point. 🙂 Please vote if you haven’t, and happy to answer any questions. I can’t endorse or comment on other candidates under campaign rules, except to say that I think it’s a well qualified slate overall. While I am an SOA insider and so possibly viewed as The Man, anyone who knows me knows I don’t do status quo. I don’t always get it right, but that’s why we test and learn. I do not think the SOA Hub was a stupid idea in theory, but certainly it didn’t work out in practice. My recommendation is that any technology decisions be bifurcated from the Community model. What we did learn is that tech isn’t a requirement to facilitate community and professional networking. Maybe that’s a duh to many of you, but things have changed a lot since the last time this was tried. Kelly ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/49 "2022-09-07T14:04:00Z")
:bump: Voting closes on Friday, Sept 9. (And section elections are up, too – I have no particular endorsements for this one. I always check to see if people even bothered to fill out the candidate questionnaire - many don’t - then I look at people’s SOA involvement.) ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/50 "2022-09-07T14:38:05Z")
I have voted. For Kelly Rabin and some others who looked reasonable, though all looked OK to me. And yes, for Melody Pranger, despite some issues I expressed here about her campaign pages. ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/51 "2022-09-14T19:24:31Z")
Results! [via email] | **Elected members of the SOA Board of Directors** | ![\ 170x170](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/5/15435c499e877f5d02c0bb1b5dbaf043b784b5d4.jpeg) **Karen Burnett** FSA 2002, FCIA ![\ 170x170](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/3/03d2b1b4bc5ba00f292143813c54f21bc4891891.jpeg) **Ian Duncan** FSA 2002, FIA, FCIA, MAAA, FCA ![\ 170x170](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/7/278586fa1feb1303be04c656d8541eddf37906c3.jpeg) **Lisa Kuklinski** FSA 1995, MAAA ![\ 170x170](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/2/421d93fe81dbe66e1c4fcd95d9a7f9c2bc2bb0ac.jpeg) **Melody Prangley** FSA 2007, MAAA, EA, FCA ![\ 170x170](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/c/5c3940919016aa209a15a758a24a604304196a1d.jpeg) **Kelly Rabin** FSA 2006, MAAA, CFA **President-Elect and Vice-Chair** ![\ 170x170](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/d/2d026646ff53240ceb98f344075c6da3209682a2.jpeg) **Timothy Rozar** FSA 2004, MAAA, CERA **Timothy Rozar,** FSA 2004, MAAA, CERA, of Chesterfield, MO, will serve as the 2022–2023 SOA President-Elect and Vice-Chair. He will be the 75th SOA president. Rozar has served as a member of the SOA Board of Directors, as chair of the Product Development Section Council and InsurTech Task Force, and as a member of the Research Executive Committee, Technology Section Council, and Committee on Life Insurance Research. He is currently the Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff to the CEO at RGA Reinsurance Company. John W. Robinson, FSA, FCA, MAAA, will serve as SOA president for the 2022–2023 term. Jennifer L. Gillespie, FSA, MAAA, will serve as past president for the 2022–2023 term. All elected board members will begin their duties at the 2022 SOA ImpACT Conference. **Past Three Years Vote Count** ![\ 600x126](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/5/954ebdacb0326b2b2bfc33c766ffab6ab4ed4d9b.jpeg) \*The 2021 election cycle took place over two business weeks instead of three as in current and previous elections. ---
**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/52 "2022-09-14T20:59:39Z")
PE won by 61 votes over Hoffbeck. wow. (unless I read it wrong) ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/53 "2022-09-15T08:03:41Z")
Yes, it was extremely close. ---
**Author:** ![UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ultimateanyone/32/265_2.png) [@UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/u/UltimateAnyone)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/54 "2022-09-16T20:15:05Z")
> [@tommie.frazier](#): > > PE won by 61 votes over Hoffbeck. wow. (unless I read it wrong) For the first round anyway (remember, this was preferential voting). After the second round PE won by 350… which means even if Hoffbeck had been up by 61 she still would’ve lost. I wonder how many folks (if any) automatically demote/ignore the ‘write-in’ candidates? That might be the difference here (or a complete coincidence, of course). Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/55 "2022-09-16T20:53:16Z")
> [@UltimateAnyone](#): > > I wonder how many folks (if any) automatically demote/ignore the ‘write-in’ candidates It’s a good question. fwiw, I promote/prefer the ‘write-in’ candidates. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/56 "2022-09-16T20:55:35Z")
I think it cuts both ways? Folks who don’t like the status quo will vote for the non-endorsed candidate and vice-versa? Christine’s situation was a bit unusual in that she also had high name recognition from being on Survivor? However I don’t know if that would be a reason folks would vote for her? Timothy was the only PE Candidate I did not know personally but his resume looked pretty solid. ---
**Author:** ![UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ultimateanyone/32/265_2.png) [@UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/u/UltimateAnyone)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/57 "2022-09-16T21:13:56Z")
> [@Cooke](#): > > I think it cuts both ways? Folks who don’t like the status quo will vote for the non-endorsed candidate and vice-versa? I agree, but when there’s only one write-in candidate and two endorsed candidates, the write-in doesn’t have a scenario to pick up those second-preference votes (again, only for those who blindly promote/demote write-ins). ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/58 "2022-09-17T00:44:48Z")
Given the relatively small percentage of people who even bother to vote… …[I am not finishing the sentence] ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/59 "2022-09-19T18:01:09Z")
I mean, this is the first time there was a candidate that I have actually spoken to. If I were going off resumes… they ALL have good resumes. ---
**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972/60 "2022-09-20T02:03:16Z")
it’s almost as if the rest recognize the speciousness of “choosing” between 1 of 3 impotent clones. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2022-soa-board-elections/5972.md?page=4)