We utilize the expertise of professionals from the Accounting, Actuarial, Communication, Compensation, Computer Application, Human Resource and Insurance disciplines to help organizations manage their employee benefit plans.

James E. Bushnell
Founder & Managing Principal
- B.S. – Finance / Accounting (University of Vermont)
- Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) – Life and Health Insurance (The American College)
- Past CLU Instructor – Burlington, VT – industry group 7 years
- Advanced Pension Planning Certificate (The American College)
- Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) – Employee Benefits (The Wharton School – University of Pennsylvania)
- Past CEBS Instructor – Community College of Vermont & industry group – 6 years
- Past CEBS Instructor – Mercer University, Atlanta, GA – 8 years
- Certified Pension Consultant (CPC) candidate – American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries
- Member – International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS)
- Fellow – International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialist
- Member – Austin Chapter of ISCEBS – past Board Member; Chair, Technology Committee; served on Program & Membership Committees
- Member – ERISA Study Group in Austin
- Member – Central Texas Compensation and Benefits Association (CTCBA)
- Licensed Insurance Counselor – Texas
- Member – Rotary Club of Austin & Chair of Technology Committee
- Member – Austin Chamber of Commerce
- Member – Leadership Austin’s Fall 2007 Experience Austin program
- Past Member – Capital Area United Way in Austin – served on solicitation committee and Resource Advisory Cabinet
- Past Member – Board of Directors & Treasurer – Helping for the Aged, Needy & Disabled, Inc. (H.A.N.D.) in Austin.
- Chair – Austin Resource and Information Network Group
- Chair – Austin Consultants Network
- Member – Onion Creek Club
- Former – Snow ski instructor for 10 years
- Former – High school golf coach for 9 years

William E. Collins
Consultant
- B.A. – Economics/Finance / (Warren Wilson College)
- Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) – Employee Benefits (The Wharton School – University of Pennsylvania)
- Certified CMS Marketplace Navigator
- Benefits experience
- Field and home office Underwriter with 3 insurance companies
- Senior employee benefits consultant & leader with regional & international consulting firms
- Benefits Manager for international corporation
- Current Member
- International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS)
- Past Member – Charlotte, NC Chapter of ISCEBS
- Past CEBS Instructor – Queens University, Charlotte, NC
- Benefits and Health & Welfare Professionals
- Health Insurance Navigators
- Health Care Reform
- Linked : HR
- International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS)

Michael B. Price
Chief Actuary
- B.S. – Mathematics / Actuarial Science (University of Nebraska – Lincoln)
- Associate (ASA) – Society of Actuaries
- Enrolled Actuary under ERISA
- Member – American Academy of Actuaries (AAA)
- Fellow – Conference of Consulting Actuaries (CCA)
- Owner – Actuarial Dimensions, LLC (AD)
- President – Parkway Central Lacrosse Club
- Trustee & National Representative – The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (1986 – 2009)

Kay McManus
Administrative Manager
- B.B.A. – Marketing (Texas State University)
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)

Robert Tangney
Consultant
- Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) – Employee Benefits (Dalhousie University)
- Fellow – International Society of Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS)
- Board Member of Toronto Chapter of ISCEBS
- Current CEBS Instructor – Seneca College
- Past CEBS Instructor – Sheridan College, McMaster University
- Member of Ontario Regional Council of Association of Canadian Pension Managers
- Canadian Securities Institute – completed Canadian Securities Course
- UK – Competed Regulator’s program to qualify as a Trustee for UK pension schemes
- Total Rewards Experience
- Compensation Programs from job evaluation, base pay through to incentive programs (short and long term)
- All forms of Retirement Programs (DB and DC) from startups, re-design, de-risking to closure on Canadian, US and International Plans including actuarial programming and calculations.
- Group Benefits Director for 3 organizations, Canadian, US and International corporations, introduced changes, wellness initiatives and attendance management programs
- HRMS/payrolls implemented/process improvements in various systems such as PeopleSoft, ADP, etc.
- Prepared mandates and led negotiations at bargaining table with many union groups (UNIFOR, UAW, Steelworkers, etc.) on benefit and pension issues
- Former Member of the Employers Council on Health Care in Ontario (ECHCO) – chaired the committee on Integrated Health Care Systems.
- Hamilton Employers Group – McMaster, Stelco and Dofasco formed a group to address Health Care in Hamilton.

Leslie Wiernik
Consultant