The Future of Retirement: Policy, Planning, Protection

State Comptroller Sean Scanlon, CBIA, AARP, and stakeholders from around the state gathered for an interactive discussion on the future of retirement security in Connecticut. 

We discussws threats to Social Security, the stock market, and how retirees can protect their assets and provide for a secure future. 

The summit also explores how employers manage employee retirement benefits, access and ease to retirement programs, the retirement cliff, private sector partnerships, and the cost of doing nothing. 

AGENDA

8:30 am | Check-In & Networking Breakfast 

9:15 am | Opening Remarks 

• State Comptroller Sean Scanlon 
• Dr Marie Hardin, President, Quinnipiac University 
• Nora Duncan, State Director, AARP
• Dustin Nord, Director, CBIA Foundation 

10 am | Threats to a Secure Retirement 

• Moderator: State Comptroller Sean Scanlon 
• Michael Cianciulli, Northeast Defined Contribution Leader, Mercer 
• Christopher Clarke, Financial Consultant, Webster Bank 
• Andrew Eschtruth, Director, Center for Retirement Research, Boston College 
• Bette Marafino, President, Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans 
• Chad Mullen, Director, Financial Security, AARP 
• John Scott, Project Director Retirement Savings, The Pew Charitable Trusts 

10:45 am | Networking Break 

11:00 am | Building a Better Future for Retirement 

• Moderator: State Comptroller Sean Scanlon 
• James Choi, Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management 
• Cy Hess, Founding Partner, Riverside Retirement Advisors 
• Andrew Lawson, Vice President, Janney Montgomery Scott 
• Myles Mason, President, New Britain Firefighters Union IAFF Local 992 
• Thomas Sennett, Board Member, MyCTSavings 
• Erin Whitman, Vice President of Relationship Management, Vestwell 

11:45 am | Closing Remarks 

12 pm | Adjourn