Consultants and Actuaries

Brad Armstrong is a Senior Consultant in GRS’ Southfield, Michigan office.  He has 30 years of actuarial and benefits consulting experience with the last 25 years being exclusively working with public employee benefit programs.  Brad has experience with public pension plans of varying sizes and complexity, ranging from state systems to municipal and county clients.  He has worked extensively with pension plans in Florida, Maryland, Michigan, and Missouri.  He has also conducted actuarial audits for statewide plans in Iowa and Texas, county plans in California and managed special projects for public employee retirement systems in Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.

In addition to regular valuations, Brad has broad proficiency with experience studies, GASB 67 and 68 compliance, plan design analyses, cash flow projections, risk analyses, and early retirement incentive studies.  He also has experience providing retiree health valuations for both funding and reporting.

Professional Designations

• Associate, Society of Actuaries
• Enrolled Actuary, ERISA
• Fellow, Conference of Consulting Actuaries
• Member, American Academy of Actuaries
• Member, International Actuarial Association

Professional Affiliations

• Conference of Consulting Actuaries: Member, Public Plans Committee
• Michigan Actuarial Society Member

Presentations and Publications

Brad frequently speaks before public sector retirement boards, legislative bodies, public pension conferences, and employee groups on issues ranging from the cost impact of proposed plan changes to the operation of a retirement system to accounting compliance.

Brad has written research articles which have been published in NCPERS PERSist, FPPTA the Voice, and GRS Perspectives.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Eastern Michigan University