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Consultants and Actuaries

Heidi Barry, ASA, FCA, MAAA

Heidi Barry is a Senior Consultant and Team Leader in GRS’ Southfield, Michigan office.  She has more than 20 years of actuarial and consulting experience with public employee retirement systems.  Heidi has worked with public retirement plans in Michigan, Arkansas, New Hampshire, Florida, Missouri, Illinois and Virginia.

Heidi’s actuarial experience covers annual valuations for public employee retirement systems and retiree health care plans, supplemental valuations, actuarial audits, experience studies, actuarial projections, and GASB 67, 68, 74 and 75 compliance.  She also has extensive expertise with cost analyses for proposed plan changes and studies of population projections and cash flow.  As a manager of a 15-person pension team, Heidi oversees project plans, budgets, and interaction between GRS and clients.  Additionally, Heidi is a valuable resource for clients because she prepares retirement benefit calculations and annual benefit statements for system members.

Professional Designations
  • Associate, Society of Actuaries
  • Fellow, Conference of Consulting Actuaries
  • Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Professional Activities

Heidi regularly attends national and regional conferences held by associations serving public employee retirement systems.  She has also served as a conference speaker for associations such as the Missouri Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (MoMAPERS).  Her speaking engagements have covered topics on retirement plan design, defined benefit vs. defined contribution issues and actuarial basics.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan