Consultants and Actuaries

Laura Frankowiak is a Consultant in GRS’ Southfield, Michigan office.  She has 10 years of actuarial and benefits consulting experience.  Laura’s experience covers local and statewide public employee retirement systems, retiree health care plans, and private sector benefit plans.  She has worked with clients in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Laura’s experience covers pension and retiree health care actuarial services.  Her work includes funding valuations and GASB 67/68 and 74/75 reporting, experience studies, supplemental valuations, cost analyses of proposed plan changes, cash flow projections and sensitivity analysis, and calculation of per capita costs.  Laura also oversees work related to present value calculations, benefit calculations and the preparation of annual benefit statements for system members.

Professional Designation

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

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance – Risk Management and Insurance, University of Memphis