Carrie Vaughn
FSA, EA, MAAA
Principal & Consulting Actuary
Portland, OR, US
Carrie Vaughn is a principal and consulting actuary with Milliman's Portland, Oregon office. She joined the firm in 2012.
Experience
Carrie focuses solely on defined benefit plans, specializing in consulting on several multiemployer pension plans. She works closely with clients on all aspects of pension plan management, including actuarial valuations, funding projections, plan design studies and implementation, experience studies, funding strategies, legislative impact studies, plan administration, and participant communications. She is one of the primary developers of Milliman’s Online Projection Model and Information Center (OPTIC). Some of her recent projects include:
- Developing and implementing alternative plan designs
- Developing and monitoring rehabilitation and funding improvement plans
- Consulting on funding and benefits policies
- Consulting on withdrawal liability procedures and determinations
- Performing risk analysis for multiemployer pension plans, including stochastic projections
- Analyzing multiemployer plan mergers
- Modeling legislative changes
- Developing communications to plan participants
- Supporting Application for Special Financial Assistance under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Publications and Presentations
- "Multiemployer Plans for Single Employer Actuaries." Conference of Consulting Actuaries. October 17, 2022.
- "Update on Variable Plans." Presentation to the Northwest Association of Administrators conference. July 19, 2021.
- "Multiemployer Alert: Can multiemployer pension plans survive COVID-19?" Article, March 23, 2020.
- "Multiemployer Review: IRS expands determination letter program for retirement plans." Article, July 30, 2019.
Professional Designations
- Fellow, Society of Actuaries
- Enrolled Actuary under ERISA
- Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Education
- B.S., Applied Mathematics, Montana State University
- M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Washington
Publications
Read their latest work
Article
Multiemployer Alert: Can multiemployer pension plans survive COVID-19?
23 March 2020 - by Ladd E. Preppernau, Carrie Vaughn
On the heels of the dot-com bust from 2000-2002 and the global financial crisis in 2008, can multiemployer plans survive a third “once-in-a-lifetime” event?
Article
Multiemployer Review: IRS expands determination letter program for retirement plans
30 July 2019 - by Carrie Vaughn
The determination letter program for certain retirement plans, previously restricted in 2017, will be expanded on September 1, 2019.