ASPPA and Non-ASPPA Credentials (check all that apply):

1. Please submit a resume or curriculum vitae below outlining your employment history for the past 10 years, including information that highlights your area(s) of expertise such as published articles, speaking engagements, etc.
2. If you have been involved with any ASPPA committees in the past, please describe those activities.
3. List any other ASPPA volunteer commitments you have for the current and following year.

Areas of Expertise
Please list below, in the order of preference, up to three topics on the SME Topic List found below or on the SME job description page for which your experience and expertise qualify you for a SME position.

Please answer the following questions. Note: your responses will help us better coordinate SME staffing but does not affect your opportunity to be a SME.

1. If you are selected as a SME for one of the topics you listed above, are you willing to act as back-up on an alternate topic listed above? Yes No

2. If you are not named a SME at this time, are you available to assist E&E with other volunteer projects throughout the year? Yes No

Resume or curriculum vitae
Please copy and paste your resume or curriculum into the space provided. If you have trouble please e-mail your resume to cwilliams@asppa.org.

Once you submit the application your information will be sent to the ASPPA office and then forwarded to the Education & Examination Committee for review. SMEs will not be permitted to take ASPPA exams or teach ASPPA courses during their tenure and for one year after their tenure has ended as their work may include coverage of topics and texts directly related to exam development. By submitting an application you agree to adhere to the requirements of the SME position and the E&E Committee & Subcommittee Member Confidentiality and Nondisclosure policy. You will be required to sign this document before joining E&E. Thank you very much for your interest in working as a SME for E&E.

                                                                          

SME Topic List
Actuarial Valuations/Methods
Business Entity Types/Leased Employees
CODA/Safe Harbor 401(k)/ADP-ACP Testing
Compliance Programs/IRS/DOL/PBGC
Coverage Testing/QSLOB Rules
Daily Recordkeeping/Plan Administration Tasks
DB Types & Characteristics / 415 Calc
DC Types & Characteristics / Allocation methods, nondiscrimination tests
Deductibility of Contributions/DB and DC
Distributions
Document Issues/Guidance Affecting Amendments/Restatements
Eligibility/Participation & Vesting rules
ESOPs
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Fiduciary Responsibility/Liability/PT & ERISA 404(c)
Investment issues/Inv. Policy statements/types/Risk & Return analysis
Loans to Participants/Hardship Withdrawal
Nonqualified Plans
Plan Closings/DB Plan Terminations/PBGC/Mergers & Acquisitions
Plan Design
Reporting & Disclosure, SAS 70/SARs/Form 5500
Tax-Exempt & Governmental Plans: 457 & Governmental Plans
Tax-Exempt & Governmental Plans: ERISA 403(b)
Tax-Exempt & Governmental Plans: Fiduciary
Tax-Exempt & Governmental Plans: Non-ERISA 403(b)
Tax-Exempt & Governmental Plans: Religious Organizations and IRAs (Rollover, Roth and Traditional)
Top-Heavy Rules