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Brian H. Graff, Esq., APM
Executive Director/CEO

Brian H. Graff began serving as ASPPA’s Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer on November 8, 1996.

An attorney and certified public accountant, Brian was formerly legislative counsel to the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation where he provided policy and technical analysis relating to pensions and employee benefits, health care, and Social Security to members of Congress. While working for Congress, Brian participated in the development of legislation, including the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Brian was associated with the Washington, DC, law firm, The Groom Law Group, which specializes in employee benefits.

Brian has served as a delegate to all of the White House/Congressional National Summits on Retirement Savings. He is also a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Employee Benefits Committee and serves on the board of the Small Business Council of America. Brian has testified several times before Congress and the DOL ERISA Advisory Council on issues affecting national retirement income policy. He is a frequent speaker at various national employee benefit conferences.

In 2006, Brian was named as Institutional Investor News’ Washington Impact Player of the Year. He is also one of 401k Wire’s “50 Most Influential Persons in the 401(k) Industry.”

Brian received his doctoral degree in law, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Philadelphia. He holds a bachelor of science in accounting with distinction from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

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