The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries honored 2002 ASPPA President Craig Hoffman with the prestigious Harry T. Eidson Founders Award during the Oct. 17 opening session of the 2021 ASPPA Annual Conference in National Harbor, MD.
Hoffman is an Attorney/Senior Consultant with Nova 401(k) Associates in Houston. For more than 35 years, his practice has focused exclusively on federal tax and ERISA matters relating to the design, implementation and operation of tax-qualified retirement plans. He most recently served for one year as Counsel to the Trucker Huss law firm in San Francisco.
Before joining Trucker Huss, Hoffman served 10 years as General Counsel and Director of Regulatory Policy for the American Retirement Association. Prior to joining ARA, he served for more than 19 years as General Counsel to the Relius division of SunGard, which is now part of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Hoffman was an expert speaker at the National Summit on Retirement Savings, served as a charter member of the first IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Governmental Entities, was the 2008 recipient of the NIPA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and is a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. Craig is a frequent speaker at industry meetings.
ASPPA established the Eidson Award in 1995 to honor the memory of its founder, Harry T. Eidson. His belief in the importance of the employer-sponsored retirement system in the United States and in having an organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing such a system was the inspiration for the formation of ASPPA in 1966. Each year, ASPPA honors one or two individuals for their contributions to the industry. Recipients can be members of ASPPA or from outside the association’s membership.
Educator’s Award
The 2021 Educator’s Award was presented to ERISA attorney and long-time ASPPA member John Griffin.
Griffin has spoken at ASPPA events for nearly 40 years, teaching thousands of retirement plan professionals. He has become known for his patient, easy-to-understand and thorough style of teaching. He has been a frequent speaker and educator, providing webcasts, live seminars, newsletters and on-site teaching. In addition, Griffin has been very involved with ASPPA, serving on the Government Affairs Committee—most often representing plan document issues.
The Educator’s Award was established in 1997 to recognize and honor outstanding educators. It is awarded to an ASPPA member who has made a significant contribution to retirement plan education.
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