Mary Karpierz
Mary Karpierz is a defined benefit senior client service analyst for the Pension Administration Services team in the Milliman Employee Benefits Administration and Consulting Practice. They are responsible for the delivery of all aspects of defined benefit administration services to their plan sponsor clients and their participants.
Current responsibilities for Mary include providing plan-specific responses to client and participant inquiries and performing and reviewing benefit calculations. They review annual valuation files, review benefit calculations, prepare benefit statements, and work on special projects. They work to build relationships with client contacts with the goal of understanding expectations, anticipating needs, and suggesting solutions. Their goal is to provide the participant and the client with the highest quality customer service.
Experience
Mary has had experience in the defined benefit field since 2014 when they joined Milliman. They have worked with traditional qualified defined benefit plans, cash balance plans, and non-qualified plans. They have defined benefit administration experience with data cleanup projects, lump sum cashout projects, and Department of Labor audits.
- BS (Economics) Portland State University
- BS (Mathematics) Portland State University