2024 CSMFO Annual Conference

Mary Beth Redding

Senior Consulting Actuary, Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries, Inc.
Mary Beth Redding

Mary Beth Redding

Senior Consulting Actuary, Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries, Inc.

Biography

Mary Beth Redding is a Senior Consulting Actuary with Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries, Inc. With over 30 years in employee benefits, Mary Beth has served as retirement consultant for a wide range of public agencies, specializing in pension and retiree medical benefits. Mary Beth focuses on understanding benefit programs and clearly communicating long- and short-term considerations so clients can make the best decisions possible for their organizations. Mary Beth has been involved with helping California public agencies, including CalPERS cost sharing plans, implement GASB Statements 68 and 75. She speaks on current topics including CalPERS contribution rates, pension and OPEB funding, and supplemental pension trusts, as well as the GASB accounting rules to retirement boards, city councils, boards of directors, and employee and professional groups. Mary Beth is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, and an Enrolled Actuary under ERISA. She earned a BS in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University.