The American Benefits Council advocates for employers, connecting public policy and private-sector solutions to shape employee benefits for the evolving global workforce.
The American Benefits Council is a Washington D.C.-based employee benefits public policy organization advocating for employers that are dedicated to the achievement of best-in-class solutions that protect and encourage the health and financial well-being of their workers, retirees and families.
The Council works closely with Congress, the White House, executive branch agencies and the courts to champion legislation, regulation and legal rulings favorable to our members' needs, and to defend the employer-sponsored benefits system from proposals that would add burdens, liabilities and costs.
The Council engages extensively in the international arena on behalf of its multi-national companies – both in terms of public policy initiatives, and information-sharing of best practices and provides advocacy, and benefits strategy and compliance assistance through our network of global partner organizations.
The Council is committed to both broad-based policy advocacy, as well as specialized assistance to member companies. We are a technical resource on benefits issues for lawmakers, the media and other industry trade associations. The Council frequently forges alliances with other public policy organizations to develop and communicate a collective business community position on benefits proposals.
The Council’s more than 430 members are primarily large U.S. employers and also includes organizations that provide services to employers of all sizes regarding benefit programs. Collectively, the Council’s members directly sponsor or provide services to retirement and health plans covering virtually all Americans who receive employer-sponsored benefits.
Kelly Lappin
RTX
Chair
Peter Baxter
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Vice Chair
Jordan Backman
AMC Networks
Vice Chair
Jane Davila
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Treasurer
Rob Paczkowski
eBay Inc.
Secretary
Fred Thiele
Microsoft Corporation
Past Chair
Laurie Alagha
The Procter & Gamble Company
Aldy Duffield
Apple Inc.
Tom Ferraro
MetLife
Andy Gregg
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Jennifer Ito
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Rick Jones
Aon
Bill Kampine
Healthcare Bluebook
Dana LaBarge
Enterprise Holdings Inc.
Diego Martinez
Abbott Laboratories
Maureen Redman
AutoNation
Kathleen Roin
Vanguard
Robert Watts
Nationwide Insurance Companies
Amber Wiseley
Marriott International
3M Company
Abbott Laboratories
AbbVie, Inc.
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
ADP Inc.
Aecon Construction Group Inc.
Aegon
AFLAC Incorporated
Airlines for America
Alight Solutions LLC
The Alliance
Alliance Coal, LLC
Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
Allstate Insurance Company
Alston & Bird LLP
Altria Group, Inc
Amazon.com, Inc.
AMC Networks Inc.
Amentum Services, Inc.
American Airlines
American Century Investments
American Council of Life Insurers
American Electric Power
American Express Company
AmAMC Networks Inc.
erican Fidelity Assurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
America's Health Insurance Plans
Ameriprise Financial
Amgen, Inc.
Andersen Corporation
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV
Aon
Apple Inc.
Aptiv PLC
Aramark
Arconic Corporation
Ascensus, LLC
Associated Benefits Corporation
AT&T
AutoNation
B&G Foods, Inc.
B. Braun Medical Inc.
BAE Systems
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Ball Corporation
Ballard Spahr LLP
Bank of America
Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Bayer U.S. LLC
BDO USA, LLP
Beam Suntory Inc.
Bechtel Group, Inc.
BlackRock, Inc.
Block, Inc.
Bloomberg L.P.
Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association
BMW of North America, LLC
BNSF Railway Company
Bolton
Bose Corporation
BP Corporation North America Inc.
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
bswift LLC
Butterball, LLC
Butzel Long
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Campbell Soup Company
The Capital Group
Cargill
Carter's, Inc.
Caterpillar, Inc.
CBIZ Retirement Plan Services
CBRE Group, Inc.
CF Industries, Inc.
Charter Communications, Inc.
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
Chick-Fil-A, Inc.
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Church Alliance
Ciena Corporation
Cigna Corporation
Citigroup, N.A.
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
CNA Financial Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
Columbia University
Comcast Corporation
Computershare
Conagra Brands
Conduent Incorporated
Conner & Winters, LLP
Conner Strong & Buckelew Companies, Inc.
ConocoPhillips
Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Constellation Energy Corporation
Corning Incorporated
Corteva
Costco Wholesale
The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers
Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Crawford & Company
Creative Planning, LLC
Crown Holdings Inc.
CSL Behring L.L.C.
Cummins, Inc.
CVS Health Corporation
Davis & Harman LLP
Day Pitney LLP
Deere & Company
Deloitte Services LP
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Domtar Corporation
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Dow
DraftKings Inc.
eBay Inc.
Edison Electric Institute, Inc.
Edward Jones Company
Elevance Health, Inc.
Eli Lilly and Company
Embold Health, Inc.
Emerson
Employers Health
Empower
Energy Transfer Partners
Entergy Services, Inc.
Enterprise Mobility
Envista Holdings Corporation
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Equifax Inc.
Equitable
Ernst & Young LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Eversource Energy
Exelon Corporation
ExxonMobil Corporation
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
FBMC Benefits Management, Inc.
FedEx Services Corp.
Fidelity
Five Below, Inc.
Fluor Corporation
FMI – The Food Industry Association
Foley & Lardner LLP
Foot Locker, Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Fox Rothschild LLP
Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc.
General Dynamics Corporation
GeoBlue
GeoLogics Corporation
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Goodwin Procter LLP
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Google Inc
GoTo Foods LLC
Global Atlantic Financial Group
Greif, Inc.
Groom Law Group, Chartered
Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
GXO Logistics, Inc.
Halliburton
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
The Hartford Insurance Group
Hasbro, Inc.
HCL America Inc.
Health Action Council
Health Care Service Corporation
Healthcare Bluebook
HealthEquity, Inc.
Hearst
HERE Technologies
The Hershey Company
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Holder Construction
Holland & Hart LLP
Houston Methodist Hospital
HSBC
Hub International Insurance Services Inc.
Husch Blackwell LLP
IBM Corporation
Ice Miller LLP
Imagine360, LLC
Included Health, Inc.
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America
Ingram Micro, Inc.
Insperity, Inc.
Inspira Financial Trust, LLC
Intel Corporation
International Motors, LLC
International Paper Company
Investment Company Institute
IRALOGIX, Inc.
Ivins, Phillips & Barker, Chartered
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jenner & Block LLP
JCPenney
John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA)
Johns Hopkins Institutions
Johnson & Johnson
Jones Day
K&L Gates LLP
Kaiser Permanente
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
KBR, Inc.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Kirton McConkie
Koch Industries, Inc.
Kodak Alaris Inc.
Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc.
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
Lenovo
Lincoln Financial Group
Linde Inc.
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Lockheed Martin
Lockton Benefit Group
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Lumen Technologies
Marathon Petroleum Company
Marriott International
Mars, Incorporated
Mary Kay Inc.
MassMutual
Mayer Brown LLP
McAfee & Taft
McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
McDonald's Corporation
McGuireWoods
McKesson Corporation
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Mercer
Merck & Co., Inc.
MetLife
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Miller & Chevalier
MillerKnoll, Inc.
Milliman
Mirkin and Gordon, P.C.
Mondelez International, Inc.
Moog Inc.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
Mutual of Omaha Insurance
National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
National Association of Professional Employer Organizations
National Automobile Dealers Association
National Grid USA Companies
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Nationwide Insurance Companies
Navitus Health Solutions, LLC
NCR Corporation
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
New York Life Insurance Co.
News Corp
NextEra Energy, Inc.
NFP Corp.
Niagara Bottling, LLC
NISA Investment Advisors, LLC
Nokia
Nomura Holding America Inc.
Nordson Corporation
Norfolk Southern Corporation
The Northern Trust Company
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Novo Nordisk Inc.
NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
October Three LLC
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Omnicell, Inc.
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC
Oracle Corporation
Organon & Co.
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Pacific Maritime Association
Packaging Corporation of America
Panera Brands
Paramount Global
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Paul Hastings LLP
Paychex
Paylocity Corporation
Peabody Energy
Penske Transportation Solutions
PepsiCo, Inc.
Perkins Coie LLP
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
PetSmart, Inc.
Pfizer Inc
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
Phillips 66
PhRMA
Piedmont Healthcare
Pietzsch Law Group, P.A.
Piper Jordan LLC
Polsinelli PC
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Princeton University
The Principal Financial Group
Procore Technologies, Inc.
The Procter & Gamble Company
Proskauer Rose LLP
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
PwC
Qualcomm Incorporated
Quarles & Brady LLP
Quest Diagnostics
Ralph Lauren
Randstad US, L.P.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
RELX INC.
Retirement Clearinghouse, LLC
Reynolds American Inc.
RTX
Rush University Medical Center
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc
Salesforce, Inc.
Salt River Project
SAP America, Inc.
Save A Lot
Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Segal
Sempra Energy
ServiceNow, Inc.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
Shell USA, Inc.
Shure Incorporated
Siemens Corporation
Silicon Valley Employers Forum
Sony Corporation of America
Southern California Edison Company
Southern Company
Southwest Airlines
Stanley Black & Decker<, Inc.br /> State Farm Insurance Companies
State Street Corporation
State Street Global Advisors International Holdings Inc.
Stinson LLP
Stoel Rives LLP
Sun Life Financial
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Tate & Lyle PLC
TechnipFMC
TE Connectivity Corporation
TELUS Health
Textron, Inc.
Thompson Coburn LLP
Thompson Hine LLP
Thomson Reuters/EBIA
TIAA
The Timken Company
TriNet Group, Inc.
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Trucker Huss, APC
Truist Financial Corporation
TruStage Financial Group, Inc.
UKG Inc.
United Airlines
United Benefits Group
United Natural Foods, Inc.
United Parcel Service, Inc.
UnitedHealth Group
University of Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
Unum
USAA
USI Holdings Corporation
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Venable LLP
Verizon
Viatris Inc.
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Voya Financial, Inc.
Vulcan Materials Company
The Wagner Law Group
Wakefern Food Corp.
Walmart
The Walt Disney Company
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Washington University in St. Louis
Waste Connections, Inc.
Waste Management, Inc.
Wawa, Inc.
Western Digital Corporation
WestRock Company
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Winston & Strawn LLP
Wolters Kluwer United States Inc.
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
World Kinect Corporation
Worldwide Employee Benefits Network
WPP Group USA, Inc.
WTW
Xcel Energy Services Inc.
Xerox Corporation
XPO Logistics, Inc.
YMCA of the USA
YUM! Brands, Inc.
Zebra Technologies Corporation
Zoetis Inc.
Joshua D. Seidman
