Member Profile

Mr. Russell is a senior vice president and consulting actuary with Segal Consulting in Washington, D.C. His clients are primarily multiemployer pension plans, and he plays a leading role in assisting severely underfunded and financially distressed plans that may need help restructuring. Mr. Russell is currently the Chairperson of the American Academy of Actuaries Multiemployer Pension Plan Committee and is an active participant with the National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans. Prior to joining Segal, Mr. Russell was a senior consulting actuary at Horizon Actuarial Services, where he created the firm’s proprietary actuarial projection model and its annual survey of capital market assumptions. Mr. Russell also authored the first four editions of the Multiemployer Retirement Plan Landscape report in partnership with the International Foundation. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, an enrolled actuary and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Mr. Russell is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.