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 440 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.
Tracy Watts
Mercer
Chair
Fred Thiele
Microsoft Corporation
Vice Chair
Kelly Lappin
Raytheon Technologies
Vice Chair
Peter Baxter
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Treasurer
Jordan Backman
Sony Corporation of America
Secretary
Mark Azzarello
International Paper Company
Past Chair
David Blake
ExxonMobil
Jane Davila
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Jody Dietel
HealthEquity, Inc.
Aldy Duffield
Apple Inc.
Charlie Grandy
Eli Lilly and Company
Rick Jones
Aon
Margaret McGrath
HSBC
Rob Paczkowski
eBay Inc.
Margaret Raymond
T. Rowe Price
Amber Wiseley
Intel Corporation
3M Company
Abbott Laboratories
AbbVie, Inc.
ADP Inc.
Aegon
AFLAC Incorporated
Airlines for America
Alaska Forest Association
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
Amentum Services, Inc.
American Airlines
American Century Investments
American Council of Life Insurers
American Electric Power
American Express Company
American Fidelity Assurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
America's Health Insurance Plans
Ameriprise Financial
Amerisourcebergen Corporation
Amgen, Inc.
Andersen Corporation
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV
Anthem, Inc.
Aon
Apple Inc.
Aptiv PLC
ARAMARK
Arconic Corporation
Ascensus, LLC
Associated Benefits Corporation
Assurant
AT&T
AutoNation
Avon Products, Inc.
B&G Foods, Inc.
B. Braun Medical Inc.
BAE Systems
Baker Botts L.L.P.
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.
Bloomberg L.P.
Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association
Blue Shield of California
BMC Software, Inc.
BNSF Railway Company
Bolton
BorgWarner Inc.
Bose Corporation
BP America Inc.
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions LLC
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
Buck
Butzel Long
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Campbell Soup Company
The Capital Group
Cargill
Caterpillar, Inc.
CBIZ Retirement Plan Services
CBRE Group, Inc.
CF Industries, Inc.
Chanel USA Inc.
Charter Communications, Inc.
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
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
Conner & Winters, LLP
Conner Strong & Buckelew Companies, Inc.
ConocoPhillips
Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Corning Incorporated
Corteva
Costco Wholesale
The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers
Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Crown Holdings Inc.
CSL Behring L.L.C.
Cummins, Inc.
CUNA Mutual Group
CVS Health Corporation
Davis & Harman LLP
Day Pitney LLP
Deel, Inc.
Deere & Company
Deloitte Services LP
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Dow
eBay Inc.
Edelman Financial Engines, LLC
Edison Electric Institute, Inc.
Edward Jones Company
ELAP Services, LLC
Eli Lilly and Company
Emerson
Employers Health
Empower Retirement
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Energy Transfer Partners
Entergy Services, Inc.
Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
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
FirstEnergy Corporation
Fluor Corporation
FMI – The Food Industry Association
FOCUS Brands, Inc.
Foley & Lardner LLP
Foot Locker, Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Fox Rothschild LLP
Further Underwriting International, S.L.U.
Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc.
GEICO Corporation
General Dynamics Corporation
General Electric Company
GeoLogics Corporation
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline
Global Tax Network US, LLC
Goodwin Procter LLP
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Google Inc
Granite Construction Incorporated
Greif, Inc.
Greyhound Lines, 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
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
Honeywell International Inc.
Hooker & Holcombe, Inc.
Houston Methodist Hospital
HSBC
Hub International Insurance Services Inc.
Hubbell Incorporated
Husch Blackwell LLP
IBM Corporation
Ice Miller LLP
Ingram Micro, Inc.
Insperity, Inc.
Intel Corporation
InterContinental Hotels Group
International Paper Company
Investment Company Institute
IRALOGIX, Inc.
Ivins, Phillips & Barker, Chartered
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jenner & Block LLP
John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA)
Johns Hopkins Institutions
Johnson & Johnson
Jones Day
Kaiser Permanente
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
KBR, Inc.
Kellogg Company
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Kindred Healthcare
Kohl's Department Stores
Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc.
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
LafargeHolcim Ltd.
Lam Research Corporation
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
Lenovo
LifeWorks Inc.
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
Medtronic, Inc.
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Mercer
Merck & Co., Inc.
MetLife
The Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Miller & Chevalier
Milliman
Mineral, Inc.
Mirkin and Gordon, P.C.
Mondelez International, Inc.
Moog Inc.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
Morningstar, Inc.
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
Navistar, Inc.
NCR Corporation
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
New York Life Insurance Co.
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
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
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
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Pacific Maritime Association
Packaging Corporation of America
Paramount Global
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Paul Hastings LLP
Paychex
Paylocity Corporation
Peabody Energy
PepsiCo, Inc.
Perkins Coie LLP
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
PetSmart, Inc.
Pfizer Inc
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
Phillips 66
PhRMA
Piedmont Healthcare
Pietzsch, Bonnett & Womack, P.A.
Piper Jordan LLC
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Princeton University
The Principal Financial Group
Procore Technologies, Inc.
The Procter & Gamble Company
Proskauer Rose LLP
Providence Insurance Partners LLC
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
PwC
Qualcomm Incorporated
Quarles & Brady LLP
Quest Diagnostics
Ralph Lauren
Randstad US, L.P.
Raytheon Technologies
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
RELX INC.
Resolute Forest Products Inc
Retirement Clearinghouse, LLC
Reynolds American Inc.
Rheem Manufacturing Company Inc
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc
Salesforce.com, Inc.
Salt River Project
Save-A-Lot Food Stores, Ltd.
The Segal Company
Sempra Energy
ServiceNow, Inc.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
Shell Oil Company
Shure Incorporated
Siemens Corporation
Silicon Valley Employers Forum
SmithAmundsen LLC
Sony Corporation of America
Southern California Edison Company
Southern Company
Southwest Airlines
Stanley Black & Decker
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
Target Corporation
TechnipFMC
TE Connectivity Corporation
Tenneco, Inc.
Teradata Corporation
Textron, Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Thompson Coburn LLP
Thompson Hine LLP
Thomson Reuters/EBIA
TIAA
The Timken Company
Total Administrative Services Corporation (TASC)
TransUnion
TriNet Group, Inc.
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Trucker Huss, APC
Truist Financial Corporation
Trustmark Companies
Unisys Corporation
United Airlines
United Benefits Group
United Natural Foods, Inc.
United Parcel Service, Inc.
UnitedHealth Group
University of Pennsylvania
Unum
US Foods
USAA
USI Holdings Corporation
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Venable LLP
Veritiv Corporation
Verizon
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Voya Financial, Inc.
Vulcan Materials Company
The Wagner Law Group
Walmart
The Walt Disney Company
Washington University in St. Louis
Waste Connections, Inc.
Waste Management, Inc.
Wawa, Inc.
Wells Fargo
Wellview Health
Western Digital Corporation
WestRock Company
WeWork Companies Inc.
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Willis Towers Watson
Winston & Strawn LLP
Wolters Kluwer United States Inc.
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
World Fuel Services Corp
WorldatWork
Worldwide Employee Benefits Network
WPP Group USA, Inc.
Xcel Energy Services Inc.
Xerox Corporation
XPO Logistics, Inc.
YMCA of the USA
YUM! Brands, Inc.
Zebra Technologies Corporation
Zoetis Inc.
