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 425 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.
Jeff Mains
AT&T
Chair
Marianne McManus
IBM Corporation
Vice Chair, Membership
Tresia Franklin
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Vice Chair, Operations
Cindy Donohoe
BAE Systems
Treasurer
Cliff York
BP America Inc.
Secretary
Allison Klausner
CBS Corporation
Past Chair
Mark Azzarello
International Paper Company
Peter Baxter
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
David Blake
ExxonMobil
Margery Brittain
MetLife
Rick Jones
Aon
Margaret Raymond
T. Rowe Price
Fred Thiele
Microsoft Corporation
Tracy Watts
Mercer
3M Company
Abbott Laboratories
AbbVie, Inc.
ABM Industries Incorporated
Acme Brick Company
ADP Retirement Services
Aegon
AEtna Inc.
AFLAC Incorporated
Airlines for America
Alaska Forest Association
Alegeus Technologies, LLC
Alight Solutions LLC
The Alliance
Alliance Coal, LLC
Alliance Data Systems Corporation
Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
Allina Health System
Allison Transmission, Inc.
Allstate Insurance Company
Alston & Bird LLP
Altria Group, 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
Amgen, Inc.
Andersen Corporation
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV
Anthem, Inc.
Aon Hewitt
Apple Inc.
Applied Materials, Inc.
Aptiv PLC
ARAMARK
ArcelorMittal
Ascende, Inc.
Associated Benefits Corporation
Assurant
AstraZeneca
AT&T
AutoNation
Avon Products, Inc.
AXA Financial
B&G Foods, Inc.
B. Braun Medical Inc.
BAE Systems
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Ball Corporation
Ballard Spahr LLP
BancWest Corporation
Bank of America
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
BenefitComply LLC
Bloomberg L.P.
Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association
BMC Software, Inc.
BNSF Railway Company
Boeing Company
BP America Inc.
Branch Banking and Trust Company (BB&T)
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Brunswick Corporation
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Butzel Long
CA Technologies, Inc.
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Callan LLC
Campbell Soup Company
The Capital Group
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Cargill
Caterpillar, Inc.
CBIZ Savitz
CBS Corporation
CDW Corporation
Centrica plc
CenturyLink Inc.
Ceridian Corporation
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
Church Alliance
Cigna Corporation
Citigroup, N.A.
The Coca-Cola Company
Columbia University
Comcast Corporation
Computershare
Conagra Brands
Conduent Human Resource Services
Conner & Winters, LLP
Conner Strong & Buckelew Companies, Inc.
ConocoPhillips
Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Corning Incorporated
Costco Wholesale
Coty Inc.
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
Darden Restaurants
Davis & Harman LLP
Day Pitney LLP
Deere & Company
Deloitte Tax LLP
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Dover Corporation
The Dow Chemical Company
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
DST Systems, Inc.
Duke Energy
The Du Pont Company
eBay Inc.
Edward Jones Company
Eli Lilly and Company
Emerson
Employers Health
Empower Retirement
Enbridge Inc
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
Entergy Services, Inc.
Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
Equifax Inc.
Ernst & Young LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Eversource Energy
Exelon Corporation
Express Scripts, Inc.
ExxonMobil Corporation
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
FBMC Benefits Management, Inc.
FCA US LLC
FedEx
Fidelity Investments
Financial Engines, Inc.
Findley, Inc.
FirstEnergy Corporation
Fluor Corporation
FOCUS Brands, Inc.
Foley & Lardner LLP
Food Marketing Institute
Foot Locker, Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
Fox Rothschild LLP
Franklin Templeton Investments
Friedkin Companies, Inc.
Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc.
GEICO Corporation
General Dynamics Corporation
General Motors
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline
Goodwin Procter LLP
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Google Inc
Granite Construction Incorporated
Great Plains Energy
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Groom Law Group, Chartered
Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
Halliburton
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Harris Corporation
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
The Hartford Insurance Group
Health Action Council
Healthcare Bluebook
Health Care Service Corporation
Hearst
The Hershey Company
The Hertz Corporation
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Holland & Hart LLP
The Home Depot Inc
Honeywell International Inc.
Hooker & Holcombe, Inc.
Houston Methodist Hospital
HSBC
Hub International Insurance Services Inc.
Hudson's Bay Trading Company LP
Husch Blackwell LLP
IBM Corporation
Ice Miller LLP
Insperity, Inc.
Intel Corporation
InterContinental Hotels Group
International Paper Company
Investment Company Institute
Ivins, Phillips & Barker, Chartered
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
Jenner & Block LLP
John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA)
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson, Kendall & Johnson, Inc.
Jones Day
Kaiser Permanente
KBR, Inc.
Keightley & Ashner LLP
Kellogg Company
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Kindred Healthcare
Kirby Corporation
Kohl's Department Stores
The Kroger Company
L3 Technologies, Inc.
LafargeHolcim Ltd.
Lam Research Corporation
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
Lenovo
Lincoln Financial Group
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Lockheed Martin
Lockton Benefit Group
LQ Management L.L.C.
MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated
Marathon Oil Company
Marathon Petroleum Company
Marriott International
Mars, Incorporated
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
MassMutual
Mayer Brown LLP
Mayo Clinic
McAfee & Taft
McDermott International, Inc.
McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
McDonald's Corporation
McGuireWoods
Medela LLC
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Mercer
Merck & Co., Inc.
Meredith Corporation
MetLife
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Miller & Chevalier
Milliman
Mirkin and Gordon, P.C.
Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
Mondelez International, Inc.
Monsanto
Moog Inc.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
Morneau Shepell
Mutual of Omaha Insurance
National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
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
Newell Brands Inc.
Newmont Mining Corporation
Newport Group
New York Life Insurance Company
NextEra Energy, Inc.
NFP Corp.
NISA Investment Advisors, LLC
Nokia
Norfolk Southern Corporation
The Northern Trust Company
Northrop Grumman Corporation
NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
October Three LLC
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC
Oracle Corporation
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Pacific Maritime Association
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Paul Hastings LLP
Paychex
PayFlex Systems USA, Inc.
Peabody Energy
PepsiCo, Inc.
Perkins Coie LLP
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
PetSmart, Inc.
Pfizer Inc
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
Philip Morris International Management SA
Phillips 66
PhRMA
Piedmont Healthcare
Pietzsch, Bonnett & Womack
Piper Jordan LLC
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Praxair, Inc.
Princeton University
The Principal Financial Group
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
Rabobank International
Randstad US, L.P.
Raytheon Company
RedBrick Health Corporation
RELX INC.
Retirement Clearinghouse, LLC
Reynolds American Inc.
Reynolds Leveraged Services
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Russell Investments
Ryder System, Inc.
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc
Salt River Project
Sealed Air Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation
The Segal Company
Sempra Energy
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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
State Farm Insurance Companies
State Street Corporation
State Street Global Advisors International Holdings Inc.
Steelcase, Inc.
Stinson Leonard Street LLP
Stoel Rives LLP
Sun Life Financial
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
SUPERVALU Inc.
Sutter Health
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Target Corporation
TechnipFMC
TE Connectivity Corporation
Teladoc, Inc.
Teradata Corporation
Textron, Inc.
Thompson Coburn LLP
Thompson Hine LLP
Thomson Reuters/EBIA
TIAA
Time Warner Inc.
The Timken Company
Total Administrative Services Corporation
Toys "R" Us, Inc.
Troutman Sanders LLP
Trucker Huss, APC
Trustmark Companies
Unisys Corporation
United Airlines
United Benefits Group
United Parcel Service, Inc.
United Technologies Corporation
UnitedHealth Group
University of Pennsylvania
Unum
U.S. Cellular
US Foods
USAA
USI Holdings Corporation
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Venable LLP
Verizon
Viacom, Inc.
Vistra Energy Corp.
Voya Financial, Inc.
Vulcan Materials Company
VWR International, LLC
WageWorks, Inc.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
Walmart
The Walt Disney Company
Waste Connections, Inc.
Waste Management, Inc.
Wawa, Inc.
Wells Fargo
WestRock Company
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Willis Towers Watson
Winston & Strawn LLP
Wolters Kluwer United States Inc.
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
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 Inc.
Zoetis Inc.
Zurich North America
