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.
Tresia Franklin
Chair
Cliff York
BP America, Inc.
Vice Chair, Membership
Mark Azzarello
International Paper Company
Vice Chair, Operations
Fred Thiele
Microsoft Corporation
Treasurer
Tracy Watts
Mercer
Secretary
Marianne McManus
IBM Corporation
Past Chair
Jordan Backman
Sony Corporation
Peter Baxter
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
David Blake
ExxonMobil
Rick Jones
Aon
Kelly Lappin
Raytheon Company
Margaret McGrath
HSBC
Rob Paczkowski
eBay Inc.
Margaret Raymond
T. Rowe Price
Philip Stewart
Nokia
Amber Wiseley
Intel Corporation
3M Company
Abbott Laboratories
AbbVie, Inc.
ADP Inc.
Aegon
AFLAC Incorporated
Airlines for America
Alight Solutions LLC
The Alliance
Alliance Coal, LLC
Alliance Data Systems Corporation
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
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
Amerisourcebergen Corporation
Amgen, Inc.
Andersen Corporation
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV
Anthem, Inc.
Aon
Apple Inc.
Applied Materials, Inc.
Aptiv PLC
ARAMARK
ArcelorMittal
Associated Benefits Corporation
Assurant
AT&T
AutoNation
Avon Products, Inc.
B&G Foods, Inc.
B. Braun Medical Inc.
BAE Systems
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.
BlackRock, Inc.
Bloomberg L.P.
Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association
Blue Shield of California
BMC Software, Inc.
BNSF Railway Company
Boeing Company
Bolton
Bose Corporation
BP America 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 Savitz
Centrica plc
Centrus Energy Corp.
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
Conde Nast International Inc.
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
Darden Restaurants
Davis & Harman LLP
Day Pitney LLP
Deere & Company
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Deloitte Tax LLP
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Dover Corporation
Dow
DynCorp International, LLC
eBay Inc.
Edison Electric Institute, Inc.
Edward Jones Company
Eli Lilly and Company
Emerson
Employers Health
Empower Retirement
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
Financial Engines, Inc.
Findley, Inc.
FirstEnergy Corporation
Fluor Corporation
FOCUS Brands, Inc.
Foley & Lardner LLP
Food Marketing Institute
Foot Locker, Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Fox Rothschild LLP
Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc.
GEICO Corporation
General Dynamics Corporation
General Electric Company
Generali Employee Benefits Network
GeoBlue
GeoLogics Corporation
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline
Goodwin Procter LLP
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Google Inc
Granite Construction Incorporated
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Groom Law Group, Chartered
Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
Halliburton
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
The Hartford Insurance Group
Health Action Council
Health Care Service Corporation
Healthcare Bluebook
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.
Husch Blackwell LLP
IBM Corporation
Ice Miller LLP
Independence Blue Cross, LLC
Ingram Micro, Inc.
Insperity, Inc.
Intel Corporation
InterContinental Hotels Group
International Paper Company
Investment Company Institute
Ivins, Phillips & Barker, Chartered
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
Jenner & Block LLP
John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA)
Johnson & Johnson
Jones Day
Kaiser Permanente
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
KBR, Inc.
Keightley & Ashner LLP
Kellogg Company
Kelly Services, Inc.
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
Lincoln Financial Group
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Lockheed Martin
Lockton Benefit Group
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
The Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Miller & Chevalier
Milliman
Mirkin and Gordon, P.C.
Mondelez International, Inc.
Moog Inc.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
Morneau Shepell
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.
Newport Group, Inc.
NextEra Energy, Inc.
NFP Corp.
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
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC
Oracle Corporation
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Pacific Maritime Association
Packaging Corporation of America
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Paul Hastings LLP
Paychex
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
Pitney Bowes Inc.
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
Ralph Lauren
Randstad US, L.P.
Raytheon Technologies
RELX INC.
Resolute Forest Products Inc
Retirement Clearinghouse, LLC
Reynolds American Inc.
Rheem Manufacturing Company Inc
Ryder System, Inc.
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc
Salt River Project
Save-A-Lot Food Stores, Ltd.
The Segal Company
Sempra Energy
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
Sovos Keane
SSM Health Care Corporation
Stanley Black & Decker
State Farm Insurance Companies
State Street Corporation
State Street Global Advisors International Holdings Inc.
Stinson Leonard Street LLP
Stoel Rives LLP
Sun Life Financial
Sutter Health
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
TechnipFMC
TE Connectivity Corporation
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
Troutman 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.
United Technologies Corporation
UnitedHealth Group
University of Pennsylvania
Unum
US Foods
USAA
USI Holdings Corporation
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Venable LLP
Veritiv Corporation
Verizon
ViacomCBS Inc.
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Voya Financial, Inc.
Vulcan Materials Company
WageWorks, Inc.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
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
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.
Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.
