Fei national: about FEI's technical committees.

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The following is a listing of key information, contacts and goals for FEI's technical committees. The committees have been generally filled by members who serve open-ended terms--while the chair positions are usually limited to two or three years. Much of the information from the alphabetical listing below is taken from the Web site, and has been edited for space. For the full text, go to www.fei.org/committees/.

Committee on Benefits Finance (CBF)

Chair: David L. Beik, Director, Benefits Finance, Verizon Communications Inc.

FEI Liaison: Robert Lewis

CBF was established in 1966 to study and formulate opinions on existing and proposed legislation affecting employee benefits (including pension, health and other forms of employee benefits that affect the design, financing or administration of any form of employee benefit).

Mission: To educate members on issues involving benefits finance, retirement security and related legislative and regulatory matters; develop policy positions on selective legislative/regulatory issues and influencing outcomes on these issues with particular focus on retirement plans, including pension, savings and health care plans; and provide an effective forum for member networking.

Current Hot Issues: Pension Protection Act, Social Security, Medicare implementation.

Meetings: CBF meets quarterly in Washington, D.C., with Congressional and White House staff, as well as government agencies, to discuss legislation and offer the business community prospective.

Committee Membership: The committee is composed of directors of benefits.

Committee on Corporate Finance (CCF)

Chair: Dennis Ling, Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, Avon Products Inc.,

FEI Staff Liaison: Mark Prysock

Established in 1980, CCF is authorized to formulate statements and positions on capital markets and the capital structure and financial resources of corporations, including policies, practices, rules, regulations, principles and standards.

CCF addresses issues related to debt and investment management, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, economic and financial analysis, financial communications, annual meetings and annual reports and stockholder and investor relations. The committee maintains liaison with the stock and futures exchanges, the SEC, Congress and other appropriate agencies of the federal government.

Mission: To provide a forum for peer interaction and discussion of issues on corporate finance such as capital structure, dividend policy, credit ratings, accessing...