OLA Industry Newsletter: January 2023
Friday, January 6, 2023
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Posted by: Anthony Lucero
Dear OLA Community,
Happy New Year! This industry newsletter is provided to our professional members, industry sponsors, partners, allies, and subscribers to keep you current with OLA's various activities, spotlight members of our community, and connect you with career and
volunteer opportunities.
As occurs at the beginning of every year, the OLA Leadership team adds new faces and evolves to meet our community's rapid growth! While we will introduce the 2023 OLA Leadership team in our next issue, I want to provide the first announcement that I
will be filling Regina Kintana's shoes as the new Director of Early Career Development since she will now serve OLA as President in 2023! Please join us in congratulating her and wishing her well in this new endeavor.
I want to use this opportunity to thank you all for your support this past year as we continued to improve the OLA experience for our stakeholders in 2022, not least (from the Membership perspective) with the launch of this Industry Newsletter and the
OLA Member Portal. Look out for further communications from my successor, who will provide an introduction in the next issue.
If you are not already on our distribution list, please register for an OLA Member Portal account at members.latinoactuaries.org to receive this newsletter and other important communications!
Please reach out to our newsletter team at newsletter@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions or feedback (or for corporate sponsors and partners, any items you'd like featured in this newsletter),
and thank you for your continued support of OLA!
Anthony Lucero, ASA (he/him)
2022 Director of Membership
2023 Director of Early Career Development
Table of Contents
- Fall 2022 Highlights
- Upcoming Events
- Community Spotlights
- Career Corner
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Support OLA!
- Connect With Us
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OLA @ CCA 2022 Annual Meeting
OLA members Lorena Gonzalez, Daniel Rivas, and Carolina Santiago were awarded the OLA travel scholarship to attend the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (CCA) Annual Meeting and learn about the latest trends in the actuarial field alongside hundreds
of actuaries!
This group was accompanied by OLA leaders, Manuel Guerra, OLA's Director of Corporate Engagement, and Adrian Corredoira, University Relations Program Manager.
Thank you to the CCA, a Platinum Sponsor of OLA, for the invitation and continuous support!
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2023 OLA Annual LEadership Meeting
OLA is excited to bring together over twenty new and returning members of the OLA Leadership team (consisting of the Board of Directors and Program Managers) to its first in-person Annual Leadership Meeting since 2020! The 2023 Annual Leadership Meeting
will be held in Phoenix, AZ, from January 25-27.
We'd like to thank the team members at Nationwide, one of OLA's Platinum Sponsors, for their invaluable assistance in planning this year's meeting at their Scottsdale, AZ, offices. We'd also like to thank the employers of many of OLA's Leadership team
members for sponsoring their travel costs associated with attending this year's meeting. A more detailed listing of event sponsors and takeaways from this meeting will be featured in our next issue. Our team is looking forward to gathering and planning
another great year!
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Kaley Teijeiro
Hometown: Miami, FL
University: Florida International University
Major: Finance
Expected Graduation Date: May 2023
Tell us a little about yourself: Some of my hobbies are going to the beach, playing volleyball, and reading.
How has OLA impacted your career? OLA has been an invaluable resource to me as I navigated entering the actuarial field. The career fairs were extremely helpful in the job search process because
they gave me the chance to speak directly to actuaries and recruiters at the companies I was interested in, and most of my offers came about through the career fairs. OLA was also kind enough to sponsor my attendance to the Gamma Iota Sigma Conference
in Charlotte, where I got to meet and connect with other actuarial students and professionals. Overall, OLA has been so helpful to me, and I would highly encourage other Latino actuarial students to take advantage of all the resources they provide.
Kaley is currently a student and will be starting as a full-time Actuarial Analyst at CNA after she graduates in May 2023!
ALICIA DURAN
Hometown: Dickinson, TX
University: Texas A&M University
Major: Applied Mathematics
Expected Graduation Date: December 2023
Tell us a little about yourself: I'm an avid reader and I'm especially fond of mysteries, thrillers, romance, anything that can get a reaction out of me! A fun fact about me is I couldn't tell my right
from my left until I was 15 when I started learning how to drive!
How has OLA impacted your career? The Organization of Latino Actuaries has become one of my biggest support systems in helping me progress individually and professionally. OLA is united by one goal:
to create a growing and supporting community for students and professionals alike. Everyone is so supportive and you are encouraged to put yourself out there with so many different opportunities available from scholarships to professional development
opportunities. Getting involved with OLA was probably the best decision I've ever made in my academic career.
What are your professional development goals? I'm hoping to have at least two actuarial exams passed in the next two years!
We enjoy featuring and sharing the stories of members of the Latine actuarial community! If you have a nomination for a spotlight, please ask them to fill out this form with their information/headshot.
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Job Postings as of December 24, 2022
OLA Members, please click on the following job posting titles to explore openings sent to us by our Platinum, Gold Plus, and Gold Corporate Sponsors.
DO YOU HAVE JOB POSTINGS TO SHARE?
Our Platinum, Gold Plus, and Gold Corporate Sponsors can send us job postings for experienced professionals to be advertised in this monthly newsletter! Postings sent to corpengagement@latinoactuaries.org before
January 24, 2023, will appear in the next newsletter that will be sent the first week of February.
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VOLUNTEER WITH OLA!
Are you interested in volunteering with OLA? Sign-in to your OLA Member Portal account and edit your profile to indicate your volunteer interests! If you do not already have an OLA Member Portal account, you can click here to
register.
Become a Coordinator for a New OLA Program!
OLA is excited to launch the Rising Leaders Program (RLP) in January 2023 with our most engaged college/university students! Similar to OLA Academy, the RLP will group participants into small cohorts of approximately ten students
each based on their expected graduation date and geographic location. The RLP will focus on leadership development beyond the foundational professional development skills provided via participation in OLA Academy.
As a result, we need both Latine and non-Latine actuarial professionals who will serve as coordinators for one cohort each. Coordinators will be expected to attend an orientation session with the RLP Executive Committee and virtually meet with
their cohort periodically to support and mentor them for the Spring 2023 Participation Period from January to June 2023.
If you're interested in learning more about becoming a coordinator, please add "OLA Rising Leaders Program Coordinator" to the Volunteer Preferences field in your OLA Member Portal profile before January 15, and email risingleaders@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions! Those who indicate this preference will be invited to the orientation session in mid to late January, after which volunteers can decide whether or not to commit to serving as coordinators for the Spring 2023 Participation
Period.
Note that you can serve as both an OLA Academy Coordinator and OLA RLP Coordinator simultaneously.
CAS Seminar on Reinsurance
The CAS is looking for presentations and speakers for their Seminar on Reinsurance hosted in Philadelphia in June 2023. They're looking for sessions focusing deeply on a narrow topic to ensure the audience leaves the session with a solid understanding
and useful application regarding said topic.
For more information and to submit a proposal for presentation, please follow the link here to the CAS website. Deadline to apply
is January 13, 2023. If you have any questions, please reach out directly to David Core, Director of Professional Education at CAS.
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CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS
We have different sponsorship tiers that can fit your company's size and strategy! If you are interested in sponsoring OLA, please e-mail us at info@latinoactuaries.org. We can schedule a call and
provide information you need or answer your questions.
Individual Donations
OLA supports our Latine actuarial prospects (students, career changers, etc.) via scholarship programs, exam materials and registration reimbursements, and our travel program that sends prospects to the ALPFA and GIS conventions to help them network
and secure jobs at the on-site career fairs.
Individual donations of any amount can go a long way in helping us sustain these programs, so please click here if interested in donating!
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