OLA Industry Newsletter: September 2024
Friday, September 20, 2024
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Posted by: Alan Ramirez
Dear OLA Community,
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.
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!
Alan Ramirez
Director of Membership
Table of Contents
- Upcoming Events & Announcements
- Community Spotlights
- Career Corner
- Join the OLA Leadership Team!
- Support OLA!
- Connect With Us
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We are excited to announce mixers in Chicago, NYC, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Network and connect with OLA leadership, actuarial candidates, corporate sponsors, and allies!
cHICAGO Mixer - sEPTEMBER 26
Click here to register!
nyc Mixer - sEPTEMBER 30
Click here to register!
cca conference - travel sponsorship alert! OLA and the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (CCA) are sponsoring actuarial prospects (students, graduates or career changers) to attend the 2024 Conference of Consulting Actuaries Annual Meeting in Marco Island, Florida on October 27-30. This is a great opportunity to learn what consulting actuaries do, what is currently happening in the actuarial world and mostly, a great opportunity to interact with a great group of consulting actuaries!
Deadline to apply is this Sunday, September 22. For more information and to apply: https://members.latinoactuaries.org/general/custom.asp?page=OLA-CCA-2024-Application-Information
We appreciate the CCAโs sponsorship to their annual conference.
calls for presentations for CAS spring meeting open now!
The Casualty
Actuarial Society (CAS) currently has an open call for presentations for
upcoming conferences. This is a great opportunity to share your expertise with
your fellow actuaries, hone your speaking skills, and build your reputation as
a thought leader in the profession. Session proposals can be for 50-minute
informal Roundtable discussions, 60-minute Concurrent sessions, or 75-minute
General sessions.
The 2025 CAS Spring Meeting will be held May 4-7 in Toronto, Canada. View
the Spring Meeting Call for Presentations and submit your session proposal by September 22nd.
OLA's 2024 Early Career Symposium
What an event! ๐ข๐๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐บ (ECS), our first solo event, took place earlier this month with ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ and ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐!
The highlight of the event was our first in-person career fair, which featured ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ and accomplished our goal of having a fair 100% focused on actuarial recruiting.
Additionally, we provided various ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ opportunities for our Latine aspiring actuaries (prospects). These included nine engaging sessions and panels featuring our eventโs Premier and Visionary sponsors
as well as networking meals that enhanced attendeesโ ability to form connections throughout the event! Prospects were also able to interact on a more personal level with OLA Leaders and mentors who provided guidance on how to make the
most of their time at the ECS altogether. Of course, prospects were also able to meet and interact with each other, sparking many lifelong friendships!
With that said, OLA is expanding to not only help Latine aspiring actuaries get into the profession, but also develop those that are already employed as actuaries. With this goal in mind, the OLA Membership team launched a ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ
๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ for the OLA Leadership team at the ECS to provide ongoing opportunities that will help our leaders grow professionally and personally.
Before wrapping up our event, we hosted our semi-annual ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ to discuss feedback on OLAโs programs as well as our strategy for the upcoming year given the momentum weโve experienced
in recent years. We appreciate your partnership, enthusiasm, and candor as we navigate this next stage of our organizationโs growth.
Finally, we gathered attended for our first-ever ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ to personally thank our Platinum and Gold sponsors for their support, recognize the contributions of our amazing volunteers, send
off our outgoing Board members, and present the various scholarship awards, including the 2024-2025 Named Scholars and Cresta Award winner!
Given the number of leaders/volunteers involved exceeds LinkedInโs limit for tags in a post, we will instead share some of the moments and recognitions in future posts. Follow us on Instagram and Tik Tok for
more videos!
We canโt thank everyone enough, from those who organized this event to those who attended and trusted OLA as we organized our first symposium. Despite some doubts that we could get this done, we did
it!
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ!
New Career Center on OLA Membership POrtal
Silver, Gold, Gold Plus, and Platinum Sponsors can now access OLAโs new Career Center! This job board allows corporate sponsors to post and modify their companyโs job openings in real-time. Simultaneously, OLAโs prospects with real-time access to these
openings. All postings will still be shared in OLAโs newsletters/communications, but the OLA Newsletter team will now source these postings from the Career Center.
For specific steps on how to post please check out our Career Corner section below. Please reach out to the OLA Career Center team at careercenter@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions.
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Gonzalo equihua, ASA
Hometown: Dallas, TX
University: University of Texas at Dallas
OLA Involvement: Membership Program Manager
Current Position: Health and Benefits Actuary, EY
Tell us a little about yourself: I am manager in EY's People Consulting line of business. I primarily work on strategy
and transaction projects and serve as subject matter resource for clients as they evaluate their total rewards programs. I also help out on traditional actuarial work such as pricing and reserving.
Can you share a bit about your own cultural identity? My parents are from Michoacan, Mexico. My sisters and myself were
born in a small town in East Texas, Mount Pleasant. I have a pretty large family and growing up, Spanish was our primary language. Every summer and holiday season, we would go to Mexico to visit family. I plan to go back this upcoming holiday season to enjoy the delicious food, great music, and rich culture.
What does Hispanic Heritage Month mean to you personally? I enjoy it. I think it's great and important to recognize the Hispanic community! I personally like trying out different food from Central and South America. This is a month of celebration and gives people the opportunity to learn and experience new things. We
have a significant footprint in the US and are important to the future of this country. However, there are still many challenges that we still face as a community - whether that be competing for corporate jobs, dealing with hate crime, having limited
resources, etc. There's still a lot of work to be done.
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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Looking for a new opportunity? Check out the job postings in the link below.
DO YOU HAVE JOB POSTINGS TO SHARE?
Our Platinum, Gold Plus, and Gold Corporate Sponsors can now share job postings on our new Career Center portion of our OLA Membership Portal!
Any member of your team who has an OLA Member Portal account associated with your company can easily post an opportunity by logging into their OLA Member Portal account and navigating to
members.latinoactuaries.org/networking to submit an opening. Please note that, when submitting the opening, youโll want to click โNo, I will tell them โHow to Applyโ belowโ for
the โAllow online applications?โ option so that applicants arenโt mistakenly led to apply on our site instead of yours.
As a reminder, Silver sponsors can only post entry-level and intern job postings on the Career Center; any postings that do not comply with this condition will not be approved on the backend.
Please reach out to the OLA Career Center team at careercenter@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions.
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Congratulations to all our OLA team members who have passed exams recently and special shoutout to Sarah Peรฑa
who achieved her Fellowship through the Society of Actuaries.
Recent exam passers:
- Patrick Mazzella - FAM-L
- Paula Villafane - FAM-L
- Matthew Vazquez - SRM
VOLUNTEER WITH OLA!
We are excited to announce the launch of our 2025 OLA Board of Directors and Program Manager applications!
๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: OLA is looking for credentialed Latine actuaries who will help further OLAโs mission by serving as a Board member. In addition to voting on financial and strategic decisions, the Board actively engages in planning and managing the workstreams assigned to their designated PMs, assistants, and/or volunteers in order to ensure the successful execution of these strategic plans. The Board also acts as the main representation of the organization when engaging with various OLA stakeholders.
The following positions are open and commence January 1, 2025, for a three-year term:
- Director of Corporate Engagement
- Director of Early Career Development
- Director of Marketing
If you are interested in volunteering for a Board position, follow this link for more information and to apply:
https://lnkd.in/ggT73kym
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (๐ฃ๐ ๐): There are so many programs, new initiatives, and activities going on where we can use your help! The OLA PMs assist the Board of Directors and take ownership over certain programs, events, and other initiatives while also assisting the Board in overseeing the Professional Committees (made up of professional volunteers) and Student Committees (made up of RLP students) in order to delegate various workstreams in an efficient manner.
There are many PM opportunities, all of which are described in more detail in the application. There might be a position that interests you!
For more information and to apply, follow this link: https://lnkd.in/gyUCbSSS
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: Note the deadline is Monday, September 30, 2024, at 11:59 P.M. ET
We are all looking forward to working with you!
Questions? Email us at info@latinoactuaries.org
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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.
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 OLA's Early Career Symposium (ECS) and industry
conferences to help them network and securo 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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