Barbara Hogg is a partner in Aon’s Lincolnshire, IL office. With over 30 years of experience, Barb is a retirement consultant focusing on a broad range of retirement issues including detailed plan design, retirement readiness, and participant communication. She has also been very involved in innovation and research to understand trends in retirement program design, especially defined contribution plans. She has spoken at several industry conferences, participated in webcasts, authored articles on retirement issues, and provided testimony to the ERISA Advisory Council of the U.S. Department of Labor. Barb is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and participates on the SOA’s Post Retirement Needs & Risks Committee, recently chairing the Project Oversight Committee for the 2021 Retirement Risk Survey. In the past she has served on the SOA’s Nominating Committee. She is currently serving as Research Agenda Vice Chair of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). Barb earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1982 and a Master of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1984.