Experience

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  City of Dearborn

  • United States
  • Government Administration
  • 500 - 600 Employee

  • CERT

    • May 2019 - Present

    Trained Certified Emergency Response Team member reporting to Dearborn Police Department.

  • English Language Teacher

    • Mar 2021 - Present

    I teach ESl classes for the library.

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  Comerica Bank

  • Detroit, Michigan, United States

  • Relationship Manager/Vice President

    • Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States

    Institutional Trust relationship management, consulting and sales.

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  International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists

  • Greater Detroit Area

  • Board Member/Past President/President - Detroit Chapter ISCEBS

    • Jan 2016 - Jun 2018
    • Greater Detroit Area

    President (2016), Past President (2017), Board Member/University Outreach Chairman (2018/2019)

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  Pentegra Retirement Services

  • Dearborn, Michigan

  • Senior Consultant

    • 2010 - 2015
    • Dearborn, Michigan

    Pentegra Services, Inc. provides retirement programs to community banks, credit unions, small and medium sized businesses, bank trust departments, and financial advisors. The company offers 403(b) plans, 401 (K) plans, pension plans, employee stock ownership/option plans, profit sharing plans, cash balance plans, and executive benefit and director programs. Clarisse is a Senior Consultant responsible for providing consulting services to Pentegra's national client base. As a senior member of the Client Service Group, Clarisse works with clients to develop effective plan design and benefit strategies, manage plan level modifications and build employee awareness and appreciation for retirement programs.Clarisse has been involved with consulting, account management, marketing and sales for over 35 years. She has extensive expertise in defined benefit plans, 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans and non-qualified plans and has been a speaker on retirement topics at both local and national employee benefit seminars and conferences.Prior to joining Pentegra in 2010, Clarisse was a VP at Aon Consulting. In addition, she was the Internal Consultant/Retirement Plan Administrator at The Detroit Medical Center and an Account Manager/Consultant at Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson). Clarisse earned a BA degree with a double major in English and Journalism and a MA degree in Speech Communications from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She has been awarded the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) designation by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP). Clarisse also holds her FINRA Series 6 and 63 licenses.Clarisse is past president of the Detroit Chapter of the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS) and past president of the Michigan Employee Benefits Conference (MEBC). She has been a CEBS instructor at both Madonna University and Eastern Michigan University and a CFP instructor at Wayne State University

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  Aon

  • Vice President

    • 2000 - 2009

    Products included defined benefit consulting, plan administration, actuarial work, outsourcing, investment consulting, calculation systems, communications, database, compliance, IRS and DOL government forms, SPD, retiree medical and defined contribution benchmarking working with plans ranging in size from 500 to 100,000 lives Received Aon Top Talent Stock Award for selling 150% of annual new business goal.Developed and qualified 70+ new prospects through marketing and sales efforts.Managed Accounts and delivered on 12%/year revenue increase. Managed calculation system project for 100,000 participant global client. Developed Strategic Retirement Programs resulting in multi million dollar client savings. Strategized sales plan in response to legislative changes and added 20 new clients. Consulted on document reviews resulting in additional new business to existing clients.Received Aon Leadership Award 2008/2009

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  Michigan Employee Benefits Conference (MEBC)

  • Detroit, Michigan, United States

  • President/Board Member

    • Jan 2004 - Dec 2007
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States

    MEBC was a professional organization in metro Detroit whose members included senior and executive level employee benefit professionals. Meetings were held at The Standard Club in the Renaissance Center.

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  Detroit Medical Center

  • Internal Consultant/Plan Administrator

    • 1995 - 2000

    Managed strategic plan design projects for 25,000 Participant DB Plan. Reviewed plan document and suggested appropriate revisions and updates as necessary.Coordinated all work with plan attorney, auditor, accountant, and actuary.Determined the status and calculated benefits under Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Supervised reconciliation of data for annual actuarial valuation. Communicated plan features to plan participants.Presented materials at internal executive retirement committee meetings.

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  Willis Towers Watson

  • Consultant/Account Manager

    • 1979 - 1995

    Developed retirement programs for a variety of clients.Researched retirement plan issues (ERISA plans).Consulted with clients on all aspects of defined benefit plans.Lead account manager on a variety of clients.Project managed medium to large clients.

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  Wayne State University

  • Wayne State University

  • Course Instructor

    • Sep 1994 - Dec 1994
    • Wayne State University

    CFP Program

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  Eastern Michigan University

  • Eastern Michigan University/Madonna University

  • Course Instructor

    • Sep 1990 - Dec 1992
    • Eastern Michigan University/Madonna University

    CEBS program

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  Business Week Magazine

  • Dearborn, MI, United States

  • Freelance Writer

    • Jan 1978 - Apr 1979
    • Dearborn, MI, United States

    Freelance writer for Business Week Magazine, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Concrete Journal

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  The News-Herald

  • Wyandotte, Michigan

  • Staff Reporter

    • Feb 1975 - Dec 1977
    • Wyandotte, Michigan

    Staff Reporter/Trenton Page writer and Editor/writer and Editor of Entertainment Page.

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  Dearborn Press

  • Dearborn, Michigan

  • Staff Reporter

    • Jan 1974 - Jan 1975
    • Dearborn, Michigan

    Staff Reporter/wrote weekly column “Penny Wise”/writer and editor of “The Scene” page.

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  Deaborn Press

  • Dearborn, Michigan

  • Student Intern

    • Sep 1973 - Dec 1973
    • Dearborn, Michigan

    Journalism student intern from Wayne State University. Covered all types of newsworthy events in the City of Dearborn and wrote articles which were published.