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CFO
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This committee consists of the CBA members' financial officers (or those with financial responsibilities) and is formed to assist one another as regards financial reporting legislation and technical pronouncements, and any other financial topics that might impact the CBA members. Where appropriate, this includes, but is not limited to possibilities of collaboration, best practice sharing, benchmarking, etc.
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/cfo
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Client Services
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This committee was formed to leverage our combined experience and knowledge related customer service practices. This would include but is not limited to the following: technology, training/quality programs & practices, and employee engagement practices all to better support the mission of our organizations.
We do this by:
- Sharing ideas, programs, and practices in each of our organizations
- Discussing and evaluating customer service trends
- Evaluating customer service innovations that could add value for our organization’s objectives
Conducting periodic meetings as a forum for discussions and touring our organizations service centers
- Sharing customer service best practice learnings from training/seminars/conventions attended and/or invite guest experts on service topics related to new and emerging areas for customer service
- Collaborating on new programs/initiatives related to customer service in our organizations.
- Sharing common challenges and brainstorming possible solutions
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/client-services
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Communications, Marketing & Education
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This committee welcomes CBA members who work to give their organization’s audiences the clearest, most accurate picture of employee benefits for church workers. We support communicators, marketing staff, and educators at all levels and in all disciplines to develop skills, expand their professional knowledge and business relationships, and advance the stature of communications, marketing, and education in the church benefits profession.
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/comm-marketing-and-education
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COO
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The Operations Committee of the CBA was formed to leverage our operations experience and knowledge to better support the missions of our organizations.
We do this by:
- Sharing ideas and information pertaining to initiatives in each of our organizations
- Conducting periodic meetings as a forum for our discussions
- Providing opportunities for networking among ourselves and others within our respective organizations
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/coo
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Financial Literacy & Wellness
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The Financial Literacy & Wellness Topical Interest group includes financial educators and planners with a passion to help our respective plan members increase their financial knowledge and create sustained financial wellbeing. This group gathers together at the CBA annual meeting and one other time mid-year to share resources and find potential areas for collaboration and partnership. This group hopes to share its collaborative projects and resources with the broader CBA group.
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/financial-literacy-wellness
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Health Benefits
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The Healthcare Committee of the CBA provides a forum for CBA members that sponsor health benefit plans to discuss the issues and challenges of managing a modern health benefits plan. The committee has existed for over 20 years and for most of that time activities have consisted of holding semi-annual discussion meetings. In 2001 we formed purchasing coalitions to negotiate two pharmacy benefits contracts on behalf of CBA member organizations. Currently, more than 20 plans are purchasing prescription drugs through what is now the merged Express Scripts or Medco Health entity and enjoy more favorable pricing than any single plan could have achieved on its own. In 2002 we also formed a coalition to purchase PPO administrative services from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. We have also developed coalitions for purchasing both Mental Health services and Disability Administrative services.
Currently, we continue to closely monitor federal Healthcare Reform regulatory activity, determine the impact on church plans and, working with Core Lawyers Working Group (CLWG), identify and advocate changes to regulations and/or legislation beneficial to CBA Healthcare plans and the individuals to whom they provide coverage.
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/health-benefits
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Human Resources
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This committee was formed to leverage our human resources experience and knowledge to better support the missions of our organizations.
We do this by:
- Sharing ideas and information pertaining to initiatives in each of our organizations as well as common challenges and brainstorming possible solutions
- Sharing processes and solutions related to employment practices compliance and regulatory challenges
- Discussing and evaluating human resource best practices, trends and innovations that could add value for our organizations' objectives
- Soliciting outside expertise to further augment our knowledge in new and emerging practices relevant to human resources
- Conducting periodic meetings as a forum for our discussions
- Providing opportunities for networking among ourselves and others within our respective organizations
If you are interested in joining this committee your primary role should be the senior most human resource professional employed by the CBA member organization.
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/human-resources
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Information Technology
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This committee was formed to leverage our technology experience and knowledge to better support the missions of our organizations.
We do this by:
- Sharing ideas and information pertaining to initiatives in each of our organizations
- Discussing and evaluating technological trends and innovations that could add value for our organizations' objectives
- Soliciting outside expertise to further augment our knowledge in new and emerging technologies relevant to our operations
- Conducting periodic meetings as a forum for our discussions
- Providing an Internet website forum where our discussions and information can be shared
- Providing opportunities for networking among ourselves and others within our respective organizations
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/information-technology
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Investments
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This committee meets annually at the Church Benefits Association meeting to discuss various issues of interest to those involved in managing, administering, and providing fiduciary oversight of investment programs that support religious retirement plans. Those participating in the group discuss various topics of mutual interest that includes asset/liability management, new asset classes, socially responsible investing practices, investment manager selection, alternative investments, best practices for fiduciaries, participant fund options, and various other investment related topics. Participant’s network and learn from each other based on our respective organizations’ challenges, opportunities, and initiatives.
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/investments
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Legal
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The Legal Committee of the CBA provides a forum for in-house lawyers and compliance professionals employed by, and outside counsel retained by, CBA members to discuss the legal and compliance issues and regulatory challenges facing church plans. The committee has existed for over 15 years and focuses on continuing legal education and information sharing among peers.
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/legal
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Retirement Benefits
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This committee provides a forum for CBA members to discuss the challenges of managing a modern retirement plan for clergy and other church employees. Committee sessions focus on issues of plan design, funding, member services and compliance for defined benefit and defined contribution plans.
For Members: https://cba.memberclicks.net/retirement-benefits
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