2024 CAS Leadership Summit

Time

Topic

AM and PM

Individual Council Meetings (for those VP functional areas that are holding them)

4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. 

EC Meeting in Board Room at CAS Office

5:00 P.M. – 5:45 P.M.

Optional Opportunity for CAS Volunteers to Visit CAS Office

6:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Dinner for Summit Invitees at the SkyDome, a revolving restaurant with great views of Washington DC at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Crystal City, Virginia

Time

Topic

7:30 - 8:30 am

Breakfast Buffet

8:30 –
8:45 am

Welcome Remarks and Introductions, David Cummings, FCAS, CAS President-Elect

8:45 –
10:15 am

Featured Speaker: Col. Eileen Collins

History-making NASA astronaut Col. Eileen Collins will share her perspective and insight on the leadership skills needed to break barriers and become a successful leader in the actuarial profession.

One of America’s most admired women, Col. Collins became the first female to pilot a U.S. spacecraft with the Discovery shuttle flight in 1995, and the first female commander on the 1999 Columbia shuttle flight. In 2005, NASA tapped Col. Collins to command the space shuttle Discovery’s historic “Return to Flight” mission, NASA’s first manned flight following the loss of space shuttle Columbia in 2003.

Drawing from her career experiences, Col. Collins will reveal valuable insights learned from both her successes and her failures. From the importance of working with others to achieve lofty goals, to successful leadership in dynamic environments, her perspective will inspire us as we embark on our own journeys.

As a former Board member for USAA, Col. Collins will also share her experience serving on a Board of an insurance company and as a risk management leader.

10:15 –
10:30 am

Networking and Refreshment Break

10:30 –
11:45 am

State of the CAS, David Cummings, FCAS, CAS President-Elect and Victor Carter-Bey, DM, CAS CEO

Dave and Victor will provide an overview of recent strategic initiatives being addressed by CAS leadership and look ahead to plans for 2024-25. Topics to be addressed include:

• Continuing to Evolve the Volunteer-Staff Model
• CAS Leadership and Membership Linkage
• CAS Content Areas of Focus for 2025

11:45 am –
12:30 pm

Lunch and Networking

12:30 –
1:00 pm

Cross-Functional Awareness-Building

The interactive afternoon session will begin with cross-functional awareness-building, which was a topic volunteer leaders requested through the 2023 Leadership Summit feedback form.

With most functional areas within the CAS meeting on September 16, we’ll ask CAS Vice Presidents to report out on key takeaways resulting from their discussions with volunteer and staff chairs the day prior. Our lightning round format will inform on areas of focus in the coming year, while highlighting areas for cross-functional collaboration.

1:00 –
1:45 pm

Update on 2024 Strategic Plan Development

Next, we’ll unveil the latest iteration of the new CAS Strategic Plan, with CAS leadership in attendance getting an inside look at the status of the development of the Plan.

David Cummings, FCAS, CAS President-Elect
Victor Carter-Bey, DM, CAS CEO
Roosevelt Mosley, Board Chair, and Chair, Strategic Planning Task Force

1:45 –
2:00 pm

2:00 –
3:15 pm

From: To Exercise in Breakout Groups

We’ll conclude with a “From: To” exercise. We’ll reconvene by functional area into breakout groups for a discussion on how we get from where we are today to achievement of the new CAS Strategic Plan, based on the Plan’s Desired Outcomes. What changes will you focus on as staff and volunteer leaders work together to integrate the goals of the Strategic Plan into the work of our volunteer groups? (Those not participating in functional area meetings on September 16 will be invited to join their area of most interest.) (35 minutes)

The session will end with reports from the breakout groups and an open discussion among attendees of ideas for achieving the Strategic Plan. (40 minutes)

3:15 –
3:30 pm

Closing and Adjourn