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Speaker Bios

Rasch Cousineau

RASCH COUSINEAU is a senior consultant for the Hyas Group and focuses on the
firm's retirement plan sponsor clients. With over 20 years of experience in the
retirement services industry, he offers clients a rich perspective on investment
portfolio construction, retirement plan design, vendor management, plan
governance, fee negotiation, RFP management, and fiduciary training. Prior to
joining the Hyas Group, Mr. Cousineau served as national vice president, defined
contribution markets for an industry-leading provider. His responsibilities
included: investment only (DCIO) product implementation, mobile technology
and web content creation, customer relationship management (CRM) platform
design, and development of effective participant outcome tools and targeted
demographic messaging. In his role as national vice president, he also led a team
of institutional sales professionals responsible for nurturing the RFP process from
initial client interaction through the bid response culminating in sales finals and,
when applicable: contract negotiation, design, and implementation. In his prior
role, he worked closely with industry consultants, investment advisers, plan
sponsors, unions, and investment committees during this process. Prior to his
role as national vice president,

Mr. Cousineau served as the west coast vice president working directly with
regional plan sponsors and committees, helping them create better retirement
outcomes for their plan participants and ultimately fulfill their fiduciary
responsibilities.

Paul Danczyk, PhD

Paul Danczyk, PhD, is the Director of Executive Education in Sacramento for the
University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy.

In his current capacity, Paul designs, coordinates and presents in leadership and
management programs – impacting national, state and local governmental and
nonprofit organizations – teaches master-level classes on strategic management,
leadership, negotiation and public administration in California and Mexico, and is
an executive coach. He cofounded and is the lead architect of
www.LeadershipEnergizes.com.

Paul was elected Vice President of the American Society for Public Administration
in December 2016, the leading interdisciplinary public service professional
organization.

A returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Paul earned his PhD from the University of
Pittsburgh, focusing on Public and International Affairs; Master of Public