Editor/Contributing Author

Diane L. Baldwin (since 2002). Ms. Baldwin is a Senior Editor at Thomson Reuters/EBIA. Ms. Baldwin has practiced employee benefits law for more than twenty years in the Minneapolis area, as counsel for multi-national corporations. She taught employee benefits as an adjunct professor at William Mitchell College of Law, graduated cum laude in 1986 from the University of Wisconsin Law School, and was an editor for the Wisconsin Law Review.

Contributing Authors

Stuart C. Harris (since 1994). Mr. Harris is a partner in the Portland office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Mr. Harris represents employers, association plans, insurers, and service providers in connection with the design, structure, and interpretation of retirement, welfare benefit plans, and deferred compensation arrangements. He received his J.D. degree cum laude in 1986 from Cornell Law School.

Kurt E. Linsenmayer (since 1998). Mr. Linsenmayer is a partner in the Seattle office of Perkins Coie LLP, the largest law firm in the Pacific Northwest. He specializes in helping employers with their compensation and benefit arrangements, including 401(k) plan design and administration. He received his J.D. degree in 1989 from Seattle University School of Law.

Cynthia A. Van Bogaert (since 2000). Ms. Van Bogaert is a partner with Boardman & Clark LLP of Madison, Wisconsin. She advises employers regarding 401(k) plans and other employee benefits. She is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, served as National President of the Worldwide Employee Benefits (WEB) Network, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1982.

Contributor

Craig R. Pett (since 1999). Mr. Pett is a partner in the Atlanta office of Alston & Bird LLP, where he specializes in assisting clients identify and correct 401(k) plan compliance errors. Additionally, he is an adjunct professor teaching Employee Benefits at Emory Law School. Mr. Pett graduated cum laude from Brigham Young University Law School in 1985.

Past Contributors

Thomas P. McCormick (Contributing Author, 1994-1999). Mr. McCormick is the Founder of EBIA and, from 1988-2007, was its Chairman and President. He is currently an attorney-mediator with BenefitsVoice LLC.

Cheryl Musselman-Brown (Editor/Contributing Author, 1999-2002). Ms. Musselman-Brown is a Vice President at Thomson Reuters and is a Contributing Author to EBIA’s HIPAA Portability, Privacy & Security and Health Care Reform manuals.

John W. Haine (Contributing Author 2004-2010). Mr. Haine is a Senior Editor at Thomson Reuters/EBIA and is currently the Editor and a Contributing Author to EBIA’s Consumer-Driven Health Care and Fringe Benefits manuals.