Charlie Kammerer

Vice President, Strategic Retirement Solutions
Charlie has over a decade of experience advising employers on retirement plan operations, governance, and long-term plan design strategies.

He is particularly passionate about leveraging his communications background to help plan sponsors address complex retirement engagement challenges and improve participant outcomes.

Charlie has spent 17 years in the retirement industry, serving in both consulting and plan sponsor leadership roles. In addition to guiding plan sponsors through complex defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plan challenges, Charlie has led corporate Benefits Committees and executive stakeholders through strategic decision-making across the full spectrum of employee benefits. His experience includes health and welfare program transformations, benefits strategy and design, wellbeing initiatives, employee communications, participant engagement, and performance management.

Career Highlights

Education

  • Directed the full administration and strategic oversight of multiple jumbo defined benefits and defined contribution retirement plans with combined assets exceeding $15 billion.

  • Guided multiple benefits committees through complex and high-stakes initiatives, including pension risk transfer strategies, de-risking windows, plan redesigns, plan terminations, retiree annuity purchases, and cash balance plan implementations.

  • Led large-scale vendor performance and process audits for major plan sponsors, identifying operational efficiencies and cost recovery opportunities that generated average annual savings of $1.2 million per plan.

  • Led multiple benefit open enrollment redesign initiatives, enhancing participant communications and driving a 34% increase in active enrollment.

  • Designed and launched an Emergency Savings Program and complementary financial wellness initiatives for the world’s largest automotive manufacturer, contributing to a retirement benefits strategy recognized as a 2026 Plan Sponsor of the Year Total Retirement Offering nominee.
    • St John’s University – BS Journalism and CommunicationÂ