Dr. Mark Johnson

Council Member Biography

Mark Johnson, PhD, is the President of ERISA Benefits Consulting in Texas, where he focuses on labor law, labor relations, personnel policy, ERISA and the management, financing, regulation of pension, 401(k), group life & health and retiree medical plans. During his distinguished career, Dr. Johnson has negotiated group life and health, disability, pension and 401(k) plans with unions; created new pension, 401(k) and group life and health in response to changing employer/employee needs, collective bargaining agreements or as part of mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs; designed and implemented early retirement bridge programs and voluntary severance plans; directed the ERISA appeals process with authority to decide all pension, group life and health and 401(k) cases; and managed pension plans with over $10 billion dollars in assets. He has served at the director level with operational and financial responsibility for 20 qualified plans, negotiated with five unions, and has done proceedings before the EEOC, NLRB and the National Mediation Board, and federal and state court litigation. Previously, Dr. Johnson was a Managing Director, Benefits Compliance & Pensions at American Airlines and was an attorney at Southwestern Bell Corporation. He has served as an expert witness in approximately 50 federal and state court cases involving pension, 401(k) ESOP, group life and health, active and retiree medical plans; including class action cases involving nationally known employees. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2001 - Unspecified

President & Founder, ERISA Benefits Consulting, Inc.

1995 - 2001

Managing Director, Benefits Compliance&Pensions, AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC

1992 - 1995

Counsel, Benefits Compliance, AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC

1987 - 1992

Attorney, AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC

1983 - 1987

Attorney, AT&T INC.