The following is an excerpt from an interview with Anne in the Spring 2022 issue of the CPG Connect Newsletter, titled “CPF Board Zeroes in”

Can you share your thoughts, as one of the lay professionals on the CPF Board, about the work CPG is doing to address pension parity?

As a diocesan staff member, I spent years defining, explaining, and benchmarking the structures of compensation packages for clergy and lay employees of the Church. The structures and rules are complicated. Effecting change is challenged by the fact that there are more than 6,000 employers (including vestries and school boards) who have the responsibility for these staffing decisions within their individual context of financial sustainability.   

CPG continues to collect data and insights to help the Church understand these compensation differences and the levers that are available to move toward greater parity in retirement benefits. As the CPF Board has been actively engaged in helping to better understand the dynamics and opportunities, I continue to dive enthusiastically into the details to offer additional observations and questions from my diocesan perspective. We have the leadership and analytical tools to foster a coordinated engagement by the Church as a whole to address this important issue, and I look forward to continuing this work.

See the full CPG Connect newsletter article here.