2023 Katie School Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Name: Jacob Gordon

E-Mail: jagord3@ilstu.edu

Expected Graduation Date: Dec 2023

Hometown: Aurora Major: Actuarial Science

Leadership Roles

Officer Role in Gamma Iota Sigma None

Officer or leadership role in other organizations Vice President of Resources- Math Tutoring Club

Katie School/Gamma Iota Sigma Events and Industry Involvement – Fall 2022

Please check the following activities in which you participated in the fall semester:

September 6 – Actuarial RGA Presentation ☒

September 7 – 1st General Meeting ☒

September 13 – How to Get a Job Presentation ☒

September 14 – CNA Day Lunch ☒

September 15 – One America Presentation ☒

September 19 – Cigna Presentation ☒

September 21 – Milliman Presentation ☒

September 24 – Clean Our Street ☒

September 27 – ICC Presentation ☒

September 28 – Meet the Firms - Actuarial ☒

October 5 – GIS 2nd General Meeting ☒

October 11 – Disney World Risk Manager Chat ☒

November 2 – GIS 3rd General Meeting ☒

November 4 – State Farm Headquarters Visit ☒

November 10 – Board Game Club Social Night ☒

November 16 – Captives 101 with Zurich Lunch & Learn ☒

November 29 – Cybersecurity Lunch & Learn ☒

December 7 – 4th General Meeting ☒

Certificate of Leadership & Business Acumen ☒

Other

Internships in Insurance, other Relevant work Experience or Relevant Insurance Industry Involvement

Actuarial Internship with OneAmerica (Summer 2023)- In this internship, I will be helping price and valuate life insurance policies, as well as assisting full-time actuaries with other financial analysis. 2022 ISU Visual Analytics Competition (Feb - Apr 2022) – In this competition, I performed an analysis of claim trends in Tableau using real workers’ compensation data and presented the results of the analysis to insurance industry representatives CAS Student Central Summer Program (Summer 2021)- In this program, I learned about actuarial concepts including reserving methods, the ratemaking process, and data visualization through various seminars, exercises, and workbooks. Additionally, I analyzed and solved a simulation of a real-life actuarial problem using Excel with a team of several people in a case competition.

Insurance Licensing and Professional Designations Exam Parts Completed or Passed

FM (Apr 2021) P (Jul 2021) FAM-L (Dec 2022- University Earned Credit) Community Involvement During College

GIS/Actuarial Club Volunteering Activities- Clean Up Our Street, Clean Up the Quad, Tie-Blanket Making, Habitat for Humanity, Smithsonian Museum (Mar 2020 – Dec 2021)- I assisted the Smithsonian by transcribing archived historical documents, such as the Project PHaEDRA astronomical notebooks, to a digital format, as well as by reviewing and correcting the transcriptions of other volunteers. Notetaker, Illinois State University Student Access and Accommodation Services (Sept 2021 – Dec 2021)- In this role, I recorded detailed notes and uploaded them to an online database for a student who required accommodations for a class we were both taking.

Other Campus Involvement and Personal Accomplishments

Math Tutoring Club Vice President of Resources, Illinois State University (Nov 2021 – Present) - As Vice President of Resources, I am responsible for creating, managing, and optimizing the club’s electronic resources (which currently consist of the club Google Drive and all documents contained therein). Additionally, I collect club statistics like attendance and survey ratings to compile for a monthly newsletter for teachers. I also continue to act as a tutor for students in the MAT 120 (Finite Mathematics) class, offering aid for any problems they have issues with and helping them master the underlying concepts of the class.

Career goals

My career goal is to gain my Associateship with the Society of Actuaries within 4 years of graduation. This will be accomplished by timely completion of all requirements, which include exams, modules, and VEEs (Validations by Educational Experience, which the ISU Actuarial Science major curriculum is designed to fulfill). I also aim to get a job as an actuary in a life insurance company in the Chicagoland area, as this kind of job would best fit my current career path and is in a location I am familiar with.