Dallas Salisbury is President and CEO of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). EBRI was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1978.  EBRI provides objective information regarding the employee benefit system and re­lated financial security issues.  The objective: that decisions be made based on verifiable facts.  Dallas joined EBRI at its founding in 1978. The EBRI mission: “to contribute to, to encourage, and to enhance the development of sound employee benefit programs and sound public policy through objective research and education.” 

EBRI has earned widespread regard as an organization that "tells it like it is.”  The Institute does not lobby and does not advocate or oppose any policy position.   EBRI is supported financially by for-profit and non-profit corporations of all types, foundations, unions, government organizations, and international organizations seeking to better understand U.S economic security programs.  Researchers, policy makers and the media rely heavily on EBRI research.  Dallas and his team are regularly featured at Congressional and Commission hearings, and in print and broadcast media around the world.  EBRI is one of the 20 most frequently quoted “think-tanks” in the nation.  EBRI work reaches the world through www.ebri.org and EBRI educates the general public on the importance of employee benefits and financial planning through the ChoosetoSave® education program, including radio and television public service messages and www.choosetosave.org .

Dallas is currently a member of a number of commissions, study panels and serves on many editorial advisory boards. Dallas is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources,  recipient of the Award for Professional Excellence from the Society for Human Resource Management, and the Keystone Award of World at Work .  He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the NASD Investor Education Foundation; the Advisory Committee to the Comptroller General of the United States; and on the GAO Advisory Group on Social Security and Retirement. Dallas was a delegate to the 1998 and 2002 National Summit's on Retirement Savings hosted by the President and Congressional Leaders.  He has served on the Secretary of Labor's ERISA Advisory Council, the Presidentially appointed PBGC Advisory Committee, the Board of Directors of the Society for Human Resources Management, the U.S. Advisory Panel on Medicare Education, and the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Social Insurance.  Dallas has written and lectured extensively on economic security topics.  His most recent books are: “The Future of Social Insurance:  Incremental Action or Fundamental Reform?”, “IRA and 401(k) Investing” and “Managing Money in Retirement”.   

Prior to joining EBRI, Dallas held full-time positions with the Washington State Legislature, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Employee Benefits Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor, (formerly known as the PWBA) and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). He holds a B.A. degree in finance from the University of Washington and an M.A. in public administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. 

Related Information

The State of U.S. Retirement Plans (782K) [description]    [download]

Retirement Issues in the 21st Century: Audio Files Now Available - Related Resources
Agenda- 2006 "Retirement Issues in the 21st Century" Fiduciary Imprudence – Washington's Failure to Protect the Nation's Retirement Resources Live Long and Prosper Sources for Reporting on Aging Americans Why Don't Americans Save for Retirement? Retirement IQ Audio from our Highest-rated Retirement Speakers	[Return to Retirement Issues in the 21st Century: Audio Files Now Available]