Alyssa Hodder

Alyssa Hodder is the Director of Education and Outreach—Canada with the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. In this role, she is responsible for the successful design, development, maintenance and overall implementation of select educational programs, as well as representing and raising awareness of the Foundation through relationship management and engagement of employers, benefit funds and industry stakeholders across Canada. Before joining the Foundation, Hodder was a senior communications consultant with Eckler Ltd., providing communications support to public sector, corporate, not-for-profit, trusteed and multi-employer plans, with a special focus on member engagement and change management. Prior to that, Hodder was director of the knowledge resource centre at Buck Consultants. She also spent many years as editor/managing editor of Benefits Canada magazine, with overall responsibility for its print and online editorial operations. She earned her master and bachelor of arts degrees (hons) from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and has successfully completed the Canadian Securities Course as well as the Fundamentals in Retirement Plans and Fundamentals in Group Benefits Certificates with the International Foundation. An Associate Fellow of the National Institute on Ageing, Hodder is very active in the pensions and benefits industry and is a frequent speaker and moderator at industry events.

Department: Fellows