William J. Arnone
Chief Executive Officer
Willam J. Arnone receives the Ball Award after a long history of leadership of the Academy — most recently as Chief Executive Officer, from 2017-2024. He was a Founding Board Member of the Academy and served on the Academy’s Board of Directors from 1986 to 1994. He also served as the Chair of the Academy’s Board of Directors from 2013 to 2016.
As a Partner with Ernst & Young LLP for 15 years up to 2009, he was responsible for the strategic positioning, design, management, marketing, and thought leadership of retirement and financial education and counseling in employer-sponsored programs. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, he was Principal, Benefit Consultant, and National Director of Financial & Retirement Planning Services for Buck Consultants, Inc. (now part of Xerox). He joined Buck in 1981 after serving as Director, Senior Security Services, for the New York City Department for the Aging. He also served as Consultant on Employment of Older Workers for the Florence V. Burden Foundation in New York. Prior to that, he served as Executive Director of Helping Aged Needing Direction in the Bronx. He also served as a staff associate with the New York City Board of Correction.
Arnone is co-author of Ernst & Young’s Retirement Planning Guide (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001). He is an Associate Editor of The Columbia Retirement Handbook (Columbia University Press, 1994). He co-chaired the Academy’s 2010 conference, “Beyond the Bad Economy” and chaired its advisory committee for Ford Foundation organizational awards to enable the voices of marginalized segments of the U.S. population to participate effectively in the debate on the future of Social Security.
He received a J.D. from New York University Law School in 1973. He was selected as one of the first Charles H. Revson Fellows on the Future of New York City by the Columbia University School of Business for 1979-1980.
Willam J. Arnone receives the Ball Award after a long history of leadership of the Academy — most recently as Chief Executive Officer, from 2017-2024. He was a Founding Board Member of the Academy and served on the Academy’s Board of Directors from 1986 to 1994. He also served as the Chair of the Academy’s Board of Directors from 2013 to 2016.
As a Partner with Ernst & Young LLP for 15 years up to 2009, he was responsible for the strategic positioning, design, management, marketing, and thought leadership of retirement and financial education and counseling in employer-sponsored programs. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, he was Principal, Benefit Consultant, and National Director of Financial & Retirement Planning Services for Buck Consultants, Inc. (now part of Xerox). He joined Buck in 1981 after serving as Director, Senior Security Services, for the New York City Department for the Aging. He also served as Consultant on Employment of Older Workers for the Florence V. Burden Foundation in New York. Prior to that, he served as Executive Director of Helping Aged Needing Direction in the Bronx. He also served as a staff associate with the New York City Board of Correction.
Arnone is co-author of Ernst & Young’s Retirement Planning Guide (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001). He is an Associate Editor of The Columbia Retirement Handbook (Columbia University Press, 1994). He co-chaired the Academy’s 2010 conference, “Beyond the Bad Economy” and chaired its advisory committee for Ford Foundation organizational awards to enable the voices of marginalized segments of the U.S. population to participate effectively in the debate on the future of Social Security.
He received a J.D. from New York University Law School in 1973. He was selected as one of the first Charles H. Revson Fellows on the Future of New York City by the Columbia University School of Business for 1979-1980.