Barbara Sanders is an actuarial educator and researcher. After spending eight years in pension consulting, Sanders joined Simon Fraser University where she’s an associate professor in the department of statistics and actuarial science. Her research is heavily influenced by her background in industry, exploring emerging issues in pension practice through both qualitative and quantitative lenses. Current interests include sustainability in occupational pension plans and the effective design, management and regulation of risk sharing in these arrangements. Sanders is actively involved in public policy discussions surrounding pensions: she chaired the Canadian Institute of Actuaries’ task force on target-benefit plans, is an associate fellow of the National Institute on Ageing at Ryerson University and a member of the C. D. Howe Institute’s pension policy council. Sanders holds a BSc in mathematics, an MSc in actuarial science and is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.