Wayne Mendez has over 30 years of experience in the multiemployer industry. Prior to joining Rael & Letson in 2015, Wayne managed several multiemployer trust fund clients for a regional third party administrator before becoming a senior consultant for a global actuarial consulting firm with clients in the Western Region. He specializes in providing comprehensive consulting services to multiemployer and public sector health & welfare and retirement plan clients, which include such services as preparing budget projections, self-funded cost estimates, managed care studies, vendor renewal analyses, and compliance related initiatives. Wayne is an active member of the IFEBP and has spoken at the IFEBP conference, as well as on various retirement and health & welfare plan related topics to union groups and associations. He is a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) and graduated from San Jose State University with a B.S. in Finance.