Christopher Brockmeyer    

 

Christopher Brockmeyer has been the Director of Employee Benefit Funds for the Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway theatre industry, since 2007.  Chris acts as an employer-appointed trustee and/or Co-Chairman on 11 multi-employer union pension funds, 9 health funds and 4 annuity/401(k) funds to which Broadway League members contribute.

 

Working with fellow trustees, fund managers, investment advisers, consultants, legal counsel and others, Chris oversees the administration, investment and management of nearly $5 Billion in assets for more than 120,000 current or future retirees in the entertainment industry.  The health and welfare funds on which he serves hold more than $230 Million in assets, providing health care coverage for 24,000 entertainment industry employees plus their dependents.

 

Chris serves on the Board of Directors of the National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans (NCCMP), a non-partisan organization based in Washington, DC dedicated to the advocacy of multiemployer plans through communication with government officials and members of Congress.  He is also a participant in ongoing discussions regarding pension legislation reform to replace the existing Pension Protection Act of 2006.

 

Before arriving at the Broadway League, Chris served for 7 years as the Director of Labor Relations for Live Nation, administering all labor relations activities for the Company’s 100+ North American venues, its music promoting business, its theatre presenting operations and its role as a commercial theatre producer.  Previously, Chris spent nearly 8 years working for the performers’ unions, Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).

 

Chris received his B.A. (Philosophy and History) from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his M.A. (Philosophy) from the New School in New York City. In addition to his work in the entertainment industry, Chris served a four-year term as a Councilman for the Town of North Salem in Westchester County, New York.