Karen A. Jordan is a retired pension consultant with more than 40 years in the retirement plan business. Formerly, she was president and an owner of Alaska Pension Services, Ltd. (APS), a pension consulting firm in Anchorage, Alaska. Karen is a past president of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA), which is head- quartered in Arlington VA. With ASPPA, she earned the designations of Certified Pension Consultant, Qualified Pension Administrator and Qualified 401(k) Administrator. She was also an Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent under the IRS.
Locally, Jordan is a member of Anchorage East Rotary Club, the Alaska Athena Society, and serves on the board of the Wacky Women Golf Association. She has served on the Municipality of Anchorage Investment Advisory Commission and the board of directors of Girl Scouts of Alaska. She has also been a Leadership Anchorage Mentor, a founder of the Anchorage ERISA Forum, past president of the Anchorage Estate Planning Council, and has served on the board of directors of the Downtown Anchorage Association where she co-chaired the committee that raised funds to build the Anchorage Town Square.
Jordan grew up in Wayzata, Minnesota, and attended Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She taught high school mathematics at Wayzata High School and worked for seven years at William M. Mercer, Inc., in Minneapolis before moving to Alaska in 1979 with her husband Jim. Jim and Karen now split their time between Anchorage, Alaska, and Tucson, Arizona. Karen’s interests include music (playing the flute and piano), traveling with her husband Jim, skiing, yoga, swimming, golfing, and reading.
