Marta J. Ward

Marta is the Administrative Manager for Ferenczy Benefits Law Center in Atlanta, Georgia and has been with the Firm for 13 years. She has been involved in employee benefits office administration with both law firms and “Big Five” accounting/tax firms since 1989, and has several years of prior experience in county tax offices, college teaching, and coaching. She has an extensive background in organization, administration, implementation, and working with senior executives from small local offices to national and global practices. Her experience includes serving as senior assistant to David M. Walker, managing partner for a global employee benefits and compensation practice, prior to his appointment as Comptroller General in charge of the U.S. General Accounting Office.

Marta served as senior editor of an annual, globally distributed, employee benefits and compensation book, as well as marketing collateral and external communication pieces prior to joining the Firm in 2007, and brings to the Firm her particular expertise in editing technical benefits material and client legal documents. She works closely with the issue authors and Ilene Ferenczy in editing and administering the quarterly Journal of Pension Benefits, as well as the annual updates of Ilene’s books. She also works with Ilene and the senior attorneys of the Firm in managing and coordinating their extensive speaking and webcast engagements.