Research Associate
Samita Thephasit is a Research Associate at the Employee Benefit Research Institute. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at Florida International University and is pursuing a Master of Business Analytics at William & Mary.
Before
joining EBRI, Samita was a financial advisor at a small advisory firm
where she played multiple roles including trader, assisting portfolio
managers, and financial planner. Samita started her finance career as an
enrollment advisor at VALIC, where she assisted teachers in Broward
County Public Schools in selecting their supplemental retirement plans.
During this time, Samita conducted numerous presentations on the Florida
Retirement System (FRS), providing insights into how defined
contribution and defined benefit plans can differently affect
teachers and other faculty members in their retirement plans.