Sara Vipond

Sara Vipond is a Senior Associate with Mercer’s Wealth group in Minneapolis, supporting the US Defined Contribution and Financial Wellbeing (DCFW) Research team as a subject matter expert and project manager.

She began her career as an actuarial analyst before making the switch to focus on DCFW. Since 2017 Sara has worked with medium and large market clients on financial wellness strategy and vendor selection, as well as defined contribution plan analysis and research. Since January 2024, Sara has chaired the EBRI Financial Wellbeing Research Center.

Sara has a bachelor of business administration degree in Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Business Statistics from the University of Wisconsin.