Douglas Waite

Managing Partner

Miller Kaplan

THE LATEST: In January, Miller Kaplan acquired Citadel Information Group Inc., a Los Angeles-based company that provides information security management services to businesses and the nonprofit community. Last year, Waite oversaw Miller Kaplan&s rebranding, which put a new emphasis on the company's philosophy of "listen, then advise." The company has 32 partners, approximately 200 associates and six locations.

BACKGROUND: Waite has more than 35 years of experience with employee benefit plans, and he has spent the majority of his career at Miller Kaplan. Waite oversees many of the firm's operational audits and special studies, such as determining cost allocation among grouped benefit plans. He is a board member for the Southern California Association of Benefit Plan Administrators and a former chairman of the Accountants Committee of the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans. He serves on the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Los Angeles East Valley. Waite received an MBA from Pepperdine University.

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