Bill Custer

Custer is an expert in the areas of employee benefits, health care financing and health insurance.

Prior to joining the college in 1995, he ran his own research firm in Washington , D.C. Custer also has been the director of research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) in D.C., as well as serving as an economist in the Center for Health Policy Research at the American Medical Association. He authored numerous articles and studies on the health care delivery system, insurance, retirement income security, and employee benefits.

Custer is the director of the Center for Health Services Research and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Risk Management and Insurance.