STATE RETIREMENT & PENSION SYSTEM

Board Minutes

[photo, 120 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland]

R. Dean Kenderdine, Executive Director, State Retirement Agency

120 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 1600
(410) 625-5555; 1-800-492-5909 (toll free)
e-mail: sra@sra.state.md.us
fax: (410) 468-1710
tdd/tty: (410) 625-5535
web: www.sra.state.md.us/

120 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


Agencies	Budget	Historical Evolution	Organizational Chart


Organizational Structure	Origin & Functions	Reports

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

STATE RETIREMENT & PENSION SYSTEM
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Nancy K. Kopp, State Treasurer, Chair (chosen by Board in June, 1-year term)
Peter V. R. Franchot, Comptroller of Maryland, Vice-Chair (chosen by Board in June, 1-year term)

Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms: David S. Blitzstein, 2016; Linda A. Herman, 2017; F. Patrick Hughes, 2017; Eric D. Brotman, 2019; James C. (Chip) DiPaula, Jr., 2019; Charles W. Johnson, 2019.

Appointed by Governor to 4-year term (representing interests of participating subdivisions): James M. Harkins, 2014.

Elected by Employees' Retirement & Pension Systems' members & beneficiaries to 4-year terms: James A. Bush, Jr., 2017; Sheila Hill, 2019.

Elected by State Police Retirement System's members & beneficiaries to 4-year term: Richard E. Norman, 2018.

Elected by Teachers' Retirement & Pension Systems' members & beneficiaries to 4-year terms: Theresa Lochte, 2015; Kenneth B. Haines, 2017.

Ex officio: Peter V. R. Franchot, Comptroller of Maryland; Nancy K. Kopp, State Treasurer; David R. Brinkley, Secretary of Budget & Management.

120 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland, August 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

Chosen by Board of Trustees:

Chair

AUDIT COMMITTEE
Chosen by Board of Trustees:
F. Patrick Hughes, Chair
James A. Bush, Jr.; James C. (Chip) DiPaula, Jr.; Kenneth B. Haines; Richard E. Norman.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Chosen by Board of Trustees:
David S. Blitzstein, Chair
David R. Brinkley; Eric D. Brotman; James M. Harkins; Sheila Hill; Charles W. Johnson; Nancy K. Kopp; Theresa Lochte.

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
F. Patrick Hughes, Chair (chosen by Board of Trustees)

Trustee members appointed by Board of Trustees: David S. Blitzstein; David R. Brinkley; Eric D. Brotman; James A. Bush, Jr.; James C. (Chip) DiPaula, Jr.; Peter V. R. Franchot; Kenneth B. Haines; James M. Harkins; Linda A. Herman; Sheila Hill; Nancy K. Kopp; Theresa Lochte; Richard E. Norman.

Public members appointed by Board of Trustees with Board of Public Works' approval to 3-year terms: Brian B. Topping, 2016; Stefan Strein, 2017; Larry E. Jennings, Jr., 2018.

SECURITIES LITIGATION COMMITTEE
Chosen by Board of Trustees:
David R. Brinkley, Chair
F. Patrick Hughes; Harold Zirkin.

COUNSEL
Rachel S. Cohen, Principal Counsel (410) 625-5684
e-mail: rcohen@sra.state.md.us