Organizational Structure
Organizational Structure
Board of Trustees
Peter Franchot
Comptroller of the Treasury, Chair
Dereck E. Davis
State Treasurer, Vice-Chair
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms
- Linda Vaughn Allen, 2018-2022
- Thomas M. Brandt, 2019-2023
- James P. Daly, Jr., 2021-2025
- Michael J. Stafford, Jr. 2019-2023
- Matthew Wyskiel, 2020-2024
- Vacant, 2019-2023
- Vacant, 2021-2025
Elected by members and beneficiaries of the Employees’ Retirement and Pension Systems
- Jamaal R. A. Craddock, 2021-2025
- Sheila Hill, 2019-2023
Elected by members and beneficiaries of the State Police Retirement System
- Richard E. Norman, 2018-2022
Elected by members and beneficiaries of the Teachers’ Retirement and Pension Systems
- Kenneth B. Haines, 2019-2023
- Douglas Prouty, 2021-2025
Ex officio
- Peter Franchot, Comptroller of the Treasury
- Dereck E. Davis, Treasurer
- David R. Brinkley, Secretary of Budget and Management
Legal Counsel
Rachel S. Cohen, Principal Counsel, OAG
Investment Committee
Chosen by the Board of Trustees
- Michael J. Stafford, Jr., Chair
- David R. Brinkley, Vice-Chair
- James P. Daly, Jr.
- Dereck Davis
- Peter Franchot
- Sheila Hill
- Richard E. Norman
- Douglas Prouty
- Public members appointed to three-year terms by the Board,
with approval by the Board of Public Works
- Michael K. Barry, July 1, 2019-June 30, 2022
- Anne L. Shelton, July 1, 2020-June 30, 2023
- Monte Tarbox, July 1, 2021-June 30, 2024
Audit Committee
Chosen by the Board
- Richard E. Norman, Chair
- Thomas M. Brandt, Vice-Chair
- Linda Vaughn Allen
- Jamaal R. A. Craddock
- Kenneth Haines
Administrative Committee
Chosen by the Board
- Kenneth B. Haines, Chair
- Richard E. Norman, Vice-Chair
- Linda Vaughn Allen
- Thomas M. Brandt
- David R. Brinkley
- Jamaal R. A. Craddock
- Dereck Davis
Corporate Governance and Securities Litigation Committee
Chosen by the Board
- Douglas Prouty, Chair
- Sheila Hill, Vice-Chair
- David R. Brinkley
- Thomas M. Brandt
- James P. Daly, Jr.
State Retirement Agency
Martin Noven, Executive Director
Internal Audit
David Rongione, CFE, CRMA, Chief Internal Auditor
Business Operations Office
Chandra Puranam, Project Business Sponsor
External Affairs
- Michael D. Golden, Director
- Anne E. Gawthrop, Esq., Director of Legislative Affairs
Finance Division
- Melody L. Countess, CPA, Chief Operating Officer
- Patricia Fitzhugh, Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Budget and Contracts
Van Lewis, Director
General Accounting
Delores Mitchell, Director
Fiscal Accounting
Ajibola Akintola, Director
Office Services
Lawrence Banks, Director
Information Systems
- Robert Diehl, Chief Information Systems Officer
- Thomas Montanye, Deputy Chief Information Systems Officer
Pension Systems Operation
Vincent Johnson, Director
Network Operations
H. “Joe” Puller, Director
Systems Development
Vacant, Director
Information Systems Security and Quality
David S. Toft, Sr., CISSP, Director
Investment Division
Andrew C. Palmer, CFA, Chief Investment Officer
Robert Burd, CFA, Deputy Chief Investment Officer
- David Ferguson, CFA, Managing Director
- Dimitri Grechenko, CFA, Managing Director
- Danita Johnson, Managing Director
- Larry P. Katsafanas, CFA, Managing Director
- Gregory Kasten, CFA, Managing Director
- Gregory Ricci, CPA, Managing Director
Retirement Administration Division
Kenneth M. Reott, Retirement Administrator
Administration
- Kimberly O’Keeffe, Deputy Retirement Administrator
- Megan Myers, Deputy Retirement Administrator
Special Projects
- Vacant, Director
Member Services and Counseling
- Charelle Saunders, McClelland, Director
- Gwendolyn Mulcahy, Deputy Director
Benefits Processing
- Charles D. So, Director
- Carla Foster, Deputy Director
Data Control
- Leshia Cornish-Covington, Director
- Princess Tillman, Deputy Director