Board of Trustees

Term: August 1, 2021—July 31, 2025

• Member, Administrative Committee
• Member, Audit Committee

Jamaal R. A. Craddock, a ten-year veteran of the Department of Juvenile Services, was elected by active and retired members of the Employees’ Systems to represent their interests on the Board of Trustees.

Term: August 1, 2023—July 31, 2027

• Member, Administrative Committee
• Member, Compensation and Staffing Committee

Ayana K. English-Brown was elected to the Board of Trustees by active and retired members of the Teachers’ Retirement and Pension System of Maryland.

Term: August 1, 2023—July 31, 2027

• Vice-Chair, Corporate Governance and Securities Litigation Committee
• Member, Investment Committee
• Member, Compensation and Staffing Committee

Sheila Hill started her career as a state employee in 1987 with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as a Correctional Officer. She served as president of AFSCME Local 1319 at the Patuxent Institution from 1997 until her retirement in 2012. Ms. Hill also served on the Executive Board of AFSCME Maryland and chaired the Maryland AFSCME Corrections Steering Committee. Throughout her career she represented employee concerns about compensation, staffing and benefits before the General Assembly.

Term: August 1, 2022—July 31, 2026

• Chair, Administrative Committee
• Member, Audit Committee
• Member, Investment Committee
• Member, Compensation and Staffing Committee

Richard E. Norman retired at the rank of Captain from the Maryland State Police after 28 years of service. Mr. Norman joined the Maryland State Police in January 1977 and after graduation worked as a uniformed road patrol officer for two years. He then worked as a criminal investigator for the next 18 years specializing in narcotics, white collar crime and child abuse investigations. Mr. Norman also served as the Assistant Commander of the Rockville Barrack for three years. In 1994 he became a licensed Certified Public Accountant and was assigned to the Budget and Finance Section, overseeing the department’s budget. Mr. Norman spent approximately six years as the Commander of the Budget and Finance Section of the Maryland State Police.

Term: August 1, 2021—July 31, 2025

• Chair, Corporate Governance and Securities Litigation Committee
• Member, Investment Committee

Douglas Prouty was elected by members and retirees of the Teachers’ Systems. An English teacher at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Mr. Prouty has taught in Montgomery County Public Schools for more than two decades. In addition to serving as the county’s Career Lattice Coordinator he is an at-large member of the Board of Directors for the Maryland State Education Association. He also served as President of the Montgomery County Education Association from 2009 to 2015.

Term: July 1, 2023—June 30, 2027

• Member, Investment Committee

Tarrus Richardson is a gubernatorial appointee to the Board.

Trustee Richardson is the founder and CEO of IMB which was started in 2010. He has 25 years of private equity experience, has invested over $500 million of capital and completed over 20 platform buyouts and add-on acquisitions.