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ALASKA

Paul Burns
Board Trustee
Anchorage Police and Fire Retirement System

Richard Dworsky
Director
Municipality of Anchorage, Office of Federal and State Grants

John Gentile
Board Trustee
Anchorage Police and Fire Retirement System

ARKANSAS

Christa S. Clark, Esq.

Legal Counsel
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System

David R. Malone
Executive Director
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System

ARIZONA

Elliott Weiss

Professor of Law
University of Arizona Rogers College of Law

CALIFORNIA

Neil Baker, Esq.

Deputy County Counsel
Sonoma County

Al Beimfohr
Partner
Knightsbridge Asset Management

Charnel Benner
Trustee
Marin County Employees' Retirement Association

Tim Callahan
Federated Retirement Board Member
City of San Jose

Keith Carson
Trustee
Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association

Patrick Faulkner, Esq.
County Counsel
Marin County Employees' Retirement Association

Johanna M. Fontenot, Esq.
Senior Staff Counsel
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association

Maya Gladstern
Trustee
Marin County Employees' Retirement Association

Carlos Gonzalez
Secretary
San Diego County Employees' Retirement Association

Allen Haim, Esq.
Marin County Counsel's Office (retired)

Sheila M. Jacobs, Esq.
Associate Counsel
San Diego County Employees Retirement System

Milbrey "Casey" Jones
Trustee
Marin County Retirement Board

Gary Kovacovich
Trustee
Sonoma County Employees' Retirement Association

Mike Laven
Consultant
Canterbury Consulting

David Muir, Esq.
General Counsel
Legal Services Division
Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Association

John G. Prichard, CFA
Principal and Portfolio Manager
Knightsbridge Asset Management

Simon S. Russin
General Member, Board of Retirement
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association

Herman Santos
Trustee
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association

Michael Schneider
Trustee
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association

Darryl Walker
Trustee
Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association

Sandy White
Trustee
Marin County Employees' Retirement Association

Mike Yoshimoto
Trustee
San Jose Federated Retirement Plan

COLORADO

Victoria A. Halliday, Esq.
General Counsel
Denver Employees Retirement Plan

Lyle Hesalroad
Trustee
Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado

Irving Hook
Chairman
Denver Employees Retirement Plan

Richard Lansford
Trustee
Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association

Kevin Lindahl, Esq.
General Counsel
Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado

Edward Lujan, Jr.
Trustee
Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado

Gregory W. Smith, Esq.
General Counsel
Legal Support Services Division
Public Employees' Retirement Association of Colorado

Kay Speer
Secretary, Board of Trustees
Denver Public Schools Retirement System

Brad Williams
Senior Vice President, Director of Institutional Sales Meridian Investment Management

CONNECTICUT

Denise E. Aguilera, Esq.
General Counsel
City of Hartford Retirement System

Jerome I. Baron
Director of Finance
City of Bridgeport Police & Firefighters' Pension Plans

Rob Hamilton
Vice President, Director of Public Funds
GE Asset Management

Susan M. Mangiero, Ph.D.
Managing Member
BVA, LLC


FLORIDA

Bill Bishop
Miami Police Relief and Pension

Allan Curry
Trustee
City of Ft. Lauderdale Police and Fire Retirement System

Dennis Hole
Trustee
City of Ft. Lauderdale Police and Fire Retirement System

John Keane
Administrator
Jacksonville Police & Fire Pension Fund

Robert D. Klausner, Esq.
Klausner & Kaufman, P.A.

Ronald Miller
Finance Administrator/Vice Chairman
City of Pinellas Park Police Officers' Pension Board

Douglas Rice, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General
Miami Dade County Attorney's Office

Horace ("Doc") Schow II, Esq.
General Counsel
Florida State Board of Administration (former)

Ronald A. Silver, Esq.
General Counsel
Miami General Employees' & Sanitation Employees' Retirement Trust

Lynn Wenguer
Plan Administrator
City of Ft. Lauderdale Police and Fire Pension

Martin L. Zirk
Chairman
Miami Police Relief and Pension Fund

GEORGIA

Pitts Carr, Esq.
Partner
Carr, Tabb, Pope & Freeman, LLP

Render Freeman, Esq.
Carr, Tabb, Pope & Freeman, LLP

Michael B. Lisenby, Esq.
Vice President, Private Placement-Legal
ING Investment Management Americas (Atlanta)

Kenneth Stevens
Co-Chairman
City of Atlanta General Employees Pension Board

ILLINOIS

Marcellus Barnes

CTA Employees Pension Plan

Peter Brejnak
Trustee, Municipal Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

Joseph M. Burns, Esq.
Partner
Jacobs, Burns, Orlove, Stanton & Hernandez (Chicago)

James Capasso, Jr.
Executive Director
Laborers' and Retirement Board
Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

William K. Cavanagh
Cavanagh & O'Hara

John Doerrer
Kaizen Inc.

Laleen Doerrer
Mesirow Financial (Chicago)

Ruth Donahue
Consultant
Segal Advisors, Inc. (Chicago)

John J. Gallagher, Jr.
Assistant Comptroller
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund, City of Chicago

John V. Kallianis
Executive Director
Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees

Walter Knorr
Chief Financial Officer
City of Chicago (former)

Brian Lawlor
Trustee
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees' Union (Chicago)

Charles (Chuck) V. Lo Verde III
Vice-President/Field Representative, Water Pipe Extension
Bureau of Engineering Laborers' Local Union 1092

Joseph Malatesta
Trustee
Municipal Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

Tariq Malhance
Comptroller
City of Chicago
Trustee of several annuity and benefit funds of Chicago

Roger McMahon
Trustee
Laborers' and Retirement Board Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

James E. Mohler
Senior Investment Manager
Municipal Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

Michael J. Nehf
Executive Director
Public School Teachers' Pension & Retirement Fund of Chicago

The Honorable Judith Rice
Treasurer
City of Chicago
Laborers' and Retirement Board Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

Phoebe S. Selden
City Comptroller
City of Chicago, Department of Finance (former)

Terrance R. Stefanski
Executive Director
Municipal Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

LOUISIANA

The Honorable Lambert Boissiere, Jr.
State Senator
District 3, State of Louisiana (former)

Virginia Burton
Chairman
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System

Connie Carlton
Trustee
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System

Glenda Chambers
Executive Director
National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA)

Betty Crain
Board Member
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System

Jerome D. Davis
Chairman
New Orleans Employees' Retirement System

Henry Dean
Trustee
Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System

Angela De Jean, Esq.
Retirement Committee, Louisiana State Senate

Jeffrey Faulk
Board Member
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System

E.J. Fredricks
Trustee
Fire Fighters' Pension and Relief Fund for the City of New Orleans

Richard Hampton
Secretary Treasurer
Fire Fighters' Pension and Relief Fund for the City of New Orleans

Robert Hecker
Chairman
New Orleans Harbor Police Pension Fund

Michael D. Hemphill
Chairman
Louisiana Firefighters' Retirement System (former)

Betty Jacobs
Trustee
Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System

John Kennedy
Louisiana State Treasurer
Louisiana Department of Treasury

Darryl Klumpp
Trustee
Fire Fighters' Pension and Relief Fund for the City of New Orleans

Lyn Ledbetter
Executive Director
Council of the Louisiana Teacher
s

Warren Ponder
Trustee
Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System

William T. ("Tommy") Reeves, Esq.
General Counsel
Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana

Thomas A. Robichaux
City of New Orleans Retirement System

R. Randall Roche, Esq.
General Counsel
Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System

Joe Seymour
Chairman
Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System

Kevin Torres, Esq.
(
Former) General Counsel 
Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System

Warner Tureaud
Chair, Investment Committee
New Orleans Harbor Police Pension Fund

MAINE

Andrew Ketterer, Esq.
Partner
Alsop, Mohlar & Ketterer

MARYLAND

Bruce Carton
Executive Director
Securities Class Action Services (former)

Don Hubbard
Independent Consultant in WorldCom and HealthSouth Investor Class Actions

MASSACHUSETTS

Kevin J. Finnerty
Treasurer of Bristol County

Thomas A. Hickey III, Esq.
Hill and Barlow (Boston)

James T. Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer
Lowell Retirement Board

Laurie Knapp, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Mellon Asset Management

Stephen O'Brien
Executive Vice President
David L. Babson & Co., Inc. (Cambridge)

Sean P. O'Neil
Senior Vice President
The Boston Company Asset Management

John J. Perkins
Chairman
International Insurance Group Ltd.

Steve Wentzell
City of Worcester, Massachusetts Retirement System

MICHIGAN

Cynthia Billings, Esq.
Sullivan, Ward, Asher & Patton, P.C.

Dennis Cawthorne, Esq.
Kelley Cawthorne

Attorneys and Governmental Affairs Counselors

Roger Cheek
Trustee
Detroit Police and Fire

William Fairweather
Trustee
Policemen & Firemen Retirement System of the City of Detroit

Mike Gaynier
Trustee
City of Monroe Employees Association

Johnny Golden
Trustee
Policemen & Firemen Retirement System of the City of Detroit

Ronald Gracia
Trustee
General Retirement System of the City of Detroit

Robert Hamilton
City of Monroe Pension System (retired)

James R. Kansier
Chairman
City of Monroe Employee Retirement System

Sheila Wade Kneeshaw
Trustee
Detroit General Retirement Systems

Raymond Koslowski
Board Member
Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan

Joseph S. Lybik
Director
Personnel and Labor Relations
City of Monroe

Thomas Michaud, Esq.
Michael Moco, Esq.
Michael J. VanOverbeke, Esq.

VanOverbeke, Michaud & Timmony
General Counsel, Michigan Association of Public Employees Retirement Systems (MAPERS) and numerous Michigan public pension systems

Michael Nevin
Trustee
General Retirement System of the City of Detroit

Andrew Pinchoff
Trustee
City of Monroe Employees Association

Thomas Sheehan
Chairman
General Retirement System of the City of Detroit

Sandra Studzinsky
Trustee
General Retirement System of the City of Detroit

Ellen Zimmerman
Retirement System Administrator
City of Pontiac Retirement System

 

MINNESOTA

Lawrence J. Field, Esq.
Leonard, Street and Deinard

MISSOURI

Rex M. Burlison, Esq.
Chief Counsel, Eastern District
Office of Missouri Attorney General

Jack Gaffigan
Trustee
Police Retirement System of St. Louis

Thomas Neske
Trustee
Police Retirement System of St. Louis

Joseph E. Ponder
Trustee
Police Retirement System of St. Louis

Richard Stensrud, Esq.
General Counsel
Public School Retirement System of Missouri

NEBRASKA

The Honorable Jon Bruning
Attorney General
State of Nebraska

Matt McNair, Esq.
Chief Deputy Attorney General
State of Nebraska

NEVADA

Will Keating
Executive Director, National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA) (former)

NEW JERSEY

Brent Glading
Managing Director
Glading Group

Jack Horner
Senior Vice President
Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (Newark) (former)

Andrew Irving
Independent Fiduciary Services, Inc.

Carol G. Jacobson, Esq.
Senior Deputy Attorney General
State of New Jersey

Victoria Manning, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General
State of New Jersey

Frank Spencer
Administrative Manager
Carpenters' Fund New Jersey

Ken Williams
Glading Group

Ted Yarnell
Vice President and General Manager, Americas
Asset4 AG

NEW MEXICO

Cynthia Borrego
Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico

NEW YORK

Spencer Baretz
Hellerman-Baretz Communications LLC

Carole Berger
Managing Director
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, Inc.

Richard Erin Caddell
Blaylock & Partners

Thomas J. Cavanaugh
Buck Consultants
National Director Governmental Consulting Services (New York City)

Leslie Conason, Esq.
Law Department of the City of New York
Corporation Counsel's Office

Robert Fleisher
Member
RTF Solutions LLC

Diane Foody, Esq.
Associate Attorney
New York State Comptroller's Office

William J. Forgione, Esq.
Vice President and Chief Counsel
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, Inc.

Patrice A. Gallagher
Vice President
Advent Capital Management (New York City)

Shandarese Garr
Assistant Vice President, Operations
The Garden City Group, Inc.

Ron Geffner, Esq.
Partner
Sadis & Goldberg LLC

Robyn Griffin
Vice President
Law Firm Banking Group Citizens Bank

Barton T. Jones
Vice President
The Church Pension Fund

Gregory P. Joseph, Esq.
Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices LLC

Alan Lebowitz, Esq.
General Counsel
Office of the State Comptroller

Jonathan Lerner, Esq.
Chairman, Litigation Department of the New York Office
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Maureen Madden, Esq.
Associate Attorney
New York State Comptroller's Office

Karen Mazza, Esq.
General Counsel
New York City Employees' Retirement System

James Newman
Institutional Shareholder Services

Maurice Peaslee, Esq.
Associate Counsel
Office of the State Comptroller

John Quinones, Esq.
Senior Counsel
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, Inc.

Deborah Richards, Esq.
Associate Attorney
Office of the State Comptroller

Linda Scott, Esq.
Director of Investor Affairs
New York State Common Retirement Fund (former)

Charles H. Stamm, Esq.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, College Retirement Equities Fund

Phyllis Taylor, Esq.
New York City Deputy Comptroller for Legal Affairs

Joyce Theobalds, Esq.
Associate Counsel
NYC, Office of the Comptroller
Comptroller of the City of New York

Karen Unger
Senior Vice President
Citizens Bank

Abe Wellington
Opal Financial Group, Inc. (New York City)

Neil Zola
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
The Garden City Group, Inc.

NORTH CAROLINA

Lisa Schneider
Director of Policy and Corporate Governance
North Carolina Department of State Treasurer

OHIO

Nicholas B. Coenen
J.B. Hamlin and Company (Columbus)
Government Relations and Consulting

John Hamlin
J.B. Hamlin and Company (Columbus)
Government Relations and Consulting

Timothy Hyland
Trustee
Archdiocese of Cleveland Pension Plan

Donald Loftus
Trustee
UA Local 487

John Richards
Chairman
Nalco Chemical, Inc.

OREGON

Jennifer Peet
Contracts and Corporate Governance Officer
Office of the Oregon State Treasurer

PENNSYLVANIA

Harold E. Dunbar, Esq.
Chief Counsel
Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System (former)

Carolyn S. Fry
Mellon Financial Corporation

Chris Ritchie
Senior Vice President
Citizens Bank

Rand Siegel
Vice President
Citizens Bank

Shelley Smith
Chief Deputy
City Solicitor for Affirmative Litigation
City of Philadelphia

RHODE ISLAND

Jeff Britt
Committee Member
State Investment Commission, Rhode Island

Xaykham Khamsyvoravong
Manager
Caprio for General Treasurer

TEXAS

Thomas R. Ajamie, Esq.
Ajamie LLP

Jerry A. Besselman
Trustee
Houston Firefighters Relief & Retirement Fund

William Blythe
Executive Director
Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems and President of the Scholarship, Research & Education Foundation

Paul R. Brown
Chairman
Big Spring Firemen's Relief & Retirement Fund

Michael Bunn
Director
Institute for Pensions Funds, The National Society of Pension Professionals (Houston)

Christina Cannella
Investment Analyst
San Antonio Fire and Police Pension Fund

Curtis Creed
Trustee
San Antonio Fire and Police Pension Fund

Everard Davenport, Esq.
General Counsel
Dallas Police & Fire Pension System

John D. Davis III
Board Trustee
El Paso Fire & Police Pension Fund

Larry Eddington
West AM (Garland)

Captain Harry Griffin
Trustee
San Antonio Police Department

Fred Holmes
Chairman
Houston Municipal Employees' Pension System

Ray Kennedy
Vice Chairman
Houston Municipal Employees' Pension System

Gary B. Lawson, Esq.
Lawson & Fields, McCue, Lee & Campbell (Addison)

David Long
Executive Director
Houston Municipal Employees' Pension System

Al Luna
Trustee
Houston Municipal Employees' Pension System

Michael Lynn, Esq.
Partner
Lynn Stodghill Melsheimer & Tillotson

Sherry Mose
Trustee
Houston Municipal Employees' Pension System

Jonathan Needle, Esq.
General Counsel
Houston Firefighters' Relief and Retirement Fund

Roderick J. Newman
Trustee
Houston Municipal Employees' Pension System

Max Patterson
Executive Director
Houston Firefighters' Relief and Retirement Fund

John W. Peavy III, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
Teacher Retirement System of Texas (Austin) (former)

Erin Perales, Esq.
General Counsel
Houston Municipal Employees' Retirement System

Randy Stalnaker
Trustee
City of Dallas Employees' Retirement Fund

Teddy Stewart
Trustee
Fire and Police Pension Fund, San Antonio

Dwight L. Walker
Marketing and Client Services Specialist
W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., L.L.C. (Rockwall)

VIRGINIA

Stephanie Hamlett, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General
State of Virginia, Virginia Retirement System

Bruce Kallos
Chief Executive Officer
Arlington County, Virginia Employees' Retirement System

James B. Whittaker, Ph.D.
President
The Whittaker Group

WASHINGTON

Kelly Fox
President
Washington State Council of Fire Fighters

Greg Markley
Secretary-Treasurer
Washington State Council of Fire Fighters

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jay Bixby
President, National Conference on Public Employee Retirements Systems (NCPERS)

Lyle Blanchard
D.C. Retirement Board

Marcia Bove
U.S. Dept. of Labor

Karen Cordry, Esq.
National Association of Attorney Generals

Jeanna M. Cullins, Esq.
Independent Fiduciary Services, Inc.
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Bruce Gamble, Esq.
General Counsel
Washington DC Retirement Board

Brian M. Hechinger
Vice President, Investments
The Union Labor Life Insurance Co
.

Betty Ann Kane
Trustee
District of Columbia Retirement Board

Julius Terrell, Esq.
General Counsel
D.C. Retirement Board

Christopher Toth, Esq.
Deputy Director
National Association of Attorney Generals

Michael Zucker
Assistant Director, Department of Research and Collective Bargaining Services
Office of Corporate Affairs and Strategic Research
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO

WISCONSIN

Sandra Botcher
Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co.

Jane Hamblen, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General
Wisconsin Department of Justice

Dexter Johnson, Esq.
Mallon & Johnson
State of Wisconsin Investment Board (Outside Counsel)

Terri Jo Saarela
Investor Responsibility Program Manager
State of Wisconsin Investment Board

CANADA

Claude Bergeron, Esq.
Senior Vice-President, Legal Affairs
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec

Charles E. Coupal
Corporate Governance,
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Jeff Davis, Esq.
Legal Counsel, Securities
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Murray Gold
Barristers and Solicitors
Koskie Minsky LLP

In Ha Jang, Esq.
Legal Counsel, Investments
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board

Peter J. Jervis
Partner
Lerners LLP

Ian Leach, Esq.
Partner
Lerners LLP

Michael Padfield, Esq.
Legal Counsel, Investments
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Susan Philpott, Esq.
Partner
Koskie Minsky LLP

Douglas M. Worndl, Esq.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

GERMANY

Ralf Brenner
Activest Investment

Katja Gutowski
Correspondent
Germany's Business Weekly

Simone Lang, Esq.
Legal Department
Union Asset Management Holding AG

GUAM

Wilfred P. Leon Guerrero
Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees
Government of Guam Retirement Fund

POLAND

Professor Wiktor Askanas
Chairman, Supervisory Board
PZU Zlota Jesiel

PUERTO RICO

Rafael Marcano Davila, Esq.
Director, Legal Division
Puerto Rico Teachers' Retirement System

Miguel Rodriguez, Eqsq.
Legal Advisor
Puerto Rico Teachers' Retirement System

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