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); fax: (410) 468-1710
e-mail: sra@sra.state.md.us
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: F. Patrick Hughes, 2017; Linda A. Herman, 2021; Thomas M. Brandt, Jr., 2023; Eric D. Brotman, 2023; Michael J. Stafford, Jr., 2023; David B. Hamilton, Esq., 2024.

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: Sheila Hill, 2019; Jamaal R. A. Craddock, 2021.

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 M. Lochte, 2019; Douglas Prouty, 2021.

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:
Richard E. Norman, Acting Chair
David B. Hamilton, Esq.; F. Patrick Hughes; Theresa M. Lochte.

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

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

Trustee members appointed by Board of Trustees: David R. Brinkley; Eric D. Brotman; Jamaal R. A. Craddock; Peter V. R. Franchot; David B. Hamilton, Esq.; James M. Harkins; Linda A. Herman; Sheila Hill; Charles W. Johnson; Nancy K. Kopp; Theresa M. Lochte; Richard E. Norman.

Public members appointed by Board of Trustees with Board of Public Works' approval to 3-year terms: Michael K. Barry, 2019; Stephen M. Kitsoulis, 2020; Monte Tarbox, 2021.

OBJECTIVE CRITERIA COMMITTEE
Staff: Anne E. Gawthrop (410) 625-5602; e-mail: agawthrop@sra.state.md.us

Eric D. Brotman, Chair (chosen by Chair, Board of Trustees)

Appointed by Senate President: Andrew A. Serafini

Appointed by House Speaker: Brooke E. Lierman

Appointed by Senate President & House Speaker: Mary Miller

Appointed by Chair, Board of Trustees: Theresa M. Lochte

Ex officio: Nancy K. Kopp, State Treasurer; Marc L. Nicole, designee of Secretary of Budget & Management

SECURITIES LITIGATION COMMITTEE
Chosen by Board of Trustees:
David B. Hamilton, Esq., Chair
F. Patrick Hughes; James M. Harkins; Charles W. Johnson.

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