NAGDCA Elects 2009-2010 Board

September 25, 2009

National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            September 25, 2009

 

CONTACT:          Tracy Tucker

Phone: (859) 514-9210 Direct                Fax: (859) 514-9166
E-mail: ttucker@amrms.com, info@nagdca.org, website: www.nagdca.org

 

 

NAGDCA Elects 2009 – 2010 Executive Board

LEXINGTON, KY – The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc. (NAGDCA) elected its 2009 – 2010 governing officers and members-at-large at the organization's annual conference held September 12-16, 2009 in Austin, TX.  Elected to the Executive Board were:

President                               Ed Lilly, Executive Director of the Deferred Compensation Plan, State of New York

Vice President                      Gay Lynn Bath, Oregon Savings Growth Program Manager, State of Oregon

Secretary/Treasurer             Julia Durand, Pension2 Administrator, California State Teachers' Retirement System

Member-at-Large                 Tom Mueller, Chief Accountant, Sanitation Districts of L.A. County, California

Member-at-Large                 Eric Sanderson, Defined Contribution Plan Manager, Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

Past President                      Alex Turner, Assistant Attorney General, Arizona Attorney General's Office 

Industry President                Kurt Walten, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts®

 

Janet Kendall, ING, will also participate on the Board as an industry observer.  Janet was the 2008-2009 Industry President.  Those serving on the Executive Board represent the diversity of the NAGDCA membership and bring varying perspectives that will propel the association toward achieving its goals.

 

 “The opportunity to further NAGDCA's goals in 2009 and 2010 with this particular group of professionals is an honor,” says Ed Lilly, NAGDCA President.  “NAGDCA has established aggressive strategic goals for the next year and beyond, so that employees of state and local governments continue to have opportunities to enhance their retirement.“

 

NAGDCA is the country's leading organization of defined contribution retirement plan administrators and financial service providers.  It represents nearly every state deferred compensation plan, as well as numerous other governmental and public sector defined contribution plans, and over 150 companies in the financial services industry.  Its mission is to focus on retirement planning for public sector employees participating in 457(b), 403(b), 401(a) and 401(k) retirement plans.