NAGDCA Announces 2007 Leadership Recognition Award Recipients
July 30, 2007
LEXINGTON, KY -- The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc. (NAGDCA) today announced the recipients of its 2007 Leadership Recognition Awards. The Recognition Awards honor excellence and innovation in retirement plan design, administration and/or effective communication methods in government defined contribution plans.
The 2007 Leadership Recognition Award recipients are:
Alaska Division of Retirement and Benefits
BART Investment Plans Committee
City and County of Honolulu
City of Austin
City of Austin Deferred Compensation Program
City of Houston 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
City of Phoenix Employees' Deferred Compensation Plan
City of San Jose
City of St. Louis Deferred Compensation Committee
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Commonwealth of Virginia Defined Contribution Plans
County of Los Angeles
County of San Bernardino
County of San Diego Deferred Compensation Program
County of Santa Cruz, CA
County of Ventura Deferred Compensation Program
Great-West Retirement Services
Gwinnett County
Johnson County, Kansas
King County Employees Deferred Compensation Plan
Maryland Supplemental Retirement Plans
Multnomah County, Oregon
New Jersey State
New York State Deferred Compensation Plan
Ohio Deferred Compensation
Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico
San Francisco Deferred Compensation Plan
Sheriff's Office of Orange County, Florida
State Board of Administration of Florida
State of Colorado
State of Florida Division of Treasury, Bureau of Deferred Compensation
State of North Carolina
State of North Carolina Deferred Compensation Plan
Suffolk County Public Employees Deferred Compensation Board
Texa$aver Program
The City of New York
The Milwaukee County Deferred Compensation Plan
The State of Alabama Deferred Compensation Plan
The State of Idaho
Wisconsin Deferred Compensation Program
WY Retirement System Deferred Compensation Plan
To qualify for this prestigious award the projects must have begun on or after January 1, 2005, and demonstrate innovative and/or outstanding achievements.
'The projects submitted by this year's award winners dealt with a broad spectrum of administrative and communicative issues,' said Ralph Marsh, NAGDCA President. 'These projects showcase cutting-edge approaches to the administration of defined contribution plans. Recipients of the annual leadership recognition awards are the 'plans to watch'. Networking with peers to share information about plan administration is NAGDCA's primary focus and what better way to provide this opportunity than to recognize the quality plans at our annual conference. NAGDCA congratulates the award recipients for their hard work.'
The 2007 Leadership Recognition Awards will be presented to recipients during NAGDCA's annual conference in Indian Wells, California, September 15-19, 2007.
NAGDCA's mission is to unite representatives from state and local governments along with private sector organizations that service and support governmental defined contribution plans. NAGDCA provides an environment to foster growth in professional development of its members through networking with peers, educational opportunities and information sharing that includes comprehensive publications, reports and surveys. NAGDCA will promote and support federal legislative initiatives for the advancement of retirement plans.