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NAGDCA Announces Winners of its 2025 Art Caple President’s Award
NAGDCA Announces SURS and County of Fresno Deferred Compensation Plan Winners of its 2025 Art Caple President’s Award Annual NAGDCA top honor recognizes visionary leadership and dedication to enhancing [...]
Final Catch-Up Contribution Regulations for Government Plans
The IRS has issued final regulations implementing the Roth catch-up provision under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022. Key points include: Certain catch-up contributions by higher-income participants must be [...]
New NAGDCA Conversation: Rethinking Plan Health in Public DC Plans
What does a “healthy” retirement plan actually look like in the public sector? In this episode of NAGDCA Conversations, Executive Director Matt Petersen talks with Nick Amaral, VP of [...]
Congratulations to NAGDCA’s Newly Elected Executive Board Member-at-Large
NAGDCA is pleased to announce that Malia Bonham, Defined Contribution Plan Manager at the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (WADRS), has been elected to serve as the association’s [...]
NAGDCA Requests Extension for Roth Catch-Up Implementation
NAGDCA Renews Request of Department of Treasury and IRS for Additional Implementation Time for SECURE 2.0 Section 603(b) (1) and (2) Concerning Designated Roth Contributions for Governmental Plans Letter [...]
New NAGDCA Conversation: Inflation & DC Plans
Inflation may have cooled for now, but uncertainty remains—and public sector plan sponsors are left wondering how to prepare. In this episode, NAGDCA’s Matt Petersen sits down with Kevin [...]
Congratulations to the 2025 Leadership Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2025 Leadership Award winners! NAGDCA's annual awards program recognizes the brightest ideas and most innovative solutions from across the public sector defined contribution industry. Projects and campaigns [...]
Member-at-Large Election – Voting Open
Make your voice heard — voting closes Friday, August 15! NAGDCA received four outstanding nominations for the 2025–2026 Executive Board member-at-large position. Malia Bonham, WA State Department of Retirement Systems [...]
NAGDCA News | Q2 2025
Dear NAGDCA Members, Summer is already half finished, and the NAGDCA staff is in full swing preparing for the conference in San Diego this fall. We have an amazing [...]
New NAGDCA Conversation: Bringing Private Assets to Public DC Plans
What role can private markets play in defined contribution plans—and how are new investment structures making them more accessible? In this episode of NAGDCA Conversations, Matt Petersen talks with [...]