Board Members
The board's responsibilities include setting employer contribution rates, determining investment asset allocations, providing actuarial valuations, and much more. However, the board does not have the authority to add, change, or delete benefits without the concurrence of the Legislature.
Priya Mathur
President, Public Agency Member Representative
Rob Feckner
Vice President, School Member Representative
Margaret Brown
All Member Representative
John Chiang
Ex Officio Member, California State Treasurer
Richard Costigan
Ex Officio Member, State Personnel Board Representative
Dana Hollinger
Governor Appointee, Insurance Industry Representative
Adria Jenkins-Jones
Ex Officio Member, California Department of Human Resources
Henry Jones
Retired Member
Representative
David Miller
All Member Representative
Ramón Rubalcava
Public Representative, Appointed Jointly by the Senate Rules Committee and Speaker of the Assembly
Bill Slaton
Governor Appointee, Local Government Elected Official
Theresa Taylor
State Member Representative
Betty Yee
Ex Officio Member, California State Controller
The Board is made up of:
- Two elected by and from all CalPERS members
- One elected by and from all active state members
- One elected by and from all active CalPERS school members
- One elected by and from all active CalPERS public agency members (employed by contracting public agencies)
- One elected by and from retired members of CalPERS
- Two appointed by the Governor - an elected official of a local government and an official of a life insurer
- One public representative appointed jointly by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Rules Committee
- The State Treasurer
- The State Controller
- The Director of the California Department of Human Resources
- A Representative of the State Personnel Board
Board Member Designees
John Chiang
- Ruth Holton-Hodson
- Steve Juarez
- Frank Moore
- Matthew Saha
- Collin Wong-Martinusen
Adria Jenkins-Jones
- Ralph Cobb
Betty Yee
- Karen Greene-Ross
- Alan LoFaso
- Lynn Paquin