Board Member

Position

Elected representative of active CalPERS school members

Committees

• Pension & Health Benefits, Vice Chair
• Performance, Compensation & Talent Management, Vice Chair
• Investment
• Risk & Audit

Board Terms¹

• 2023-27 (current term)

Profile

Kevin Palkki has worked for the San Bernardino Community College District for the past 17 years as the senior theatre arts technical specialist at the Crafton Hills College campus. He’s advocated for school employee health benefits for the past six years as an executive committee member on the California School Employees Benefits Association. Kevin also gives back to the students and started a scholarship to support students in the arts. He’s served in numerous leadership roles including the immediate past president of the California School Employees Association’s Chapter 291 and senate president of the Crafton Hills College Classified Senate.

Kevin holds an MBA with an emphasis in global business from the University of Redlands and certificates in finance from the Harvard School of Business and the American Management Association. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from California State University San Bernardino.