MAPERS Conference Registrants as of 06/05/26

AB CarVal
• Scott Greenfield

Abacus Intel
• Eddie Meyers
• Vinnie Pellegrino

ABS Global Investments
• Christian Thorn

ACORE CAPITAL
• John Lauria
• Kelly Callahan

Alidade Capital, LLC
• Matthew Richter
• Denise Pearman

AllianceBernstein
• Liz Smith
• Aaron Montano

Allspring Global Investments
• Matt Tepe
• Leyla Kassem

Amalgamated Bank
• Tiffany Larson

American Century Investments
• Mike Rode

Ariel Investments
• Melissa Smith

Asset Consulting Group
• Beth Bowen
• Phinney Troy

Baron Capital Group
• Lucy Pesa
• Jim Barrett

Bi-State Development Agency / IBEW
• Brian Heuer
• Clint Wittenborn
• Allan Parker
• Les Pinion
• Rob Stone

Black Jack Fire Protection District
• David Calhoun
• Kenneth Givens
• Lionel Phillips
• Andrew Wohldmann
• Michael Brock

Blue Owl
• Sophia Cappelli

Brentwood Police and Firemen’s Pension Plan
• Michelle DePew

Briarcliffe Credit Partners
• Nelson Chikusa

Capital Dynamics
• Curtis Williams

Capital Group
• Vince Ortega
• Michael Kamell

CavMac
• Wendy Ludbrook
• Bryan Hoge
• Megan Skiles

Central County Fire and Rescue
• Angela Dothage
• Ben Giesman
• David Tilley
• Sadie Bell
• Patricia Hamm
• Sam Sinovich
• Kyle Tilley
• Robert Kreuzer
• Ryan Eaton
• John LeDoux

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
• Marcy Copeland

Chax Training and Consulting
• Dax Castro

Chicago Police Pension Fund
• Thomas Beyna

City of Poplar Bluff
• Lisa Hafford

City of Springfield Police and Fire Pension
• Justin Setser
• Charles Alexander
• Mark Phillips
• Chad Davis
• Laura Robinson
• Andy Stewart
• Jamie Frieze
• Jason Friend
• Jonathan Winn

Clayton Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
• John Wulf

Clayton Uniformed Employees’ Pension Plan
• Nicholas Davis
• Brian Tychsen
• Stephanie Powers
• Bill Grayson

Columbia Police and Fire Pension
• John Baxter
• Justin Collins
• Mike Yoakum
• Steven Jeffrey

Commerce Trust
• Kevin O’Toole
• Scott Colbert

Concordia Plan Services
• Brian Gardner

Corbin Capital Partners
• Ross Ramatici

County Employees’ Retirement Fund
• Michael Ruff

Crescent Capital
• Erik Hall

Crestline
• Scott Crossley

Creve Coeur Fire Protection District
• Jim Younce
• Brian Heppermann
• Dave Kreuter
• Harvey Seigel
• Rob Woodson
• Kenny McCune

Cross Ocean Partners
• Ryan McCombe

Dimensional Fund Advisors
• Kevin Brown
• Scott Olguin

ElmTree Funds
• Wes Walker

Employees Retirement System City of St. Louis
• Donna Baringer
• Tyler Patterson
• Thomas Stoff
• Tinesha Tyler
• Chris Carter

EnTrust Global
• Tyler Alcorn

Eureka Fire Protection District
• Carly Gillig

First Eagle Investments
• Anoop Rathod

Fisher Investments
• Sharon Gutierrez

Florissant Valley Fire Protection District
• Mark Waller
• Robert Carmack
• Dan Lubiewski
• Michael Mahaffy
• Russell Kleffner

Fort Washington
• Drew Gieger

Fortress Investment Group
• Alex Margolies

Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries Inc
• Paul Baugher

Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company (GRS)
• Jeff Tebeau
• Heidi Barry

Gallagher
• Matthew Staback
• Chandra Brown

Gartner Group
• James Chapin

General Atlantic
• Nick Rowland

Great Lakes Advisors
• Craig VanderWall

Hamilton Lane
• Mike Nieves

Hannibal Police & Fire Retirement
• Melissa Cogdal
• Alex Grote
• Dane Riefesel
• Steven Neff
• John Dean
• Benjamin Devlin
• Stephan Myers

HarbourVest Partners, LLC
• Justine Wilk
• Ian Robertson

Hines
• Preston Ulrich

Ice Miller
• Lindsay Knowles
• Nicole Giambarrese

Illinois Public Pension Fund Association
• Gene Washington

Jackson County Employees’ Pension Plan
• Sonya Reed
• Gail Overly
• Carolyn Watley
• Patrick Djakovich
• Stephen Gillis

Janus Henderson Investors
• Ryan Moore
• Tyler Vlasak

Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement
• Senator Mike Moon
• Jeff Mark
• Chris Schepers
• Representative Kathy Steinhoff
• Robert Coleman
• Luke Schrandt

Kansas City Employees’ Retirement and Firefighters’ Pension
• Barbara Davis
• Clay Calvin
• Cecelia Carter
• Sheryl Appleby
• Brandon Johnson
• Yon Chung

Kansas City Police Retirement System
• Jason Hoy
• Scott Hummel
• Web Bixby
• Steve Miller
• Sidney Smith
• Leslie Lewis

Kennedy Capital Management
• Lauren Caldwell

Ladue Fire and Police Pension Plan
• Steven Lynn
• David Kaiser
• Ivan White

Ladue Non-Uniform Plan
• Shelly Benson
• Scot Bollinger

MAPERS
• Lori Woratzeck

Marquette Associates, Inc.
• Brian Goding
• Tom Latzke

Milliman, Inc.
• Kevin Hart
• Bill Winningham
• Ryan Falls

Missouri LAGERS
• BIll Betts
• Sheila Reinsch
• Kathy Rolwes
• Penny Thomas
• Tony Kelley
• Jeff Kempker
• Megan Loehner
• Elizabeth Althoff
• Dennise Schaben

Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System
• Crystal Wessing
• Abby Spieler
• Cindy Dixon
• Pettina Duenckel
• Lindsey Evers
• Rochelle Reeves
• Shelby Murdock-Kempf
• Ryan Toebben
• Amanda Crawford
• Margie Bunch
• Alanna MacCleoud
• Lisa Verslues
• Andrea Binkley
• TJ Carlson
• Callie Simmons
• Tracy Upschulte
• Mike Azar
• Candy Smith

MO Sheriffs’ Retirement System
• Kevin Bond
• Rodney Herring
• Kenny Jones
• Jim Arnott

MoDot and Patrol Employees’ Retirement System
• Representative Barry Hovis
• Scott Simon

Morgan Stanley Investment Management
• Brett Asay
• Patrick Rielly

National Investment Services
• John Fremgen

Neuberger
• Thomas Obaseki

NISA
• Derek Lohse

Northern Trust Asset Management
• May Oropeza
• Colleen Brennan
• Kitty Martin
• Grant Johnsey

Nuveen
• Clint Doroff

Nyhart, part of FuturePlan by Ascensus
• Rebecca Brown
• Matt Branding

Oak Hill Advisors
• Charles Hannigan

Pathway Capital Management
• Amanda Mandal

Pattonville Fire Protection District
• Judi Rogger
• Bill Esterline
• Bob Soutier
• Bob Biondo
• Mark Woolbright
• Jim Usry
• Kevin Stuhlman
• Mark Barnhart
• Dan Marcus

PGIM
• Kate Strangfeld

PIMCO
• Bill Murphy

Pinnacle Asset Management
• Gus Catsavis

Principal Asset Management
• Pat Caragher
• Casey A. Miller

Public Pension Achievement Award Honoree
• Gary Findlay
• Steve Yoakum
• Susie Dahl

Public School Retirement System of MO
• Ben Frede
• Dearld Snider
• Sarah Swoboda
• Mike Moorefield
• Brandon Robertson
• Ashley Meyerpeter
• Katie Webb
• Christina Bisges
• Lexi Bonnot
• Cassey Kuester
• Craig Husting
• Lisa Scheulen
• Dellanta Butler
• Lisa Glasgow
• James Scurlock
• Jeffrey Hyman
• Laurie Cantrell
• Jessica Pruitt
• Samantha Lindsay
• Jana Taylor
• Joshua Hale
• Courtney Edwards
• Erin Fouch
• Joren Trimble
• Anita Harrison
• Rachelle Ocheskey
• Susan Conrad
• Holly Kleffner
• Kate Eickhoff
• Melissa Forck
• Stacey Garrison
• Chad Kemna
• Samantha Kelly
• Kirstan Chambers
• Amanda Bryant
• Brenna Noble

Public School Retirement System of the City of St. Louis
• Miata Reeves-Borne
• Angela Johnson
• Louis Cross
• Dr. Candice Carter-Oliver
• Emily Hubbard
• Yvette Levy
• Kelly Dobell

RBC Global Asset Management
• Berit Christoff

Realterm
• Minhaj Choudhury

Rock Community Fire Protection District
• Chris Lindner

RVK, Inc.
• Marcia Beard
• Tony Johnson
• Ryan Sullivan

Saxena White P.A.
• Sherril Cheevers

Shenkman Capital
• Alexandra Kaplan

SLR Capital Partners
• Frank Benevento

Starwood Capital Group
• Khalif Edwards

StepStone Group
• James Kellogg
• Tod Trabocco
• Jonathan Seidman

T.Rowe Price
• Charles Turgeon

The Firemen’s Retirement System of St. Louis
• John Brewer
• Gerald Jacobsen
• William Ellner
• Bruce Williams
• Dennis Jenkerson
• Lauren Grass
• Jason Fletcher

TTEC Digital
• Cliff Martin

US Agriculture, LLC
• Julie Koeninger

Virtus Investment Partners
• Joel Brous

Voya Investment Management
• Michael Barela
• Nathan Paulsen

Wafra
• Matt Cortese

Westwood Holdings Group
• Peter McCarthy

William Blair
• Ramon Gonzalez

Zevenbergen Capital Investments
• Tom Dickson

Platinum – $2,500

• Janus Henderson Investors
• National Investment Services
• Saxena White P.A.
• Principal Asset Management

Gold – $2,000

• AllianceBernstein
• Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Silver – $1,500

• Gallagher
• Kennedy Capital Management
• Westwood Holdings Group
• Abacus Intel

Bronze – $1,000

• Marquette Associates, Inc.
• Northern Trust Asset Management
• American Century Investments
• Cross Ocean Partners
• Wafra
• Commerce Trust
• Pathway Capital Management
• US Agriculture, LLC

Recent legislation (105.666 RSMo, SB 406) requires trustees of Missouri public employee retirement plans to attend trustee education programs provided at this conference, which is a great incentive for plan attendance.   The two evening receptions will give you the opportunity to network with Board Members and Administrative staff from many Missouri public retirement plans.

Are you a Plan Sponsor Member looking for public pension plan trustee education programs?

You’ll find them at our Annual MAPERS conferences.  Senate Bill 406 requires trustees of Missouri public employee retirement plans to attend trustee education programs which include information on topics such as:

• Duties and responsibilities of board members
• Ethics
• Governance process and procedures
• Pension plan design and administration of benefits
• Actuarial principles
• Investments
• Fiduciary duties
• Legal liability and risks
• Sunshine law requirements
• The role of staff and consultants in plan administration

The Annual Conference includes sessions that will help you meet these legislative requirements and is the perfect platform to learn from some of the most respected names in the public pension arena.

Are you a Corporate Member wanting to spotlight your company?  As a Conference Sponsor, you can host a conference event and distribute your company’s promotional hand-outs at the event you choose to sponsor.  Conference sponsorships are offered at five (5) levels ranging in cost from $1,000 to $5,000.

Sponsorship Incentive Levels:

• Bronze $1,000 – Acknowledgement on printed materials and session slides. Sponsorship of Friday lunch.​
• Silver $1,500 – Acknowledgment on printed materials and session slides. Sponsorship of Thursday or Friday breakfast. Option to add a promotional item to the MAPERS swag bag.
• Gold $2,000 – Acknowledgement on printed materials and session slides. Sponsorship of Thursday lunch. Option to add a promotional item to the MAPERS swag bag.
• Platinum $2,500 – Acknowledgement at opening ceremony, on printed materials and session slides. Sponsorship of Wednesday night or Thursday night reception. Option to add a promotional item to the MAPERS swag bag. Option for speaker introduction during conference sessions.
• Double Platinum $5,000 – Acknowledgement at opening ceremony, on printed materials and session slides. Sponsorship of Wednesday night and Thursday night reception with acknowledgement on each table. Option to add a promotional item to the MAPERS swag bag. Option for speaker introduction during conference sessions.

Coming Soon!

Margaritaville Lake Resort
494 Tan Tar A Drive
Osage Beach, MO 65065
800-826-8272
VISIT WEBSITE
 Hotel Reservation Cut-Off Date is June 15, 2026

CLICK HERE for Reservations (Use Book Now (top right), Groups and Conferences, then enter MAPE as the Group login code.)

Booking Code: MAPE

Room Rates
$176 Standard
$362 One-bedroom suite
$487 Two-bedroom suite