MAPERS Conference Registrants

17Capital

• Chermaine Fullinck

AB CarVal

• Scott Greenfield

Abacus Intel

• Eddie Meyers
• Vinnie Pellegrino

ABS Global Investments

• Christian Thorn

ACORE CAPITAL

• Kelly Callahan
• John Lauria

Alidade Capital, LLC

• Denise Pearman
• Matthew Richter

AllianceBernstein

• Matt Hanson
• Aaron Montano
• Liz Smith

Allspring Global Investments

• Leyla Kassem
• Matt Tepe

American Century Investments

• Summer McCowen

American Realty Advisors

• Brian Greene

Ares Management

• Julia Bernier
• Lisa Jamnadas

Ariel Investments

• Melissa Smith

Arini Capital Management

• Chris Ade

Asset Consulting Group

• Beth Bowen
• Phinney Troy

Baron Capital Group

• Jim Barrett
• Lucy Pesa

Berkshire Partners

• Andrew Gorgone

Bi-State Development Agency / IBEW

• Chance Baragary
• Mike Breihan
• Brian Heuer
• Allan Parker
• Les Pinion
• Rob Stone
• Clint Wittenborn

Black Jack Fire Protection District

• Michael Brock
• David Calhoun
• Lionel Phillips
• Bryan Weigers
• Andrew Wohldmann

Blue Owl

• Sophia Cappelli

Boles Fire Protection District

• Susan Malone

BPU Pension Plan

• Mindy Harris
• David Westfall

Brentwood Police and Firemen’s Pension Plan

• Michelle DePew

Briarcliffe Credit Partners

• Nelson Chikusa

Capital Dynamics

• Curtis Williams

Capital Group

• Dave Carson
• Michael Kamell

CavMac

• Bryan Hoge
• Wendy Ludbrook
• Megan Skiles

Central County Fire and Rescue

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

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.

• Marcy Copeland

Chax Training and Consulting

• Dax Castro

Chicago Police Pension Fund

• Thomas Beyna

City of Berkeley Fire

• Jules Alligood
• James Linhardt

City of Osage Beach

• Salina Franklin
• Torryn Shurts

City of Springfield Police and Fire Pension

• Charles Alexander
• Chad Davis
• Jason Friend
• Jamie Frieze
• Mark Phillips
• Laura Robinson
• Justin Setser
• Andy Stewart
• Jonathan Winn

Clayton Non-Uniformed Pension Plan

• John Wulf

Clayton Uniformed Employees’ Pension Plan

• Nicholas Davis
• Stephanie Powers
• Brian Tychsen

Columbia Management Investment Advisors

• Brad Greenberg

Columbia Police and Fire Pension

• John Baxter
• Justin Collins
• Steven Jeffrey
• Mike Yoakum

Commerce Trust

• Scott Colbert
• Kevin O’Toole

Concordia Plan Services

• Brian Gardner

Corbin Capital Partners

• Ross Ramatici

County Employees’ Retirement Fund

• Daniel Franks
• Sandy Jung
• Pam Mayfield
• Ted Nichols
• Bob Nolte
• Mark Price
• Michael Ruff
• Kelly Schwartze
• Lori Smith
• Cindy Stein

Crescent Capital

• Erik Hall

Crestline

• Scott Crossley

Creve Coeur Fire Protection District

• Brian Heppermann
• Dave Kreuter
• Kenny McCune
• Harvey Seigel
• Rob Woodson
• Jim Younce

Cross Ocean Partners

• Ryan McCombe

Dimensional Fund Advisors

• Kevin Brown
• Scott Olguin

Drive Capital

• Sid Makkar

ElmTree Funds

• Wes Walker

Employees Retirement System City of St. Louis

• Donna Baringer
• Chris Carter
• Thomas Stoff
• Tinesha Tyler

EnTrust Global

• Tyler Alcorn

Eureka Fire Protection District

• Carly Gillig

First Eagle Investments

• Anoop Rathod

Fisher Investments

• Sharon Gutierrez

Florissant Valley Fire Protection District

• Robert Carmack
• Russell Kleffner
• Dan Lubiewski
• Michael Mahaffy
• Mark Waller

Fort Washington

• Drew Gieger

Fortress Investment Group

• Alex Margolies

Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries Inc

• Paul Baugher

Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company (GRS)

• Heidi Barry
• Jeff Tebeau

Gallagher

• Chandra Brown
• Matthew Staback

Gartner Group

• Jed Chapin
• Blaire Metcalfe
• Emily Sullivan

General Atlantic

• Nick Rowland

Great Lakes Advisors

• Craig VanderWall

Hamilton Lane

• Mike Nieves

Hannibal Police & Fire Retirement

• Melissa Cogdal
• John Dean
• Russell DeLaPorte
• Alex Grote
• Stephan Myers
• Steven Neff
• Dane Riefesel

HarbourVest Partners, LLC

• Ian Robertson
• Justine Wilk

Hines

• Preston Ulrich

Ice Miller

• Nicole Giambarrese
• Lindsay Knowles

Illinois Public Pension Fund Association

• Gene Washington

Invesco

• Vincent de Martel
• Monte Dop

Jackson County Employees’ Pension Plan

• Patrick Djakovich
• Stephen Gillis
• Robert Hepting
• Gail Overly
• Sonya Reed
• Carolyn Watley

Janus Henderson Investors

• Ryan Moore
• Tyler Vlasak

Jefferies LLC

• Matt Mullarkey

Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement

• Robert Coleman
• Jeff Mark
• Senator Mike Moon
• Chris Schepers
• Luke Schrandt
• Representative Kathy Steinhoff

Joplin Police and Fire Pension

• Adam Grimes

Kansas City Employees’ Retirement and Firefighters’ Pension

• Sheryl Appleby
• Clay Calvin
• Yon Chung
• Barbara Davis
• Brandon Johnson
• Brenton Siverly
• Bill Skaggs

Kansas City Police Retirement System

• Web Bixby
• Jason Hoy
• Scott Hummel
• Leslie Lewis
• Steve Miller
• Sidney Smith

Kansas City Public School Retirement System

• Cecelia Carter
• Lauren Jenkins
• Jason Steliga
• Tyler Walock

Kennedy Capital Management

• Lauren Caldwell

Ladue Fire and Police Pension Plan

• David Kaiser
• Steven Lynn
• Ivan White

Ladue Non-Uniform Plan

• Shelly Benson
• Scot Bollinger

Lazard Asset Management

• Matt Kurdewan

Lincoln Police and Fire Pension

• Guy Pinkman

Manulife Investment Management

• Jay Jarrett

MAPERS

• Darrin Kinder
• Shelly Lutz
• John O’Leary
• Lori Woratzeck

MarketSphere

• Jason Sauer

Marquette Associates, Inc.

• Brian Goding
• Tom Latzke

MC Credit Partners

• Fadi BouSamra

Milliman, Inc.

• Ryan Falls
• Kevin Hart
• Bill Winningham

Missouri LAGERS

• Elizabeth Althoff
• Ciara Bauer
• BIll Betts
• Scott Day
• Dana Eichholz
• Tami Jaegers
• Tony Kelley
• Jeff Kempker
• Joan Leary
• Megan Loehner
• Ginnie Medlin
• Sheila Reinsch
• Erick Richardson
• Kathy Rolwes
• Dennise Schaben
• Penny Thomas
• Claire West

Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System

• Amber Arnold
• Andrea Binkley
• Margie Bunch
• TJ Carlson
• Tiffany Clapp
• Amanda Crawford
• Cindy Dixon
• Pettina Duenckel
• Kelsey Harris
• Megan Hendrickson
• Tiffanie Irminger
• Melanie Jeffery
• Alanna MacCleoud
• Shelby Murdock-Kempf
• Iwona Pawlak
• Jeremy Pond
• Rochelle Reeves
• Cindy Rehmeier
• Brooke Rowden
• Callie Simmons
• Candy Smith
• Abby Spieler
• Molly Stern
• Ryan Toebben
• Tracy Upschulte
• Lisa Verslues
• Crystal Wessing

MO Sheriffs’ Retirement System

• Kevin Bond
• Rodney Herring
• Kenny Jones

MoDot and Patrol Employees’ Retirement System

• Wallace Ahrens
• Mike Azar
• Greta Bassett-Seymour
• Lynn Cannon
• Mark Caplinger
• Sue Cox
• Kelly Dansby
• Melissa Gourd
• Representative Barry Hovis
• J. Bret Johnson
• Jennifer Johnson
• Larry Krummen
• Katy Lacy
• Tyler Luebbert
• Scott Simon
• Michael Turner
• Todd Tyler

Monroe Capital

• Mara Calce-Margolis

Morgan Stanley Investment Management

• Brett Asay
• Patrick Rielly

MRTA

• Sarah Hoeller
• Maria Walden

National Investment Services

• John Fremgen

Neuberger

• Steve Meier
• Thomas Obaseki

NISA

• Derek Lohse

Northern Trust Asset Management

• Grant Johnsey
• Kitty Martin

Northern Trust Company

• Colleen Brennan
• May Oropeza

Nuveen

• Clint Doroff

Nyhart, part of FuturePlan by Ascensus

• Matt Branding
• Rebecca Brown

Oak Hill Advisors

• Charles Hannigan

ORIX Corporation USA

• Brad Couture

Pathway Capital Management

• Amanda Mandal

Pattonville Fire Protection District

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

Pension Technology Group LLC

• Chris Lodge

PIMCO

• Bill Murphy

Pinnacle Asset Management

• Gus Catsavis

Poplar Bluff Police & Fire Pension Plan

• Lisa Hafford

Principal Asset Management

• Pat Caragher
• Casey A. Miller

Public Pension Achievement Award Honoree

• Susie Dahl
• Gary Findlay
• Rob Rust
• Steve Yoakum

Public School Retirement System of MO

• Christina Bisges
• Susan Boessen
• Lexi Bonnot
• Tory Brondel
• Stacy Bryan
• Chuck Bryant
• Susan Conrad
• Leila Davani
• Stacey Dumsday
• Melissa Forck
• Ben Frede
• Stacey Garrison
• Lisa Glasgow
• Anita Harrison
• Craig Husting
• Jeffrey Hyman
• Rohan Jain
• Connor James
• Kris Judd
• Ben Kasen
• Kristin Kaufman
• Samantha Kelly
• Chad Kemna
• Holly Kleffner
• Blake Klostermann
• Cassey Kuester
• Anna Looten
• Logan Matthews
• Connor McDaniel
• Ashley Meyerpeter
• Jade Moeller
• Mike Moorefield
• Raegan Muenks
• Brenna Noble
• Rachelle Ocheskey
• Ashley Raithel
• Stephanie Rankin
• Brandon Robertson
• Lisa Scheulen
• Dearld Snider
• Sarah Swoboda
• Jana Taylor
• Joren Trimble
• Jennifer Troesser
• Amy Wayant
• Katie Webb
• Amanda Wooten

Public School Retirement System of the City of St. Louis

• Dr. Candice Carter-Oliver
• Louis Cross
• Kelly Dobell
• Emily Hubbard
• Angela Johnson
• Yvette Levy
• Miata Reeves-Borne
• Albert Sanders

Raymond James Investment Management

• Hunter Swanson

RBC Global Asset Management

• Berit Christoff

Realterm

• Minhaj Choudhury

Rock Community Fire Protection District

• Chris Lindner

RRA Capital

• Britton Ratliff
• Adam Rodenbostel

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
• Jonathan Seidman
• Tod Trabocco

T.Rowe Price

• Charles Turgeon

Tegrit

• Carson Lepper

The Firemen’s Retirement System of St. Louis

• John Brewer
• William Ellner
• Jason Fletcher
• Lauren Grass
• Bill Grayson
• Gerald Jacobsen
• Dennis Jenkerson
• Kenny Mitchell
• Bruce Williams

Townsend

• Kathryn Finneran

TPG Capital

• Andy Knapp

TTEC Digital

• Cliff Martin

UB Greensfelder

• Heather Mehta

US Agriculture, LLC

• Julie Koeninger

Velocity Capital Management

• Matthew Zimmerman

Virtus Investment Partners

• Joel Brous

Voya Investment Management

• Michael Barela
• Nathan Paulsen

Wafra

• Matt Cortese

Wellington Management Company

• Gregory Williams

Wentzville Fire Protection District

• Steve Mosher
• Lisa Potts

Westwood Holdings Group

• Peter McCarthy

William Blair

• Ramon Gonzalez

Williams Keepers

• Kristen Brown
• Zach Brown
• Darby Christian

Zevenbergen Capital Investments

• Tom Dickson

MAPERS Conference Sponsors

Platinum – $2,500

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

Gold – $2,000

• AllianceBernstein
• Morgan Stanley Investment Management
• Lazard Asset Management

Silver – $1,500

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

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
• Pension Technology Group LLC
• Fortress Investment Group

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.

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