Background on the Fund
Advisory Council (as of January 7, 2013)
Honorable Peter J. Abbate, Jr.
Chairman
Assembly Governmental Employees Committee
New York State Assembly
Stephen J. Acquario
Executive Director
New York State Association of Counties
Peter A. Baynes
Executive Director
New York State Conference of Mayors
Jerry Boone
Commissioner and President
Civil Service Commission
New York State Department of Civil Service
Heather Briccetti
President & CEO
Business Council of New York State, Inc.
Mario Cilento
President
New York State AFL-CIO
Gerry Geist
Executive Director
Association of Towns
Honorable Martin J. Golden
Chairman
Senate Civil Service and Pensions Committee
New York State Senate
Gary Johnson
Director
Governor’s Office of Employee Relations
Don Kelly
Director of Research
Civil Service Employees Association
Susan M. Kent
President
New York State Public Employees Federation
Timothy G. Kremer
Executive Director
New York State School Boards Association
Jim Lyman
Executive Director
Council 82, AFSCME
Bing Markee
Legislative Director
New York State Association of P.B.A.s
Michael McManus
President
Professional Fire Fighters Association
Joel H. Moser
Partner
Bingham McCutchen, LLP
Andrew Pallotta
Executive Vice-President
New York State United Teachers
Donn Rowe
President
New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association
Raymond Santander
Assistant Director
AFSCME District Council 37
Richard Wells
President
Police Conference of New York
Stanley Winter
President
Retired Public Employees Association, Inc.
Barbara Zaron
President
New York State Organization of Management Confidential Employees
Investment Advisory Committees
Wale E. Adeosun
CEO & Chief Investment Officer
Kuramo Capital Management
Amy Chen
Chief Investment Officer
Smithsonian Institution
Timothy C. Collins
CEO & Senior Managing Director
Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
Jacques Jiha, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, COO & CFO
Earl Graves Ltd./ Black Enterprise Magazine
Hugh Johnson
Chairman & Chief Investment Officer
Hugh Johnson Advisors, LLC
Douglas Phillips
Senior Vice President
Institutional Resources
University of Rochester
Raymond D. Potter
Managing Director, Head: International Fixed Income & Emerging Markets Group
Hapoalim Securities NY
R. Charles Tschampion
Director, Special Projects
CFA Institute
Real Estate Advisory Committee
Alice M. Connell
Principal
AM Connell Associates, LLC
Louis M. Dubin
President & Chief Executive Officer
LMD Worldwide, Inc.
G. Gail Edwards
President
JH Investments
Jo Ann Hanson
President
Avanti Real Estate Corporation
Glenn M. Johnson
Chief Investment Officer
Northland Investment Corporation
Everett B. Miller, III
Consultant to the YMCA Retirement Fund
David H. Peirez, Esq.
Senior Partner
Reisman, Peirez & Reisman, LLP
Barry S. Seidel
Executive Vice-President
LMD Worldwide, Inc.
Alan C. Sullivan
Senior Vice President
The DeMatteis Organization
Actuarial Advisory Committee
Jeremy Brown
Executive Vice President & Chief Actuary
Mutual of America Life Insurance Company
Armand DePalo
Retired
Michael Heller
Vice President Actuarial Consulting Services
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association —College Retirement Equities Fund
Stanley Talbi
Executive Vice President
Metropolitan Life Insurance