CalPERS Names Jarvio A. Grevious Deputy Executive Officer.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Public Employees' Retirement System today announced the appointment of Jarvio A. Grevious of CalPERS as its Deputy Executive Officer for Benefits Administration. Grevious, CalPERS Assistant Executive Officer, Health Benefits, will report to Chief Executive Officer Fred Buenrostro, who oversees the nation's largest public pension fund, its 1,600 employees, and a budget of more than $241 million. He will fill a position vacated by the retirement of Loren D. Suter. "Jarvio has proven skills as an outstanding administrator and I'm confident that he will develop new initiatives to safeguard the retirement and health benefits of our members," said Buenrostro. Beginning today, Grevious will oversee programs for retirement and health benefits and provide long-term direction for their delivery, program changes, enhancements and additions. Terri Westbrook, Chief of the Office of Health Policy and Plan Administration, will serve as Acting Assistant Executive Officer, Health Benefits. Grevious has more than 24 years of experience in State government, including one year as CalPERS health administrator. During that time, the Health Benefits Program implemented a dozen key initiatives of the CalPERS Strategic Plan for Health. He was instrumental in working with Suter to bring new leaders into the Health Benefits Branch and to make significant headway against soaring annual premium increases. Grevious played a key role in working with Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. to negotiate an exclusive provider network to eliminate high-cost hospitals, beginning in 2005, and to retain contracting agencies in our Program through the new regional pricing plan. Before coming to CalPERS, Grevious was the chief officer overseeing more than 4,500 staff and an annual budget of more than $21 billion for the California Department of Social Services California Department of Social Services is a single state agency for many of the programs defined as part of the social safety net in the United States. Federal and State funds for adoptions, aid to the disabled, family crisis counseling, subsistence payments to poor . He also advised the department Director, the Health and Welfare Agency, and the Governor's Cabinet on social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales policies, operations, and financing. Earlier, he implemented the Department's Cal-WORKS program, and had prior service with the California Energy Commission The California Energy Commission is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency. Created in 1974 and headquartered in Sacramento, the Commission has responsibility for activities that include forecasting future energy needs, promoting energy efficiency through , State Departments of Finance and Education, and the Legislative Analyst's Office. Grevious received a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in Finance and Economics from California State University, Sacramento California State University, Sacramento, more commonly referred to as Sacramento State or Sac State, is a public university located in the city of Sacramento, California, USA. It is part of the California State University system. , in 1980, and a Master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in Business Administration from the University in 1984. In 1994, he attended the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, colloquially known as the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) or simply the Kennedy School, is a public policy school and one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. . CalPERS provides retirement and health benefits for 1.4 million public employees, retirees and their families, and has assets totaling more than $177 billion. For more information on CalPERS, please visit www.calpers.ca.gov. |
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