Casey Young Named CalPERS Governmental Affairs Chief.SACRAMENTO Sacramento, city, United States Sacramento (săkrəmĕn`tō), city (1990 pop. 369,365), state capital and seat of Sacramento co., central Calif. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1999--The California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Public Employees' Retirement System announced today that Casey Casey is an Irish surname, and may refer to
Young is a 25-year veteran of California state government, serving for the past seven years as the administrative director of the Division of Workers' Compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. within the California Department of Industrial Relations industrial relations pl.n. Relations between the management of an industrial enterprise and its employees. industrial relations Noun, pl the relations between management and workers . For 16 years prior to that, he was principal consultant to the State Senate Committee on Industrial Relations. "We are very pleased that somebody with Casey Young's combination of lengthy legislative experience and knowledge of worker benefit issues is joining CalPERS," said Robert Walton, CalPERS Assistant Executive Officer for Governmental Affairs, Planning and Research. "I am confident that Casey will serve CalPERS members and our Board well in our ongoing efforts to serve the public employers and employees of California." In his new capacity, Young will manage a professional staff that analyzes and tracks state and federal legislation that impact the programs and operations of CalPERS. He will be the principal liaison between CalPERS and Legislature, providing legislators and their staffs with information and analysis on legislative issues relevant to CalPERS. Young is a graduate of UC Davis with a degree in political science. He replaces Susan Myers, who recently retired. CalPERS, with $140 billion in assets, is the largest public pension fund in the U.S. It provides retirement and health benefits to more than 1.1 million active and retired California public employees and their families. For more information about CalPERS, visit its Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Web site at www.calpers.ca.gov. |
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