Dana Dillon Re-elected Chair of CalSTRS Board.Jerilyn Harris returns as Vice-Chair SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Trustees of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) unanimously re-elected Dana Dillon as Chair and Jerilyn Harris as Vice-Chair for the 2008-09 term at their April 3 meeting. The 12-member Teachers' Retirement Board nominates and elects their chair and vice-chair annually. Members serve four-year terms. The board officers provide leadership to the trustees as they develop policies and provide direction for the nation's second-largest public pension fund. Dana Dillon, a teacher/librarian with the Weed Union Elementary School elementary school: see school. District, is the incumbent Teachers Retirement Board Chair. She has served on the board since 2004, and was vice-chair in 2005-06 and 2006-07. Dillon has been active in the California Teachers Association The California Teachers Association (CTA), initially established in 1863 as the California Educational Society, is by far the largest teachers' union in the state of California. It is considered by many to be the most powerful union in California. for more than 24 years, serving as state council representative. She is a member of the CTA An abbreviation for cum testamento annexo, Latin for "with the will annexed." Board of Directors. Jerilyn Harris is an award-winning science teacher with more than 25 years experience teaching in Ukiah and Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. . On the CalSTRS Board, she chairs the Appeals and Legislative committees. Harris retired from teaching in 2002 and has served on the Teachers' Retirement Board since 2005. She is a former chair of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) is an independent agency created in 1970 by the Ryan Act and is the oldest of the autonomous state standards boards in the nation. The mission of the CCTC is to facilitate the credentialing of California's teachers. . "CalSTRS faces some very real challenges this year including legislative restrictions on our investment opportunities and a long-term funding gap that we must bridge," said Dillon. "I'm confident my colleagues and I will ultimately surmount sur·mount tr.v. sur·mount·ed, sur·mount·ing, sur·mounts 1. To overcome (an obstacle, for example); conquer. 2. To ascend to the top of; climb. 3. a. To place something above; top. these obstacles to securing the financial future of our members and their families." Established 95 years ago, the California State Teachers' Retirement System, with a $165 billion portfolio, is the second-largest public pension fund in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . It administers retirement, disability and survivor benefits for California's 813,000 public school educators and their families from the state's 1,400 school districts, county offices of education and community college districts. |
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