STATE RETIREMENT & PENSION SYSTEM

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120 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 1600
(410) 625-5555; 1-800-492-5909 (toll free); fax: (410) 468-1707
e-mail: sra@sra.state.md.us
web: https://sra.maryland.gov/

120 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

STATE RETIREMENT & PENSION SYSTEM
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Elected by Employees' Retirement & Pension Systems' members & beneficiaries to 4-year terms: Sheila Hill, 2027; Jamaal R. A. Craddock, 2029.

Elected by State Police Retirement System's members & beneficiaries to 4-year term: Richard E. Norman, 2026

Elected by Teachers' Retirement & Pension Systems' members & beneficiaries to 4-year terms: Ayana K. English-Brown, 2027; Vickrant Puri, 2029.

Ex officio: Brooke E. Lierman, Esq., Comptroller of Maryland; Dereck E. Davis, State Treasurer; Yaakov (Jake) Weissmann, Secretary of Budget & Management.

120 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland, August 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

CLIMATE ADVISORY PANEL
Chosen by Board of Trustees:
Angelo Cavello, Chair
Mary Cerulli; Maria Elena Drew; Douglas Lawrence; Stacy Swann.

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
Chosen by Board of Trustees:
Robert F. Sandlass, Jr., Chair
Jamaal R. A. Craddock; Dereck E. Davis; Ayana K. English-Brown; Richard E. Norman; Vernon A. Reid, Jr.; Yaakov (Jake) Weissmann.

AUDIT COMMITTEE
Chosen by Board of Trustees:
Mia N. Pittman, Chair
Jamaal R. A. Craddock; Dereck E. Davis; Charles Theodore Hopkins; Richard E. Norman; Robert F. Sandlass, Jr.

COMPENSATION & STAFFING COMMITTEE
Chosen by Board of Trustees:
Michelle J. RhodesBrown, Chair
Ayana K. English-Brown; Sheila Hill; Richard E. Norman; Tarrus L. Richardson; Robert F. Sandlass, Jr.; Yaakov (Jake) Weissmann.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & SECURITIES LITIGATION COMMITTEE
Chosen by Board of Trustees:
Vernon A. Reid, Jr., Chair
Sheila Hill; Charles Theodore Hopkins; Brooke E. Lierman, Esq.; Vickrant Puri; Michelle J. RhodesBrown; Robert F. Sandlass, Jr.; Yaakov (Jake) Weissmann.

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Brooke E. Lierman, Esq., Chair (chosen by Board of Trustees)

Dereck E. Davis; Sheila Hill; Richard E. Norman; Mia N. Pittman; Vickrant Puri; Michelle J. RhodesBrown; Tarrus L. Richardson; Yaakov (Jake) Weissmann.

Public members appointed by Board of Trustees with Board of Public Works' approval to 3-year terms: Sharcus Steen, 2026; Monte Tarbox, 2027; Joanna Pratt, 2028.

COUNSEL
Rachel S. Cohen, Principal Counsel (410) 625-5671
e-mail: rcohen@sra.state.md.us

STATE RETIREMENT AGENCY
Jonathan D. Martin, Acting Executive Director (appointed by Board of Trustees) (410) 625-5600
e-mail: jmartin@sra.state.md.us

Cheryl Davis-Shaw, Executive Special Assistant (410) 625-5601; e-mail: cdavis-shaw@sra.state.md.us
Kate Kemmerer, Governance & Strategic Projects Manager (410) 625-5601; e-mail: kkemmerer@sra.state.md.us


COMMUNICATIONS
Vacancy, Director (410) 625-5601; e-mail:
Benjamin Robb, Communications Specialist (410) 625-5506; e-mail: brobb@sra.state.md.us

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) & OUTREACH
Vacancy, EEO & Outreach Officer (410) 625-5601
e-mail:

INTERNAL AUDIT
David M. Rongione, Chief Internal Auditor (410) 625-5586
e-mail: drongione@sra.state.md.us

LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
Anne E. Gawthrop, Esq., Director (410) 625-5602
e-mail: agawthrop@sra.state.md.us

BUSINESS OPERATIONS OFFICE
Chandra Puranam, Chief Business Operations Officer (410) 625-5555; e-mail: cpuranam@sra.state.md.us
Harris Kaplan, Deputy Chief Business Operations Officer (410) 625-5555; e-mail: hkaplan@sra.state.md.us

SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
Vacancy, Director (410) 625-5555
e-mail:

FINANCE DIVISION
Vacancy, Chief Operating Officer (410) 625-5556; e-mail:
Tonia Shultz, Chief Financial Officer (410) 625-5556; e-mail: tshultz@sra.state.md.us


BUDGET
Van A. Lewis, Director (410) 625-5655
e-mail: vlewis@sra.state.md.us

FISCAL ACCOUNTING
Sabeena Sylvester, Director (410) 625-5556
e-mail: ssylvester@sra.state.md.us

GENERAL ACCOUNTING
Delores J. Mitchell, Director (410) 625-5651
e-mail: cmitchell@sra.state.md.us

OFFICE SERVICES
Lawrence A. Banks, Director (410) 625-2370
e-mail: lbanks@sra.state.md.us

PROCUREMENT & CONTRACTS
Bonita Rose, Director (410) 625-5556
e-mail: brose@sra.state.md.us

RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Vacancy, Records Officer (410) 625-5556
e-mail:

INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Thomas R. Montanye, Chief Technology Officer (410) 625-5530; e-mail: tmontanye@sra.state.md.us
H. Joseph Puller, Deputy Chief Technology Officer (410) 625-5878; e-mail: hpuller@sra.state.md.us

CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS
David S. Toft, Sr., Director (410) 625-5562
e-mail: dtoft@sra.state.md.us

IT INFRASTRUCTURE & PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
Vacancy, Director (410) 625-5555
e-mail:

INVESTMENT DIVISION
Dianne Sandoval, Chief Investment Officer (appointed by Board of Trustees upon recommendation of Executive Director) (410) 625-5620
e-mail: dsandoval@sra.state.md.us

EMERGING MANAGERS, DURABLE CAPITAL, & GOVERNANCE EXCELLENCE (EDGE)
Marlene Timberlake D’Adamo, J.D., Managing Director (410) 625-5621
e-mail: mtimberlakedadamo@sra.state.md.us
COMPLIANCE
Toni Voglino, Senior Compliance Manager (410) 625-5621; e-mail: tvoglino@sra.state.md.us

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Edward Kamonjoh, Senior Governance Manager (410) 625-5621; e-mail: ekamonjoh@sra.state.md.us

PRIVATE MARKETS
Robert H. Burd, Deputy Chief Investment Officer (410) 625-5621
e-mail: rburd@sra.state.md.us

ACCOUNTING


PRIVATE CREDIT
Eric Farls, Senior Portfolio Manager (410) 625-5621; e-mail: efarls@sra.state.md.us

PRIVATE EQUITY
David E. Ferguson, Managing Director (410) 625-5633; e-mail: dferguson@sra.state.md.us

REAL ASSETS
Vacancy, Managing Director (410) 625-5621; e-mail:

PUBLIC MARKETS
Thomas Kim, Deputy Chief Investment Officer (410) 625-5571
e-mail: tkim@sra.state.md.us

ABSOLUTE RETURN PORTFOLIO
Gregory C. Kasten, Managing Director (410) 625-8306; e-mail: gkasten@sra.state.md.us

DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION & RISK MANAGEMENT
Ming Cen, Managing Director (410) 625-5621; e-mail: mcen@sra.state.md.us

OPERATIONS
Sathy Kavanakudy, Director (410) 625-5621; e-mail: skavanakudy@sra.state.md.us

PUBLIC EQUITY
Ratna Kota, Senior Portfolio Manager (410) 625-5621; e-mail: rkota@sra.state.md.us

RATES/CREDIT
Dimitri Grechenko, Managing Director (410) 625-5614; e-mail: dgrechenko@sra.state.md.us

RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
Megan Myers, Retirement Administrator (410) 625-5611; e-mail: mmyers@sra.state.md.us
Sarah Carta, Deputy Retirement Administrator (410) 625-5585; e-mail: scarta@sra.state.md.us
Vacancy, Deputy Retirement Administrator (410) 625-5611; e-mail:

BENEFITS PROCESSING
Charles D. So, Director (410) 625-5590; e-mail: cso@sra.state.md.us
Carla Foster, Deputy Director (410) 625-5611; e-mail: e-mail: cfoster@sra.state.md.us

DATA CONTROL
Leshia D. Covington, Director (410) 625-5612; e-mail: lcovington@sra.state.md.us
Nick Harmon, Deputy Director (410) 625-5611; e-mail: nharmon@sra.state.md.us

SPECIAL PROJECTS
Alex Chechik, Director (410) 625-5611; e-mail: achechik@sra.state.md.us
Sakinah Miller, Deputy Director (410) 625-5611; e-mail: smiller@sra.state.md.us

DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Derrick Johnson, Deputy Executive Director (410) 625-5555
e-mail: djohnson@sra.state.md.us

HUMAN RESOURCES
Nicholas Pindale, Director (410) 625-5555
e-mail: npindale@sra.state.md.us

MEMBER & EMPLOYER SERVICES
Gary Burgess, Member Services Administrator (410) 625-5555
e-mail: gburgess@sra.state.md.us

EMPLOYER SERVICES
Karen Simpson, Director (410) 625-5555; e-mail: ksimpson@sra.state.md.us

MEMBER SERVICES
Shane Brown, Director (410) 625-5555; e-mail: sbrown@sra.state.md.us
Sasha Pryor, Deputy Director (410) 625-5555; e-mail: spryor@sra.state.md.us

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