Board of Directors

TEXPERS is an independent association of public employee retirement systems -- administered by and for its members.

The TEXPERS Board of Directors represents the entire spectrum of its membership. As defined in the Bylaws, the TEXPERS Board consists of three municipal system members, three fire system members, three police system members, two authority district members, and the past-president who serves as ex-officio in a nonvoting capacity. Officers are elected by the Board.

TEXPERS' day-to-day affairs are managed by a highly competent staff. The CEO is the Executive Director who is assisted by the Office Coordinator.

President

Paul R. Brown

Paul R. Brown is a trustee on the Board of the Big Spring Firemen's Relief & Retirement Fund and also serves as President of TEXPERS. He is a member of the Legislative Committee for TLFRRA and a member of the Society of Pension Professionals.

He is the Secretary Treasurer for the Texas AFL-CIO. Paul holds an associate degree in science from Howard College and a Chartered Trustee designation.

First Vice President

Gerald (Jerry) Brown

Gerald (Jerry) Brown has served continuously on the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System Board of Trustees since 1983. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees and is a member of the Administrative Advisory Committee. He has served the citizens of Dallas, Texas since 1975 as a firefighter, currently holding the rank of Lieutenant.

Jerry serves as First Vice President of TEXPERS. He has been a speaker at numerous pension seminars and conferences. He attended the University of Texas at Arlington.

Second Vice President

Brady Edwards

Brady Edwards is Manager of Corporate Finance and Treasurer at the Lower Colorado River Authority in Austin. He is responsible for cash, investments and debt management. He is a member and Vice Chair of the LCRA Retirement Benefits Board of Trustees. Brady serves on the TEXPERS Board of Directors as the Second Vice President and on the Board of Directors of the Scholarship, Research & Education Foundation for Public Employees, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Secretary

Kendall Thomas

Kendall Thomas served as a Police Officer for the City of Austin for thirty-two years until his retirement in 1985. When he retired he was Chief of Operations. He was elected to the City of Austin Police Retirement System, at its inception, in 1980. He is the only Board member to have served continuously since the inception of the System. Kendall was a member of the founding committee for TEXPERS and currently serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors for TEXPERS.

Treasurer

Michael J. Curran

Michael J. (Mike) Curran, CPA is Manager of Pension, Trust and Tax Revenue at the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas. He is Plan Administrator for the METRO Pension Plans, Health & Welfare Trust and the 457 Deferred Compensation Plan. He joined METRO in 1995 after working in private industry for a number of years. He holds a BBA degree from the University of Cincinnati and is a Chartered Pension Executive by the Society of Pension Professionals.

Board Member

Eyna Canales-Zarate

Eyna joined the City of Austin in 1980 and has served in a variety of capacities including economic development, auditing, financial management, fleet management and executive assistant in the City Manager's Office. She currently serves as Assistant Director of the Austin Public Library over support services. Eyna has been serving as a trustee to the City of Austin Employee Retirement System since 1998. She received a BBA from St. Edward's University in Austin in 1977 and is currently pursuing an MBA.

Board Member

John D. Davis III

John D. (JD) Davis III served 25 years with the El Paso Fire Department, where he retired with the rank of Captain. During his career, he was a board member of the Firefighters Union local #51 IAFF as well as the public relations and collective bargaining representative. Upon his retirement, JD began a career in the investment industry. He is currently a trustee with the El Paso Firemen and Policemen's Pension Fund, where he has served as a pension trustee since 1999. JD has also lobbied at the Texas State Capitol and in the nation's Capitol for pension benefits, protections and employee rights. He holds an associate degree in fire technology.

Board Member

J. Larry Doss

J. Larry Doss is a sergeant in Houston Police Department’s Major Offenders Division and holds one of the three active member positions. He joined the board in December 1984 and has the longest tenure of any current trustee. Larry was elected chairman in 1998 after 10 years as vice-chairman and one year as secretary. He also serves on the board of the Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems. He holds a degree from Sam Houston State University. Larry has served the Board of TEXPERS as Secretary and is currently a board member. He served as Chairman of the Police & Fire Academy Conference in January, 1999, and is an Instructor at the Houston Police Academy.

Board Member

Rector McCollum

Rector McCollum was appointed as Police Trustee of Dallas Police & Fire Pension System in July 2000 to fill an unexpired Police Trustee term. After serving three years on the Board, he subsequently was elected to the position of Trustee in 2003. He has served Dallas citizens since 1979 as a Police Officer, currently holding the rank of Sergeant. Rector was the recipient of the 1996 Dallas Police Association’s "Cop’s Cop" Award. He has been a longstanding Dallas Police Academy Advisory Board Member.

Board Member

Sherry Mose

Sherry Mose serves as a trustee on the Board of the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System. She is an elected Trustee (by the City of Houston employees) and has held this position since 1998. She currently holds the position of Secretary, Chair of the Budget and Oversight Committee and Co-Chair of the External Affairs Committee. Sherry is also Plan Administrator of the City of Houston Deferred Compensation Program and is responsible for all aspects of this program, which is available to over 23,000 employees. She served as President for the National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators (NAGDCA) and is a frequent speaker at deferred compensation and pension conferences. She has received her Chartered Trustee (CT) and Chartered Pension Executive (CPE) designations from the National Society of Pension Professionals, as well as Certified Retirement Administrator (CRA) and Certified Retirement Counselor (CRC) certifications from The International Foundation for Retirement Education (InFRE). Sherry received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana.

Board Member

Randy Stalnaker

Randy Stalnaker has been a member of the Board of Directors of TEXPERS for more than 12 years and served as the association's president for five of those years. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Employees' Retirement Fund for over 15 years and was Board Chair for 10 of those years. Randy chaired the Committee for Secure Retirement, which succeeded in achieving passage of a Texas State Constitutional Amendment in 2003 that provides badly needed protection of public pension benefits. He was formerly division manager for the City of Dallas Water Utilities, where he worked for 26 years and also worked for another water utility. Randy has been a frequent speaker at water utilities conferences and has published three papers in water utility journals. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas, he also holds an M.A. from the University of North Texas.