DRS Advisory Committee
The Director of the Department of Retirement Systems established the DRS Retirement Advisory Committee as an administrative committee in July 1996, after the State Retirement Advisory Committee was eliminated by statute.
Mission
The committee's mission is to facilitate the sharing of information between DRS and the associations and organizations representing active and retired members of the public pension plans administered by DRS.
Objectives
The objectives of the DRS Retirement Advisory Committee are to:
- Identify and communicate client service issues to the Director;
- Communicate association and organization legislative initiatives to the Director;
- Share information provided by the Director with constituents;
- Develop and recommend ways to improve communication between DRS and active and retired members
Nominated by Washington state member or retiree organizations, committee members are appointed by the DRS Director and serve for a minimum three-year term.
Current board members:
- Representing TRS Retirees
- Nancy Baldwin (Committee Chair), Washington Education Association
- Representing TRS Active Members
- Darrell Heisler, Washington School Personnel Association
Todd Beese, Washington Education Association
- Representing Judicial Active Members
- Judge Michael Heavey, Superior Court Judges Association
- Representing PERS Retirees
- Eva Jean Ann Shamley, Retired Public Employees Council of Washington
- Representing PERS Active Members
- John Payne, Washington Association of County Officials
Mary Sherman, Washington Public Employees Association
Pat Dull, Washington State Association of Counties
- Representing SERS Active Members
- Charles Cuzzetto, Washington School Personnel Association
- Representing LEOFF Active Members
- Detective Harry James, Seattle Police Officers’ Guild
Pat McElligott, Washington State Council of Firefighters
- Representing LEOFF Retirees
- Richard Warbrouck, Retired Firefighters of Washington
- Representing Washington State Patrol Active Members
- Captain Michael DePalma, Washington State Patrol
For information about the Advisory Committee, please call (360) 664-7312 or write to DRS, Attention: Advisory Committee, P.O Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380.
