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Dana Dillon
Dana Dillon, Chair
K-12 Classroom Teacher
Elected. Term: 01/01/08 - 12/31/11

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Chair Dana Dillon is an intermediate grade school teacher from Weed. She has served on the board since her election in 2003, including stints as chair and vice-chair. Ms. Dillon has been active in the California Teachers Association for more than 26 years, serving as state council representative, and was recently elected to the board of directors.

Harry Keiley
Harry M. Keiley, Vice-Chair
K-12 Classroom Teacher
Elected. Term: 01/01/08 - 12/31/11

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Vice-chair Harry M. Keiley is a high school teacher with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, and was elected to the Teachers’ Retirement Board in 2007. He has served as the president of Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers Association and chair of the California Teachers Association Political Involvement Committee.

Kathleen Brugger
Kathy Brugger
School Board Representative
Appointed. Term: 01/11/08 - 12/31/11

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Kathy Brugger has spent more than 13 years on the board of Chaffey College in San Bernardino County. She also is a member of the San Bernardino County School Boards Association. Previously, Ms. Brugger served 16 years as a trustee of the Ontario-Montclair Elementary School District.

John Chiang
John Chiang, Ex-Officio Member
State Controller

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Prior to taking office in January 2007, Controller John Chiang served on the Board of Equalization from 1997-2006, including three years as chair. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, has served as a tax law specialist with the IRS and an attorney with the Office of the State Controller.

Jerilyn Harris
Jerilyn Harris
Retiree Representative
Appointed. Term: 01/11/08 - 12/31/11

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Jerilyn Harris is an award-winning science teacher with more than 25 years experience teaching in Ukiah and Beverly Hills. Her service on the board includes chair and vice chair. She retired from teaching in 2002. Ms. Harris is former chair of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Sharon Hendricks
Sharon Hendricks
Community College Instructor
Elected. Term: 01/01/12 - 12/31/15

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  • Committee Assignments TBD
Sharon Hendricks is a Speech professor at Los Angeles City College and also serves as the Retirement Liaison for the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild. She lives in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles. Ms. Hendricks has been a CalSTRS member since 2004.

Michael A. Lawson
Michael A. Lawson
Public Representative
Appointed. Term: 11/30/11 - 12/31/14

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  • Committee Assignments TBD
Michael A. Lawson is the former leader of the Employee Benefits Group in the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps. Mr. Lawson worked on all facets of executive compensation and employee benefits matters. His experience included advising clients with respect to the structuring and offering of investment vehicles to pension plans and other institutional investors, as well as the fiduciary obligations of investment managers, trustees and other fiduciaries.

Bill Lockyer
Bill Lockyer, Ex-Officio Member
State Treasurer

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California treasurer Bill Lockyer served as California Attorney General from 1999-2006 after 25 years in the California Legislature, including a stint as the Senate President pro Tempore. A graduate of University of California, Berkeley, Lockyer earned his law degree from McGeorge School of Law and his teaching credential from California State University, Hayward.

Ana Matosantos
Ana Matosantos, Ex-Officio Member
Director of Finance

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Ana Matosantos was appointed Director of Finance in December 2009, having served as its chief deputy director for budgets since April 2008. Previously, she served in executive positions with the Health and Human Services Agency and as a consultant to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.

Beth Rogers
Beth Rogers, Ph.D.
Public Representative
Appointed. Term: 01/11/08 - 12/31/11

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Beth Rogers, a fourth-generation Californian, is managing partner of Pacific Earth Resources, a diversified environmental horticulture services company and general partner of Pacific Ranch Company, a farming and real estate investment company.

Paul Rosenstiel
Paul Rosenstiel
Public Representative
Appointed. Term: 11/30/11 - 12/31/13

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  • Committee Assignments TBD
Paul Rosenstiel manages the San Francisco office of De La Rosa & Co., a municipal bond investment bank. Since 1983, he has worked with numerous public agencies to issue bonds for infrastructure and other capital projects. From 2007-2009 he was Deputy Treasurer of the State of California. He received an MBA from Stanford.

Tom Torlakson
Tom Torlakson, Ex-Officio Member
State Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Tom Torlakson served as a science teacher and athletic coach before being elected to the California Senate and Assembly. He was chair and founder of the California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness to promote student health and fitness. While Superintendent of Public Instruction, he remains a teacher-on-leave at Mount Diablo Unified School District.

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