CalSTRS key personnel
As of March 31, 2023
Board members
While the governor of the State of California does not make investment decisions on behalf of CalSTRS, CalSTRS regulations governing investment relationships and campaign contributions found at Title 5, California Code of Regulations, Sections 24010-24013, extend to the Governor and candidates for the office of Governor. The regulations also extend to candidates for the Board as well as the Controller, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Education and candidates for those offices. Delegates to the ex-officio members may be subject to change.
Name | Position |
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Harry M. Keiley | Board Chair |
Sharon Hendricks | Board Vice Chair |
Denise Bradford | Board Member |
Karen Yamamoto | Board Member |
William Prezant | Board Member |
Ken Tang | Board Member |
Jennifer Urdan | Board Member |
Michael Gunning | Board Member |
Malia Cohen | Ex-Officio, State Controller |
Lynn Paquin | Delegate |
Joe Stephenshaw | Ex-Officio, Director of Finance |
Gayle Miller | Delegate |
Erika Li | Delegate |
Richard Gillihan | Delegate |
Kari Krogseng | Delegate |
Michele Perrault | Delegate |
Thomas Todd | Delegate |
Lisa Mierczynski | Delegate |
Amy Jarvis | Delegate |
Chris Ferguson | Delegate |
Erica Gonzales | Delegate |
Teresa Calvert | Delegate |
Adam Dorsey | Delegate |
Matt Almy | Delegate |
Sally Lukenbill | Delegate |
Sergio Aguilar | Delegate |
Jennifer Whitaker | Delegate |
Fiona Ma | Ex-Officio, State Treasurer |
Patrick Henning | Delegate |
Frank Ruffino | Delegate |
Tony Thurmond | Ex-Officio, Supt. Of Public Instruction |
Blake Johnson | Delegate |
General & investment staff
This list includes staff who may be involved with investment decisions. It is not an exhaustive list of every CalSTRS staff member.
CalSTRS staff | Position |
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Cassandra Lichnock | Chief Executive Officer |
Christopher Ailman | Chief Investment Officer |
Scott Chan | Deputy Chief Investment Officer |
April Wilcox | Director of Investment Services |
Geraldine Jimenez | Senior Investment Director |
Michael DiRe | Senior Investment Director |
Glenn Hosokawa | Director of Fixed Income |
June Kim | Director Global Equity |
Kirsty Jenkinson | Director of Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies |
Margot Wirth | Director of Private Equity |
Paul Shantic | Director of Inflation Sensitive |
Steven Tong | Director of Risk Mitigating Strategies |
Kelly Criss | Head of Investment Operations |
Shifat Hasan | Head of Investment Performance & Compliance |
Michael Weston | Career Executive Assignment |
Aeisha Mastagni | Portfolio Manager |
Aizaz Ali | Portfolio Manager |
Albert Yong | Portfolio Manager |
Benjamin Wang | Portfolio Manager |
Brian Rice | Portfolio Manager |
Bruce Deutsch | Portfolio Manager |
Carrie Lo | Portfolio Manager |
Cathy DiSalvo | Portfolio Manager |
Charles Fitzpatrick | Portfolio Manager |
Dan Depner | Portfolio Manager |
Daniel Clark | Portfolio Manager |
Daniel Lau | Portfolio Manager |
David Gold | Portfolio Manager |
David Murphy | Portfolio Manager |
Debra Ng | Portfolio Manager |
Don Palmieri | Portfolio Manager |
Geetha Arani | Portfolio Manager |
Georgia Pappas | Portfolio Manager |
Glen Blacet | Portfolio Manager |
Hank Thomas | Portfolio Manager |
Ian McCarty | Portfolio Manager |
Jason Crawford | Portfolio Manager |
Jeffrey Jaro | Portfolio Manager |
Josh Diedesch | Portfolio Manager |
Julie Donegan | Portfolio Manager |
Michael McGowan | Portfolio Manager |
Michael Warmerdam | Portfolio Manager |
Mitch Pleis | Portfolio Manager |
Nick Abel | Portfolio Manager |
Ray Venner | Portfolio Manager |
Robert Ross | Portfolio Manager |
Rosemary Lucchesini | Portfolio Manager |
Sally Stocks | Portfolio Manager |
Seth Hall | Portfolio Manager |
Tom Baker | Portfolio Manager |
Wilson Yee | Portfolio Manager |
Anthony Kennedy | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Anthony Schmitz | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Christopher Preston | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Dante Malvini | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Darin Yi | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Delfina Palomo | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Dianna Dean | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Douglas Chen | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Edgar Ramirez | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Geetika Misra | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Greg Arendt | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Harmony Kingston | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Henry Ha | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Haytham Sharief | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Jackie Liu | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Jennifer Enos | Associate Portfolio Manager |
John-Charles Gish | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Joshua Ungar | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Justin Wiles | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Kari Salazar-Maynard | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Katherine Rodota | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Kimberly McDonnell | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Marketa Ostadalova | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Matthew Lisonbee | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Matthew Schroeder | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Melissa Da Ronco | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Mike Dunigan | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Mike Yager | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Nadiath Adechoubou | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Nile Garritson | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Orintheo Swanigan | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Pedro Ferrer deMorais | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Sarah Maile | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Sean Ehrlich | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Sharon Jou | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Shawn Webster | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Simranjit Dhillon | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Vanessa Morris | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Wayne Yim | Associate Portfolio Manager |
Adriana Gutierrez | Investment Officer |
Aidan Hunter | Investment Officer |
Alex Glaeser | Investment Officer |
Alicia Osborn | Investment Officer |
Allison Prior | Investment Officer |
Andrey Golub | Investment Officer |
Angela Tran | Investment Officer |
April Uyematsu | Investment Officer |
Arthur Ma | Investment Officer |
Carlos Maciel | Investment Officer |
Christopher Ellis | Investment Officer |
Christopher Louie | Investment Officer |
Christopher Moore | Investment Officer |
Christopher Singh | Investment Officer |
Cristine Chan | Investment Officer |
Daniel Thai | Investment Officer |
David Munoz | Investment Officer |
Debora Green | Investment Officer |
Denny Young | Investment Officer |
Diego Sanchez | Investment Officer |
Edward Chrisen | Investment Officer |
Eli Bradaric | Investment Officer |
Emilio Navarrete | Investment Officer |
Erica Hogans | Investment Officer |
Gabriel DeMesa | Investment Officer |
Gina Tavarez | Investment Officer |
Guldip Dhillon | Investment Officer |
Harshini Perera | Investment Officer |
Helena Posner | Investment Officer |
Hiep Tran | Investment Officer |
Huy Ngo | Investment Officer |
IBK Aina | Investment Officer |
Ilena Drake | Investment Officer |
Jacqueline Mwiti | Investment Officer |
Jake O’Hagan | Investment Officer |
James Hagerty | Investment Officer |
Jean Paule Blardony | Investment Officer |
Jessie Kong | Investment Officer |
Jimmy Garcia | Investment Officer |
Joakim Mahlberg | Investment Officer |
Joanne Taylor | Investment Officer |
Julie Song | Investment Officer |
Justin Bosley | Investment Officer |
Karen Tuason | Investment Officer |
Katie Lee | Investment Officer |
Kate Wallen | Investment Officer |
Khoi Nguyen | Investment Officer |
Kimmie Nicolas | Investment Officer |
Krishneel Krishna | Investment Officer |
Kristian Altier | Investment Officer |
LaShae Badelita | Investment Officer |
Lilit Arakelyan | Investment Officer |
Lucy Yang | Investment Officer |
Madison Doris | Investment Officer |
Mami Wong | Investment Officer |
Marcella Tedla | Investment Officer |
Marina Kong | Investment Officer |
Mark Melvani | Investment Officer |
Matt Saha | Investment Officer |
Matt Toepel | Investment Officer |
Matthew Schott | Investment Officer |
Mauricio Smith | Investment Officer |
Melanie Guzman | Investment Officer |
Michael Carlson | Investment Officer |
Michael Wilson | Investment Officer |
Michel Paniagua | Investment Officer |
Miguel Uribe | Investment Officer |
Misty Watson | Investment Officer |
Mohammad Quader | Investment Officer |
Monica Robinson | Investment Officer |
Mylene Wu | Investment Officer |
Nicholas Clyde | Investment Officer |
Nicholas Koehler | Investment Officer |
Nicholas Sweet | Investment Officer |
Nicole Yamamoto | Investment Officer |
Rajveer Dhanoa | Investment Officer |
Ralph Smith | Investment Officer |
Ramona Marzion | Investment Officer |
Rehka Vaitla | Investment Officer |
Richard Morgan | Investment Officer |
Robert Corey | Investment Officer |
Ron Leu | Investment Officer |
Ryan Brown | Investment Officer |
Ryan Phillips | Investment Officer |
Samantha Phan | Investment Officer |
Samantha Pollick | Investment Officer |
Sanjay Singh | Investment Officer |
Saphira Tran | Investment Officer |
Scott Huckell | Investment Officer |
Selina Muasya | Investment Officer |
Shivi Krishna | Investment Officer |
Solomiya Williams | Investment Officer |
Sonia Sanchez | Investment Officer |
Stacey Reichenberg | Investment Officer |
Stefanie Meza | Investment Officer |
Taylor Henry | Investment Officer |
Taylor Tsao | Investment Officer |
Thomas Tatum | Investment Officer |
Thomas Willardsen | Investment Officer |
Tiffany Lau | Investment Officer |
Tiffany Vispetto | Investment Officer |
Timothy Smith | Investment Officer |
Tyler Rico | Investment Officer |
Wayne Chung | Investment Officer |
Zang Thao | Investment Officer |