TRS members. Do you agree with Executive Director Ingram? Let TRS Directors know. « Fred Klonsky

TRS members. Do you agree with Executive Director Ingram? Let TRS Directors know. « Fred Klonsky:

TRS members. Do you agree with Executive Director Ingram? Let TRS Directors know.

by Fred Klonsky

Recently Richard Ingram, the Executive Director of the Illinois Teacher Retirement System was quoted as saying that retiree benefits might need to be cut and that the system faced insolvency by 2029.
While not repeating Ingram’s Civic Committee line, the TRS board, including IEA representatives, supported Ingram and claimed that members must face “the new reality” that the state will not meet their obligations to retired and active teachers.
If you do not agree with this assessment, and instead believe that that we must fight for the state to keep their promise to the 300,000 Illinois pensioners who rely on their TRS benefits to live, send the Trustees an email and let them know.
Tell them your story. 

Members TRS is governed by a 13-member Board of Trustees. Trustees include the state superintendent of education, six trustees appointed by the governor, four trustees elected by contributing TRS members, and two trustees elected by TRS annuitants. Two appointed trustee positions are currently open. Christopher Koch, Ed.D.President Bloomington trustee_koch@trs.illinois.gov Molly PhalenVice President Rockford trustee_phalen@trs.illinois.gov Michael Busby Kenilworth trustee_busby@trs.illinois.gov Marcia Campbell O’Fallon trustee_campbell@trs.illinois.gov Jan Cleveland Carmi trustee_cleveland@trs.illinois.gov Cinda Klickna Rochester trustee_klickna@trs.illinois.gov Sharon Leggett Evanston trustee_leggett@trs.illinois.gov Bob Lyons Hoffman Estates trustee_lyons@trs.illinois.gov Cynthia O’Neill Carlyle trustee_oneill@trs.illinois.gov Janice Reedus Indian Head Park trustee_reedus@trs.illinois.gov Sonia Walwyn Naperville trustee_walwyn@trs.illinois.gov The president of the Board of Trustees, by law, is the Illinois superintendent of education. The Board of Trustees elects its vice president from among its members. The Board of Trustees appoints an executive director who also serves as the secretary of the Board of Trustees. The executive director is responsible for daily operations at TRS.