Chief Officers Summit 2023 | National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) | 19 June 2023 | Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Pl, Denver, CO 80202, USA

C-Suite executives at mid-market plans have told us they value peer interactions, but they need to make every minute count. This peer-designed program answers that need. The Summit is for CEOs and CIOs only, providing a safe place for open discussion—with no trustees, no vendors, and no outsiders.

The agenda and all discussions at this compact, two-day event are 100% peer-driven, created by an advisory faculty of C-Suite pension leaders. Each day begins with joint CEO and CIO sessions. Then the groups split off into separate tracks—one planned by public plan CEOs, the other by public plan CIOs.

The Summit features unique content not typically offered at pension conferences. It emphasizes the distinct challenges mid-market plans face and provides plan executives the opportunity to work collaboratively in solutions-focused small group discussions.

Sessions cover such vital skills as leadership, strategic planning, communications, human capital management, innovation, and recruitment and retention—with an emphasis on the so-called “soft skills” that organizations and their leaders need to foster constant learning, improvement, and growth. The Summit also provides rich opportunities to network with peers.

This fast-paced conference is the place where CEOs and CIOs can back away from their desks, turn off their mobile phones, and clear their heads to think strategically about what it takes to provide 21st Century leadership to a public pension plan.

2023 Speakers

Miguel Bahamon
Deputy City Attorney, City of Los Angeles

Neil Guglielmo
Bachelor of Political Science, Loyola Marymount UniversityLoyola Marymount University

Rodney June
Los Angeles City Employees, Retirement System

George Tarlas
Senior Managing Director, Asset Consulting Group

Sam Austin
NEPC; Freddie Broome, Georgia Municipal Association

Jennifer Fairweather
Jefferson County, Colorado

Theresa Whitmarsh
Executive Director, Washington State Investment Board

Juan Williams
TN Department of Human, Resources

Mark Steed
Arizona Public Safety Personnel, Retirement System

Akio Tagawa
President & CEO, Linea Solutions

Peter Hecht
Managing Director, AQR Capital Management

Debby Slack Cherney
Leadership Program Coach, Albert A. Webb Associates (WEBB)

Chris Hanson
Executive Director, City of Austin Employees' Retirement System.

Craig Chaikin, CFA
Senior Vice President, Callan

Jason Kellman
Asset Management, Pinnacle

David Lindberg
Director, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Chase Rankin
Executive Director, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System

Adam Franklin
General Counsel at Colorado Fire and Police Pension Association (FPPA)

Maya Saxena
Shareholder, Saxena White P.A.

Irwin Schwartz
President and Managing Member, DIVIDEX Management LLC

Brian Bartow
General Counsel, CalSTRS

Bill Betts
Executive Director, Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement System

Peter Chenoweth
Database Administrator, LRS

Jeffrey Mills
Vice President and Senior Consultant, Segal

Rodney June
Chief Investment Officer, LACERS

Antonio Rodriguez
Director of Investment Strategy, NYC Board of Education Retirement System

Craig Slaughter
Financial Advisor of Park Avenue Securities, Strategies for Wealth

Patrick von Keyserling
Senior Director of Communications, Colorado PERA

Meera Pandit
Executive Director, Global Market Strategist, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Paul Podolsky
Founder of Still Press Media & Kate Capital

Eric Benninger
Denver Field Office of the FBI

Eric Benninger
Project Chief, Chrysler Group LLC