Jack Ehnes, CEO of the $252.4 billion California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), has announced his plans to retire after more than 18 years. He will step down in September.
Ehnes joined CalSTRS as CEO in February 2002. Before joining CalSTRS, Ehnes was vice president, corporate affairs, at insurance firm Great-West Life.
Ehnes is currently chairman of the FTSE Green Industries Advisory Committee and vice chair of the FTSE Sustainable Investment Advisory Committee in London. He is also the board vice chair of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in Amsterdam. He currently serves on the boards of Ceres, and is a past president of the National Council on Teacher Retirement. He also serves as a public governor on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in Washington, D.C.
