PSERS re-elects chairman and vice chairman

The board of trustees of the Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) has re-elected Melva Vogler as chairman of the PSERS’ board of trustees and Nathan Mains as vice chairman.

Vogler was re-elected to a one-year term as chairman. She has been a member of PSERS’ board since 1994. She represented active members on the pension fund for 20 years and was elected in 2013 to serve as the trustee for PSERS retired members. She has served as chairman since January 2007.

Vogler also currently serves on the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) staff pension board, and was a member of PSEA’s board of directors from 1988 until August 2004, and served on its budget committee from 1991 through August 2004. She also served on the National Institute on Retirement Security Board and on the executive committee of the Council of Institutional Investors. Vogler is currently a member of PSEA-Retired and Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees.

Mains was also re-elected to a one-year term as vice chairman. Mains serves ex officio on PSERS’ board as the CEI of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, Inc. He began his tenure as CEO of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association in September 2013. In addition, he serves as a president and a member of the board of the PA School Boards Insurance Trust, and as CEO of School Boards Services Corporation.

He also serves as treasurer of the Pennsylvania School District Liquid Asset Fund, a $5 billion fund created specifically to assist local education agencies and municipal entities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania manage their investment needs. Additionally, he serves as a member of the board and policy committee chair for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, and as secretary of the board of EasyProcure, a procurement card joint venture.