The $165 billion Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) has appointed Allyson Tucker as its new CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2022. She succeeds Theresa Whitmarsh, who will retire on Dec. 31, 2021, after serving as the agency’s top executive for 12 years.
Tucker has more than 20 years of investment management experience and 11 years at the WSIB, having first served first as head of the agency’s risk management and asset allocation team and most recently as CIO, a title she has held since January 2020.
For the remainder of 2021, Tucker and Whitmarsh will work together to create a smooth transition. As part of the transition, WSIB’s management team will evaluate candidates to fill Tucker’s current CIO role, with the intention of filling the seat later this year.
“It’s a tremendous privilege and honor to have an opportunity to build on Theresa’s leadership and the WSIB’s legacy
