NASRA Presidents

1956.............. W. Frank DeLamar, Georgia
1957 ............. J. E. Wahlberg, Connecticut
1958.............. Cecil L. Bolinger, Indiana
1959.............. Max M. Manchester, Oregon
1960.............. Fred L. Schneider, Ohio
1961.............. William E. Payne, California
1962.............. L. C. Cotright, Illinois
1963.............. W. R. Hough, Mississippi
1964.............. Wayne R. Gibson, Arizona
1965.............. B.J. Mawhinney, Florida
1966.............. Kenneth Buck, Nevada
1967.............. Charles H. Smith, Virginia
1968.............. John K. Corkhill, Kansas
1969.............. Lloyd G. Baker, Washington
1970.............. John J. Manning, Massachusetts
1971.............. Tatum W. Gressett, South Carolina
1972.............. Max Stange, Oklahoma
1973.............. T. F. Terrell, Idaho
1974.............. Ed R. Longnecker, Iowa
1975.............. Max Sullivan, Wisconsin
1976.............. Roy B. Schaefer, Jr., Louisiana
1977.............. Jim McGoffin, Oregon
1978.............. Fred M. Walker, Mississippi
1979.............. Joseph Iannelli, Rhode Island
1980.............. Vernon Bennett, Nevada
1981.............. Glen D. Pond, Virginia
1982.............. Bert D. Hunsaker, Utah
1983.............. James W. Callanan, Massachusetts
1984.............. Purvis W. Collins, South Carolina
1985.............. Alan Person, North Dakota
1986.............. Michael L. Mory, Illinois
1987.............. Vernon Strickland, Louisiana
1988.............. Abe Domain, Georgia
1989.............. Will Keating, Nevada
1990.............. Richard L. Beers, Michigan
1991.............. Don McArdle, Delaware
1992.............. Larry Nachsheim, Montana
1993.............. Kie Hall, Arkansas
1994.............. Robert Scott, Colorado
1995.............. Dr. David Bronner, Alabama
1996.............. Alan Winkle, Idaho
1997.............. Richard Schumacher, Ohio
1998.............. Dee Williams, Utah
1999.............. Sparb Collins, North Dakota
2000.............. Jim Sims, West Virginia
2001.............. Jerry Fox, Wyoming
2002.............. Gary Findlay, Missouri
2003.............. Frank Ready, Mississippi
2004.............. David Bergstrom, Minnesota
2005.............. Ed Hennessee, Tennessee
2006.............. Laurie Fiori Hacking, Minnesota
2007.............. M. Steve Yoakum, Missouri
2008.............. William Hanes, Kentucky
2009.............. Terry Slattery, New Mexico
2010.............. Eric Stanchfield, District of Columbia
2011.............. Michael Williamson, District of Columbia
2012.............. Donna Mueller, Iowa
2013, 2014...... Pat Robertson, Mississippi
2015.............. Cindy Rougeou, Louisiana
2016.............. R. Dean Kenderdine, Maryland
2017.............. Robert A. Wylie, South Dakota
2018.............. Sandy Matheson, Maine
2019 ............. Gail Stone, Arkansas/Sandy Matheson, Maine
2020, 2021 ..... Jim Potvin, Georgia
2022 ............. Don Drum, Idaho
2023...............Frank Karpinski, Rhode Island
2024.............. Trish Bishop, Virginia
2025...............Dan Andersen, Utah
2026...............Brian Guthrie, Texas


Former presidents and year served, pictured left to right: Steve Yoakum, 2007; Pat Robertson, 2013, 2014; Michael Williamson, 2011; Donna Mueller, 2012; Gary Findlay, 2002; Laurie Hacking, 2006; Richard Schumacher, 1997 (photo taken 2014, Asheville, NC)


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What's New at NASRA: Updated Cost of Living Issue Brief

Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) play a significant role in public pensions. They help retirees keep up with rising prices, but they also add costs to pension plans. Policymakers and plan sponsors are tasked with balancing three things: benefits adequacy, plan sustainability, and affordability for members and plan sponsors.
The recent increase in inflation caused many policymakers and, in some cases pension trustees, to review how benefits are designed and paid for, including the way COLAs are granted and funded. NASRA’s recently updated issue brief on the lates trends in COLAs is available in the NASRA Research Center.