LAGERS Board of Trustees
The Board’s principal role is to ensure that LAGERS is appropriately governed and managed. The Board is to serve the best interests of members and beneficiaries and to protect the assets of the system. Trustees approve strategy and policy and delegate day-to-day management of the retirement system to staff. The LAGERS Board of Trustees is made up of three elected Member Trustees, three elected Employer Trustees and one appointed Citizen Trustee.
The three Member Trustees must be active employee members of LAGERS and are elected by a vote of the members at LAGERS’ Annual Meeting.
The three Employer Trustees must be elected or appointed officials of a LAGERS’ participating employer, cannot be members of the system, and are elected at LAGERS’ Annual Meeting.
The one Citizen Trustee is neither an active member or employer official and is appointed by the governor.
Joan Jadali, CPFO, CEBS, Board Chair
Member Trustee – City of Town & Country
Term Expires: 12-31-2026
Frank Buck, Board Vice-Chair
Employer Trustee – Appointed Official of DeKalb County
Term Expires: 12-31-2024
Sandy Walker
Member Trustee – City of Poplar Bluff
Term Expires: 12-31-2024
Mark Perkins
Member Trustee, City of Creve Coeur
Term Expires: 10-24-2024
Tony Kelley
Employer Trustee – Appointed Official of Central Jackson County FPD
Term Expires: 12-31-2026
Chad Munsey
Employer Trustee – Appointed Official of the City of Springfield
Term Expires: 12-31-2025
Claire West
Citizen Trustee
Appointed by Governor
2024 Board Meetings
March 22, 2024
Jefferson City, MO
Minutes
June 14, 2024
Jefferson City, MO
Notice of Meeting
Agenda
September 20, 2024
Jefferson City, MO
December 6, 2024
Jefferson City, MO
The next trustee election will take place at the LAGERS Annual Meeting on October 24, 2024, at the Margaritaville Lake Resort in Lake Ozark, MO. The nomination period for the LAGERS Board of Trustees election is from July 29th to September 20, 2024.
Who Can Be Nominated?
An employer trustee candidate must be an elected or appointed official from a participating LAGERS employer. A candidate cannot be a member of LAGERS nor from the same employer as another active Board member.
A member trustee candidate must be an active member of LAGERS. A candidate cannot be from the same employer as another active Board member nor can be a police officer (if there is another police officer on the Board) nor a firefighter (if there is another firefighter on the Board).
A complete list of Board of Trustee Election FAQs can be found here.
Which Seats Are Up For Election in 2024?
Three board seats will be up for election in October:
- Member Trustee (full term to 12/31/2028
- Member Trustee (partial term to 12/31/2025)
- Employer Trustee (full term to 12/31/2028)
I Want to Run for a LAGERS Board of Trustee Seat
- Check your eligibility. View our FAQs page to ensure you meet the eligibility requirements to serve on the LAGERS Board of Trustees.
- Select which seat you would like to declare for. You may only run for one open seat and must declare which seat you are seeking.
- Complete a Nomination Form. Complete and sign the nomination form and Candidate Information. This information will be used to create your candidate bio, which will be shared with all voting delegates prior to the Annual Meeting.
- Have your employer sign the Nomination Form. The employer that you will be representing as a Trustee must certify your eligibility. No nomination form will be accepted without this certification. Only a member of the employer’s governing body or their highest designee (such as a city administrator) may sign the certification.
- Send your form to LAGERS no later than September 20th, 2024. No late forms or floor nominations will be accepted.
Once the nomination period has closed, LAGERS will send nominee profiles to the voting delegates registered to attend the Annual Meeting. Nominees will also have an opportunity to address voting delegates at the Annual Meeting prior to the elections.
