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Our team of management professionals oversees daily operations in 15 specialty departments. See our administrative structure and current leadership staff in the organizational chart displayed below or view the text-only version.

Image of an org chart representing our management team. List of professionals can be found at bottom of this website.

  • Members
    • Board of Retirement
    • Board of Investments
      • Santos H. Kreimann, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Office
        • Richard Bendall, Chief, Internal Audit (Reports to CEO and both Boards)*
        • Jonathan Grabel, Chief Investment Officer, Investments
          • Jude Perez, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Investments
        • Luis A. Lugo, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Executive Office
        • Steven Rice, Chief Counsel, Legal Services
        • Vincent Lim, Chief Counsel, Disability Litigation
      • John Popowich, Assistant Executive Officer, Executive Office
        • Tatiana Bayer, Division Manager, Member Services
        • Tamara Caldwell, Division Manager, Disability Retirement
        • Bernardo Buenaflor, Chief, Quality Assurance
        • Louis Gittens, Division Manager, Benefits Division
        • Cynthia Martinez, Chief, Communications
      • Chaitanya Errande, Information Security Officer, Executive Office
      • Laura Guglielmo, Assistant Executive Officer, Executive Office
        • Ricki Contreras, Division Manager, Administrative Services Division
        • Carly Ntoya, Director, Human Resources
        • Ted Granger, Chief Financial Officer, Financial & Accounting Services Division
        • Kathy Delino, Chief Information Technology Officer, Information Systems Division
      • Cassandra Smith, Director Retiree Healthcare, Retiree Healthcare Benefits Program