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John E. Thompson, Jr. - President
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John is the Trust Investments Manager for Energy Future
Holdings. He has more than 17 years of pension investment
experience and is responsible for all the company's external
trust funds including defined benefit plans, defined
contribution plans, various non-qualified plans, and nuclear
decommissioning trusts totaling $3.9 billion in assets. |
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His current responsibilities include: managing the investment
managers; reviewing and presenting performance to the
responsible committee; evaluating, recommending, and
implementing changes in investment strategy, policy, and
investment management.
Prior to managing pension assets he was responsible for
special financings, including pollution control bonds and
leveraged leases. He also held positions including financial
planning, budgeting and contract administration.
He is a founding board member of the National Society of
Institutional Investment Professionals, President of the
Dallas Chapter, and has co-chaired all sixteen Annual National
Pension Summits from 1995 through 2010. He is also an active
member of the Utility Pension Fund Study Group and the Nuclear
Decommissioning Fund Study Group. In addition he is the
Investment Committee chair for the Circle Ten Council Boy
Scout Foundation. He previously served on the editorial board
of the Journal of Pension Plan Investing, and the Pension
Policy and Legislation Committee for the Texas State Pension
Review Board.
He has an MBA in Finance from The University of Texas at
Arlington where his master’s thesis was “An Analysis of the
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Bruce Cox - Vice
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Bruce Cox served on the board of directors of
the Employees’ Retirement Fund, City of Fort Worth from 1978
until 2008. He also is on the board of directors of the
National Society of Institutional Investment Professionals and
is a member of the Society of Pension Professionals.
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Bruce served on the State Pension Review Board for six years
and was on the Board of Directors for the Texas Association of
Public Employees Retirement Systems for nine years. Bruce
retired in 1993 from the position of battalion chief with the
Fort Worth Fire Department after 35 years service. He is
currently president of the Retired Fort Worth Firefighters
Association. |
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David J. Pittman - Vice President
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Mr. Pittman is a PIMCO consultant, previously a Senior
Vice President & Regional Director for PIMCO when he
retired on 12-31-09. He joined PIMCO in 1997, formerly a
Senior Executive with The Northern Trust Company/Chicago,
Bank of America/California, and Republic Bank/Dallas.
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Mr. Pittman is on the President's Council of SouthWest
Benefits Association, a Founding Director of NSIIP/National
Society of Institutional Investment Professionals, a Founding
Member of TEXPERS/Tx Public ERS. He was an Adjutant Professor
at George Washington University's Pension Institute, on the
Pension World Advisory Board, and on the American & Texas
Bankers Assn Corporate Services Boards. He is involved in the
P&I Institute, NCTR, NCPERS, TEXPO, SCTR, and Southern
Employee Benefits Conference.
He has 41 years of institutional investment, banking & finance
experience, holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the
University of Texas and a Graduate Banking degree from
Southern Methodist University/SMU where his thesis was on
ERISA/1974. He also graduated the AMA Corporate Executives
Course/Wharton University, and attended PIMCO Quarterly
Cyclical & Secular Investment Forums. |
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Bill Blythe -
Secretary and Executive Director |
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Bill Blythe recently retired as the
Executive Director of the Texas Association of Public Employee
Retirement Systems (TEXPERS), a position he filled for almost
fifteen years. He is now the Executive Director and one of
the founders of the National Society of Institutional
Investment Professionals (Formerly the National Society of
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In addition to his involvement with the
education of institutional investors, He has over forty years
of real estate experience. He is associated with Martha
Turner Properties, L.P. where he is involved in commercial and
residential sales, building, and developing within the Houston
metropolitan area.
He was a member of the Texas House of
Representatives for twelve years, and served in various
appointed government positions. He authored the legislation
creating the Texas State Pension Review Board. He is a member
of the Investors for Director Accountability Foundation’s
National Steering Committee.
He attended the University of Texas,
earning a B.A. degree in General Business. He served for
eight years in the United States Army on both active and
reserve duty.
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Jim Harrell -
Treasurer |
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Jim Harrell is the President of the World Giving Community
Foundation. He combines a background with for-profit
financial institutions and charitable entities. He served
as the charitable liaison for Republic Bank and Northern
Trust and the finance officer for Southwestern Medical
Foundation.
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He recently organized one of the member community
foundations of the Border Philanthropy Project between
Mexico and the United States, the Laredo Area Community
Foundation, and is still a trustee. Currently, he is
establishing an ecumenical, faith based, community
foundation, World Giving, to provide community foundation
services to a broad base of donors who want to fund
charities globally. Jim is on the board of directors of
the National Society of Institutional Investment
Professionals and is a member of the Society of Pension
Professionals. |
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