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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY FOR MARK RANDALL

Mark R. Randall, FCA, EA, MAAA, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company. Mark is responsible for the management
of the firm, focusing externally on the brand, growth and development of GRS.
Mark has more than 30 years of actuarial and employee benefits consulting
experience with an emphasis on public pension retirement systems. He is
located in the firm’s Dallas, Texas office. Mark serves on the Board of
Directors for GRS and is an integral part of GRS’ Executive Committee.

In addition to his management responsibilities, Mark serves as the lead actuary for numerous
large municipal plans and statewide retirement systems. Mark has experience in all aspects of
employee benefits consulting, including experience studies, cost studies, governmental
accounting standards, trustee education, employee communication, and strategic analysis. Mark
also has extensive experience with creative pension plan redesign, from conception through
legislative adoption, especially in such areas as risk assessment and hybrid alternatives.

Mark has served clients in California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. For example, Mark is the Lead Actuary for
the Texas Municipal Retirement System, the Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System, the
Educational Retirement Board of New Mexico, and the Wyoming Retirement System. His
municipal clients include the City of Dallas Employees’ Retirement Fund, the Houston Police
Officers’ Pension System, and the Municipal Employees’ Retirement Plan for the City of Tulsa,
OK.

In addition to his work as an actuary, Mark has been a frequent guest speaker at national
organization conferences such as the National Association of State Retirement Administrators
(NASRA), the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS), the
Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), and also more regional organizations such as
the Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (TEXPERS) and the Oklahoma
Association of Public Fund Employees.

Mark is a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (FCA), a Member of the American
Academy of Actuaries (MAAA), and an Enrolled Actuary (EA) under ERISA. He meets all of the
Qualification Standards of the American Academy of Actuaries.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY FOR JOE NEWTON

Joseph Newton, FSA, FCA, EA, MAAA, is a Senior Consultant and Team
Leader with GRS. Joe is a nationally recognized public sector actuary
who works with numerous statewide, regional, and local retirement systems
and is located in GRS’ Dallas, Texas office. He has more than 15 years of
actuarial and benefit consulting experience. Joe’s clients are located in
Colorado, Hawaii, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington.

Joe is the Pension Team Leader for the Southwest Region of GRS. The
Southwest region’s pension team, which covers the Dallas and Denver offices, serves as the
retained actuary to more than fifteen statewide retirement systems and many large municipal
retirement systems, and is the recurring auditing actuary for the States of Alaska and
Virginia. This team also provides post-retirement health valuations and consulting through
shared service arrangements with the North Central Texas Council of Governments and South
Carolina Association of Counties.

Joe is the Co-Lead Actuary for the Texas Municipal Retirement System, and the Lead Actuary
for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the Employees’ Retirement System of Texas, the
Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado, the South Carolina Employees’ Retirement
System, the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island, and the Employees' Retirement
System of the State of Hawaii.

Joe is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting
Actuaries (FCA), a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA), and an Enrolled
Actuary (EA) under ERISA. He meets all of the Qualification Standards of the American
Academy of Actuaries. In addition, Joe is a member of the Young Leaders Council of the
Conference of Consulting Actuaries and a frequent guest speaker at national organization
conferences such as the National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR) and the National
Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS).
GRS CORPORATE HISTORY

Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company (GRS) is the national actuarial and benefits consulting
services leader for the public sector. GRS was incorporated in 1962 from a merger of A. G.
Gabriel & Company, a sole proprietorship that was established in 1938, and another younger sole
proprietorship, Roeder & Company. In 1995, GRS merged with Kruse, O'Connor & Ling, a
Florida based consulting firm. Today GRS has more than 130 associates and serves more than
800 clients across the U.S.

Over the years, the company has expanded its services and industry segments. The foundation of
our services continues to be actuarial and related consulting. The public sector remains our
primary customer segment comprising nearly 100% of our client base. The company also serves
church, hospital, and corporate benefit plans. GRS practice areas include pension, health &
welfare, client software, and 529 pre-paid tuition.

STRUCTURE OF GRS

GRS is a private Michigan corporation that is nearly 100% employee owned. GRS’ structure
consists of eight full-service local consulting offices organized within three regions and
supported by strong, centralized resources. At GRS, the following functions are centralized:

• Corporate strategy and management;


• Corporate finance and accounting functions;
• Research Group; and
• Software development.

GRS has offices in Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Grand Rapids, Hartford,
and Minneapolis. The main guiding body for the firm is the GRS Board of Directors which
consists of nine members elected by the shareholders. GRS’ structure enables us to share our
financial, marketing, and human resources within and across established geographic regions.
Regions do not compete with each other for business. Our full-service local consulting offices are
supported by strong, centralized resources. This approach empowers our consultants to work in
the best interests of clients by identifying local marketplace priorities and utilizing regional or
national resources as available and appropriate.

As noted above, centralized research is provided by our Research Group located in GRS’ corporate
office. An extremely important element in GRS' services to its clients, this group is comprised of
highly qualified professionals knowledgeable in the legal, tax, and accounting issues of benefits
and compensation programs. These individuals closely monitor and analyze legislative and
regulatory activity and the benefits/compensation pronouncements of the Internal Revenue Service,
the Federal Courts, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board, the Department of Labor, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and many other government and regulatory bodies.
Our research staff publishes a continuing series of newsletters, topical bulletins, and technical
alerts to provide our clients with the latest information on emerging developments. Also, the
staff is available to GRS consultants and their clients to research accurate answers to individual
technical questions.

OWNERSHIP OF GRS

GRS is primarily a private corporation owned by its employees. All full-time employees are
eligible and encouraged to purchase GRS stock. Because GRS is nearly 100% employee-owned,
we can provide clients with truly independent consulting advice.

Below is an organizational chart of GRS’s corporate structure:


SAMPLE PUBLIC PENSION CLIENT LIST

AL Clearwater Employees’ Pension Fund


The Mobile Housing Board Cooper City General Employees’ Retirement Plan
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center Cooper City Officers Retirement Plan
AR Cooper City Police Retirement Plan
Arkansas Judicial Retirement System Coral Gables Retirement System
Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System Coral Springs General Employees' Retirement System
Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System Dania Beach General Employees' Retirement Plan
Arkansas State Highway Employees Retirement Dania Beach Police & Firefighters' Retirement
System System
Arkansas State Police Retirement System Deerfield Beach Non-Uniformed Employees'
Retirement Plan
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System
DeLand General Employees' Retirement Plan
AZ
DeLand Municipal Police Officers' Retirement Plan
Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System
Delray Beach General Employees' Retirement Plan
Tucson Arizona Supplemental Retirement System
Eustis Police Officers' Retirement System
CA
Florida City Elected Officials Retirement Plan
San Luis Obispo County Pension Trust
Fort Lauderdale General Employees Retirement
CO System
Adams County Retirement Board Fort Pierce Police Officers Retirement Fund
Arapahoe County Board of Retirement Fort Pierce Retirement and Benefit System
Arvada Fire Protection District Fort Walton Beach General Employees Retirement
System
Aurora General Employees Retirement Plan
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority Employees
Colorado Fire and Police Pension Association (FPPA) Retirement Plan
Craig Rural Fire Protection District Hialeah Elected Officers Retirement System
Denver Employees Retirement Plan Hialeah Gardens Police Pension Trust Fund
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 Hollywood Employees Retirement System
Longmont Homestead Elected Official Retirement System (Old
FL Plan)
Atlantic Beach Florida General Employees' Homestead Firefighters' Retirement System
Retirement System
Homestead General Employees' Retirement System
Atlantic Beach Police Officers' Retirement System Homestead New Elected Officials and Sr.
Bal Harbour Village General Employees' Pension Management Ret. System (New Plan)
Plan
Homestead Police Officers' Pension Plan
Bay Medical Center
Indian River Shores Defined Benefit Plan
Boynton Beach Municipal Firefighters Retirement
Fund Jacksonville Beach Firefighters' Retirement System
Boynton Beach Municipal Police Officers' Retirement Jacksonville Beach General Employees' Retirement
Fund System
Boynton Beach Pension Plan for General Employees Jupiter Island OPEB
Bradenton Police Officers' Retirement Plan Jupiter Island Retirement Plan
Key Biscayne Police & Firefighters Retirement Plan
SAMPLE PUBLIC PENSION CLIENT LIST

FL New Port Richey Police Officers' Retirement System


Key West Employees' Retirement Plan North Miami Beach
Key West Housing Authority Employees' Retirement North Miami Beach General
System North Miami Beach General Employees' Retirement
Key West Utility Board General Employees Plan
Retirement System North Miami Clair T. Singerman Employees'
Kissimmee General Employees' Retirement Plan Retirement System
Lake Mary Firefighters Pension Plan North Miami Police Pension Plan
Lake Worth Firefighters Retirement System North Palm Beach General Employees' Retirement
Fund
Lake Worth General Employees' Retirement System
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
Lake Worth Police Officers' Pension Systems Accountability
Lake Worth, City of Okeechobee General Employees' Retirement Plan
Lakeland Employees Retirement System Okeechobee Municipal Firefighters' Pension Fund
Lantana Firefighters' Pension Fund Okeechobee Municipal Police Officers' Retirement
Lantana Police Relief & Pension Fund System
Largo Municipal Police Officers' & Firefighters' City of Oldsmar
Retirement Plan Orlando General Employees' Pension Fund
Lauderdale by Sea Volunteer Firefighters' Retirement
Orlando Utilities Commission Pension Plan
Plan
Palm Beach County Fire Employee Benefits Fund
Lauderhill General Employees Retirement System
Palm Beach County Firefighters' Retirement
Maitland Municipal Police Officers' and Firefighters'
Insurance Fund
Pension Plan
Palm Beach Gardens Police Officers' Pension Fund
Marco Island Firefighters' Pension Plan
Palm Springs Village Hazardous Employees’ Pension
Martin County Sheriff Plan
Miami Beach Fire & Police Retirement System Pembroke Pines Fire & Police Pension Fund
Miami Beach Retirement System for General Pinellas Park Police Officers' Pension Fund
Employees
Miami Parking Authority Plantation General Employees Retirement System
Miami Shores Village General Employees' Pension Plantation Police Officers' Retirement Fund
Plan Plantation Volunteers' Firefighters Retirement System
Miami Shores Village Police Officers' Retirement Pompano Beach Police & Firefighters' Retirement
System System
Miami Springs Employees' Retirement System Riviera Beach General Employees' Retirement
Miami Springs Police & Firefighters' Retirement System
System Riviera Beach Municipal Firefighters' Retirement
Miramar General Employees Retirement System System

Miramar Management Retirement Plan Riviera Beach Police Pension Fund


Mount Dora Firefighters' Pension and Retirement Sarasota Firefighters' Health Insurance Trust Fund
System Sarasota Firefighters' Pension Fund
Mount Dora General Employees' Pension Plan Sarasota General Employees’ Pension Fund
Mount Dora Police Officers' Pension & Retirement Sarasota Police Officers Pension Fund
System
SAMPLE PUBLIC PENSION CLIENT LIST

FL HI
Sebring Police Officers' Retirement Fund State of Hawaii Employees' Retirement System
South Miami Pension Plan IL
St. Lucie County Fire District Firefighters' Pension Chicago Firemens’ Annuity & Benefit Fund
Trust Fund
Chicago Laborers' & Retirement Board Emp.
St. Lucie County Fire District General Employees
Retirement System Chicago Policemens Annuity & Ben. Fund

St. Petersburg College City of Joliet

Starke Firefighters' Retirement System East Peoria Police and Fire Pension Funds

Starke General Employees' Retirement System General Assembly Retirement System of Illinois

Starke Police Officers' Retirement System Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

Sunrise General Employees' Retirement Plan Illinois State Employees Retirement System

Sunrise Police Officers' Retirement Plan Judges Retirement System of Illinois

Sweetwater Police Officers Retirement Plan Regional Transportation Authority Pension Plan

Sweetwater Elected Officers Retirement Plan State Universities Retirement System of Illinois

Tamarac Police Pension Plan Trust Fund Village of Morton

Tavares Firefighters' Pension Board of Trustees MD

Tavares Police Officers' Pension Plan Maryland State Retirement and Pension Agency

Tequesta General Employees' Pension Trust Fund Montgomery County

Tequesta Public Safety Officers Pension Trust Fund Prince George County

Town of Palm Beach Firefighters Retirement System MI


Town of Palm Beach General Employees Retirement Alpena Employees' Retirement System
System Archdiocese of Detroit Priests Retirement Plan
Town of Palm Beach Police Officers Retirement Battle Creek Police and Fire Retirement System-Act
System 345
Town of Surfside Employees' Retirement Plan Benton Township Policemen and Firemen Retirement
Volusia County Volunteer Firefighters' Pension System
System Berkley Public Safety Retirement System-Act 345
West Palm Beach Firefighters Benefit Fund Berrien County Employees Retirement Plan
West Palm Beach Police Pension Fund Bessemer Police & Fire Retirement System
West Palm Beach Restated Employees Defined
Big Rapids Police & Fire Retirement System
Benefit Retirement System
Wilton Manors Pension Plan for General Employees Birmingham Employees Retirement System
& Police Center Line Police and Fire Pension System
Wilton Manors Volunteer Firefighters' Retirement Charter Township of Harrison
System Charter Township of Shelby Fire and Police
Winter Garden Pension Plan for Firefighters and Retirement System
Police Officers Charter Township of West Bloomfield Employees
Winter Park Firefighters' Retirement System Retirement Plan
Winter Park Police Officers' Retirement System Charter Township of Ypsilanti Police and
Winter Springs Police and General Retirement Firefighter's Retirement System
System
SAMPLE PUBLIC PENSION CLIENT LIST

MI Madison Heights Policemen and Firemen Retirement


System
Cobo Hall Authority
Marine City Retirement System
Dearborn Chapter 21 Retirement System
Marquette Policemen and Firemen Retirement System
Dearborn Chapter 22 Retirement System
Melvindale Policemen and Firemen Retirement
Dearborn Chapter 23 Retirement System System
Dearborn Heights Police & Fire Retirement System Menominee Policemen and Firemen Retirement
System
Detroit General Retirement System
Michigan Education Trust
Dickinson County Health Care System
Michigan Public School Employees
Escanaba Public Safety Retirement System - Act 345
Michigan State Employee Retirement System
Farmington Employees Retirement System
Michigan State Judges - Circuit and Recorders
Farmington Hills Employees' Retirement System
Michigan State Legislative Retirement System
Ferndale Employee Retirement System
Midland - Police and Fire Retirement System
Ferndale Police and Fire Retirement System
Midland County Employees Retirement System
Fraser Pension Plan
Midland County Retirement System Act 345
Gibraltar Public Safety Officers Retirement System -
Act 345 Monroe County Employees Retirement System
Gogebic County Employees Retirement System Monroe County Road Commission
Grand Rapids General Retirement System Monroe Employees Retirement System
Grand Rapids Police and Fire Retirement System Mount Clemens Employees Retirement System
Harper Woods Mt. Pleasant Fire and Police Pension System
Harrison Township Firemen's Pension Fund Negaunee Policemen's Retirement System-Act 345
Harrison Township General Employees Retirement Niles City Retirement Systems Plan A & B
System Niles Township Police and Fire Department
Huron Clinton Metro Authority Retirement Plan
Iron Mountain Policemen and Firemen Retirement Oak Park Employees Retirement System
System Oak Park Public Safety Employees Retirement
Ishpeming Policemen and Firemen Retirement System
System-Act 345 Oakland County Employees Retirement System
Jackson Act 345 Retirement System Owosso Employees Retirement System
Jackson Employees Retirement System River Rouge Employee Retirement System
Jackson Policemen's and Firemen's Pension Fund River Rouge Policemen and Firemen Retirement
Kalamazoo County Employees' Retirement System System

Kalamazoo Employees Retirement System Riverview Retirement System


Road Commission for Oakland County Retirement
Kent County Employees Retirement Plan and Trust
System
Kent Library District Employees' Retirement Plan
Royal Oak Retirement System
Kingsford Policemen and Firemen Retirement System
Saginaw Police and Fire Retirement System
Lincoln Park Police Officers and Firefighters
Retirement System Sanilac County Employees Retirement System
Sault Ste. Marie Firemen and Policemen Retirement
Macomb County Employees Retirement System
System
SAMPLE PUBLIC PENSION CLIENT LIST

MI White Bear Lake


Southfield Employees Retirement System MO
Southfield Fire and Police Retirement System Columbia Police and Firemen's Retirement Fund
Southgate Municipal Employees' Retirement System Jefferson City Firemen's Retirement Fund
Southgate Policemen and Firemen Retirement System Joplin, Missouri Policemen’s and Firemen’s Pension
Plan
St. Clair Shores Police and Fire Retirement System
St. Clair Shores General Employees Retirement Missouri Dept. of Transportation and Highway Patrol
System Employees' Retirement System
St. Joseph Employees Retirement Fund Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement
System
Sterling Heights Employees Retirement System
Missouri State Employees Retirement System
Sturgis Employees Retirement System
Richmond Heights Policemen & Firemen Retirement
Taylor General Employees Retirement System Fund
Traverse City - Act 345 Police and Fire Retirement St. Louis Fire
System
NH
Trenton - Fire and Police Retirement System
Manchester Employees' Contributory Retirement
Troy Employees Retirement System System
Troy Incentive Plan for Volunteer Firefighters New Hampshire Retirement System
Village of Beverly Hills Public Safety Retirement New Hampshire Local Government Center Defined
System Benefit Pension Plan
Warren Firefighters Fund Association NM
Waterford Township General Employees Retirement New Mexico Educational Retirement Board
System OH
Waterford Township Police and Fire Retirement
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System
System-Act 345
Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirement System
Wayne County Employees' Retirement System
Wayne County Employees' Retirement System- OK
Circuit Court Commissioners Bailiffs Division Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority
Westland Policemen and Firemen Retirement System Oklahoma City Employee Retirement System
Woodhaven Retirement Plan for Employees and Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System
Policemen Tulsa Municipal Employees' Retirement Plan Board
Wyandotte Employees Retirement System of Trustees
Wyoming Employees Retirement System RI
Ypsilanti Fire and Police Retirement System Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island
MN Warwick
Appleton Fire SC
Laverne South Carolina Retirement System
Minnesota State Retirement System Marion County Library
Public Employees Retirement Association of SD
Minnesota
Lead Firemen Pension Fund
St. Paul Teachers' Retirement Fund Association
Sioux Falls Employee's Retirement System
Virginia Minnesota Fire
Sioux Falls Firefighters' Pension Fund
SAMPLE PUBLIC PENSION CLIENT LIST

TX Fairfax Retirement Plan


City of Austin Employees’ Retirement System Virginia Joint Audit & Review Commission
City of Irving Supplemental Benefit Plan WA
City of Plano, Texas Retirement Security Plan Port of Seattle
Dallas Area Rapid Transit WI
Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District Milwaukee Public Schools Employee Retirement
System
Dallas Employee Retirement System Wisconsin Retirement System
Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport Board WV
Houston Municipal Employees' Pension System City of Huntington
Houston Police Officers' Pension System City of Morgantown
Texas Employees Retirement System West Virginia Treasurer's Office
Texas Municipal Retirement System WY
Texas Teacher Retirement System Cheyenne Regional Medical Center
UT Wyoming Retirement System
Utah Retirement System
VA
Educational Employees' Supplementary Retirement
System of Fairfax County

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