Mark White, chief of staff at the state Department of Human Services, will become the next executive director of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, the system s board of trustees decided on Thursday.
Mark White has worked at the Department of Human Services since February 2018 in various administrative posts, including as secretary from October 2022-January 2023, and as director of legal services at the Arkansas Public School Resource Center from October 2016-February 2018, according to his application for executive director.
The chiefs of staff for the state Department of Commerce and state Department of Human Services and a former U.S. attorney are among 14 applicants for the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System s executive director post, according to system records.