Both systems, the state s largest pension funds, exceeded their goals for returns after a dismal fiscal 2022, and both also have new leaders fresh out of state agencies.
Mark White, chief of staff for the state Department of Human Services, will start work as executive director of Arkansas Teacher Retirement System on July 3 with a salary of $181,500 a year, according to the system s interim Executive Director Rod Graves.
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.
Jim Hudson, chief of staff for the state Department of Commerce, on Monday withdrew his application to become the next executive director of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System.