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Mel Aaronson, First Vice President

New York, New York

Mel Aaronson, First Vice President of NCPERS, is the treasurer of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), Local 2, American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The UFT is the largest labor union local in the United States. Mr. Aaronson has been a trustee and member of the board of the Teachers' Retirement System of New York City since 1980. He has served for more than 35 years as a pension consultant for the UFT. He is also chairman of the Pension Committee and coordinator of the “Ready-or-Not” preretirement preparation program. Additionally, he has served as special representative for the Retired Teachers' Chapter of the UFT. Among his many other activities related to retirement issues, he is a member of the Standing Committee on Retirees of the AFT, the Task Force on Retirees and the Pension Committee of the New York State United Teachers, and the Committee on Aging of the New York City Central Labor Council. He is the chairman of the Pension Committee of the New York City Municipal Labor Committee (the umbrella group of New York City's public employee unions).

In 1981, Mr. Aaronson was a delegate to the New York and White House Conferences on Aging. In 1995, he again served as a delegate to the New York Conference on Aging and as an alternate delegate to the White House conference. In 1998, he served as a delegate to the White House Conference on Social Security, and in 2002 he was a delegate to the National Summit on Retirement Savings. Mel is chairman of the NCPERS Legislative Committee. In addition, he is a member of the Advisors, Credentials, Elections, Healthcare, Program, and Resolutions Committees.

Board Officers

• President - Pat McElligott, Tacoma, Washington
• First Vice President - Mel Aaronson, New York, New York
• Second Vice President - Daniel Fortuna, Chicago, Illinois
• Secretary - Tina Fazendine, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Treasurer - Richard Wachsman, Dallas, Texas
• Past President - Elmer J. Khal, Cleveland, Ohio

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