Pat McElligott , President
Tacoma, Washington

Pat McElligott is NCPERS President, and President of the Tacoma Professional Fire Fighters Union, IAFF Local 31. He has more than twenty years of fire service experience; fifteen of those are with the Tacoma Fire Department. Since 1989, Mr. McElligott has served as 6th District Representative of the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters. Mr. McElligott a member of the Washington State Retirement Advisory Board and serves as a Vice Chairman of the Washington State Investment Board, which controls $58 billion in pension fund assets. In addition, he is currently a member of the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters Standing Pension Committee. Pat serves as a member of NCPERS Credentials, Elections, Auditing, Health Care, and Program Committees as well as the NCPERS Task Force on Health Care Benefits, and serves as an NCPERS representative to the Public Pension Coordination Council.

Board Officers

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

Immediate Past President - Elmer J. Khal, Cleveland, Ohio