NCPERS Policymaker of the Year Award

Each year, NCPERS honors the policymaker who has had a positive impact on public pensions or whose efforts have contributed to improvements in retirement security more broadly. NCPERS’ Policymaker of the Year Award was created to recognize the efforts of those who are actively working on the policy side to promote retirement security and protect the pensions that so many public servants rely on.

The Policymaker of the Year Award is presented each year during NCPERS Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. Policymakers at the federal, state, and local level are eligible for the award. View the list of recent winners below:

2023 NCPERS Policymaker of the Year: The Honorable Michael Frerichs, Illinois State Treasurer

2022 NCPERS Policymaker of the Year: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (OH)

2019 NCPERS Policymaker of the Year: U.S. Representative Tom Malinowski (NJ)

2018 NCPERS Policymaker of the Year: The Honorable John Chiang, California State Treasurer 

2017 NCPERS Policymaker of the Year: The Honorable David Damschen, Utah State Treasurer