Phil Trudeau
Phil Trudeau has served as a police officer for the Village of Bradley since 2001. After serving as a patrol and traffic officer he was promoted to Sergeant in 2009 and then Lieutenant in 2016 where he oversees the Operation’s Division. Having held officer positions with the Bradley…...
Paul Swanlund
Paul Swanlund has served as a police officer for the Bloomington Police Department since 2003. He began his career as an officer assigned to the Patrol Division. In 2016, he was selected to join the Criminal Investigations Division and is currently assigned to the Digital Forensics Unit. In addition to…...
Gene Washington
Service Employees International Union Local 73 300 South Ashland Ave., Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60607...
Brandon Blough
Brandon joined the Springfield Fire Department in 1999, after graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He followed in the footsteps of his father, Bill, and uncle, Tom, both veteran firefighters in Springfield. He was a proud member of Local 37, participating in annual fundraising…...
Mary Burress
Mary, a native of Missouri, has been an Illinois resident since 1975. She is presently the elected County Treasurer of Tazewell County, which is one of the largest counties in Illinois. Mary began her career in local government in 1984. She served in the Treasurer’s Office for 5 years before…...
Mike Herbert
Pleasantview Fire District 1970 Plainfield Rd LaGrange IL, 60525 ...
James “Jim” Maloney
James “Jim” Maloney was an elected Trustee for the Chicago Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund. Jim served as Chairman of the Investment Committee and also as Acting CIO. Jim retired from the Chicago Police Department as a Lieutenant assigned to the Detective Division after over 35 years. He was appointed…...
William B. Galgan
Bill began his career in the fire service as an EMT in 1988. He went on to become a paramedic the following year while working as an EMT for a private ambulance company. Bill joined the Calumet City Fire Department in May of 1990. He has held the position of…...
Robert Podgorny
Robert Podgorny is a past president of NCPERS, serving in that position from May 2004 to May 2008. He is the past First Vice President of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 7. Mr. Podgorny served as a Chicago Police Officer for over 33 years. He was instrumental in…...
Dan Collins
Dan Collins has been an elected trustee with the Skokie Firefighter Pension Board since 2000. Dan has served the board as a trustee-at-large, secretary and currently as president. Once elected as board president, Dan made it a priority to contract with a third party accounting firm, actuarial service and outside…...
About IPPFA
The IPPFA was founded in 1985 as a not-for-profit organization whose mandate was to educate public pension fund trustees. In 2009 the IPPFA became the primary education provider for public pension fund trustees in the state of Illinois. Our members manage over eighteen billion dollars in pension assets.