Sam Watts has been named to the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees, State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today. Watts was named Executive Director of the North Carolina Retirement Systems by Treasurer Briner in January 2025. He previously served as Executive Administrator of the State Health Plan and as the legislative liaison and senior public policy advisor for the Department of State Treasurer. Treasurer Briner’s appointment of Watts fulfills the requirement that a state employee must be a representative on the 10-member Board of Trustees.
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State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today that Jeff Poley will manage the $100 million cashflow loan program appropriated by the General Assembly to the Department of State Treasurer (DST) to assist local governments affected by Hurricane Helene.
North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today that Loretta Boniti will join the Department of State Treasurer as the Director of Strategic Communications and Media Relations. Loretta joins the Department from Spectrum News 1, where she served as a political anchor and senior political reporter.
State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today that year-end tax documents for retirees and benefit recipients are now available. The North Carolina Retirement Systems (RSD) has released 382,101 electronic 1099-R and W-2 documents well ahead of schedule.
The Local Government Commission (LGC) voted Tuesday, Jan. 7, to approve $387 million spread across three applications from Mecklenburg County for public safety, education and recreation projects and bond refinancing.
State Treasurer Brad Briner today announced four new members to the state Investment Advisory Committee.The appointees are Robert Durden, CEO/CIO at the University of Virginia; Michael Kennedy, former Senior Client Partner with Korn Ferry; Jamey Spencer, Managing Director and shareholder at Pathstone; and Dan Ward, CIO at Greenhawk Family Office.
Dr. Brian Miller, a practicing hospitalist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a Nonresident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has been named to the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees, State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today.Dr. Miller also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he has taught an MBA course on health insurance for almost a decade.