Testimony related to pension plans other than teacher plans
- Tamara Lemke, a Program Facilitator at St. Louis County Jail, to speak on retirement coverage and plan eligibility for employees of the Programs Department
- Seth Justice Loeffler-Kemp, St. Louis County 911 Dispatcher and Executive Board Member of AFSCME Local 66 (Arrowhead Region), to speak on enhanced pension benefits and the retirement age for 911 telecommunicators
- Brian Rice, on behalf of the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters (MPFF) and the Minnesota Police Fraternal Association (MPFA), to speak on PERA Police and Fire Plan cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) improvements
- Michael Nelson, MSRS retiree and Vice-President of AFSCMEMN Chapter 5 Retirees United, to speak on COLA improvements
Testimony related to the Teachers Retirement Association
- Denise Specht, Education Minnesota President
- Bridget Peterson, Media Specialist, Esko Public Schools
- Caitlin Effa, Education Minnesota Aspiring Educators President, University of Minnesota
Duluth Education Student
- Kim Hannan, Academic Specialist, Osseo Area Schools
- Brian Cole, Orchestra Teacher, Moorhead Area Public Schools
- Melissa Larson, University of Minnesota Duluth Education Student
- Betty Greene, a MSRS and TRA retiree, to speak on COLAs and pensions as a recruiting tool for teachers
- Bob Laine, 30-year teacher, to speak on disparities between TRA tier I and tier II teachers
- Karl Kaufmann, teacher
- Steve Clouse, representing TRA tier II teachers, to speak on pension reform and lowering the normal retirement age for tier II teachers
- Blaine Novak (Superintendent at New York Mills Public Schools) and Michael Malmberg (Superintendent at Pillager Public Schools), representing the Minnesota Association of School Administrators, to speak on pension improvement for teacher recruitment and retention
- Kristy Streveler, a member of the Esko Education Association, to speak on pension reform
- Angela Paulson, Vice President of the Esko Education Association, to speak on the Rule of 90 and the normal retirement age for teachers
- Jim Olson, a member of the Duluth Federation of Teachers, to speak about TRA
- Lonnie Duberstein, representing Retired Educators Association of Minnesota (REAM)
- Joan Beaver, representing Education Minnesota Retired, to speak on COLAs
- Maggie Temple, teacher
- Katie Dickerson from Eden Prairie to speak on pension reform
- Joseph Rocco, 30-year teacher, Hibbing High School
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Rice handout
Greene testimony
Malmberg/Novak handout
REAM handout
Larson testimony
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