Ohio Retired Teachers' Pension Fund Hires New Executive Director

Ohio retired teachers' pension fund hires new executive director

STRS Ohio meeting room. (Photo by Morgan Trau, WEWS.)The Ohio retired teachers’ pension fund has hired a former pensions expert from North Carolina as its new executive director. Steven Toole, the previous head of the North Carolina Retirement Systems, will take over starting in mid-July. He grew up outside Columbus and went to Ohio State University, according to his candidate material records. “My experience extends to working closely with boar…

Ohio Reform Advocates Sound Alarm On $96B Pension Crisis

Two reform advocates are blowing the whistle on the $96 billion crisis looming over the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio.