Thursday, March 15, 2018, the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund
Board of Trustees appointed Lois Nelson to serve as a Pensioner
Trustee until the Board’s November 2018 meeting. Trustee Nelson
temporarily fills the vacancy created by Dr. Walter E. Pilditch’s
death on December 24, 2017. There will be an open election this
fall to complete the remaining year of Dr. Pilditch’s two-year
Pensioner Trustee term.

Trustee Nelson earned a BS in Education
from Chicago State University, and an MS in Education from
Governor’s State University. She was a teacher at Earle
Elementary School for more than 40 years and retired in 2011. She
served the CTPF Board as a Teacher Trustee from 2005-2010,
including spending parts of her tenure as Financial Secretary and
Vice President for the Board. Trustee Nelson has been an active
member of several groups and organizations, including the Chicago
Teachers Union Retiree Functional Group, Caucus of Rank-and-File
Educators (CORE), and AFT Black Caucus Chicago Chapter.

“We appreciate Ms. Nelson’s previous service to CTPF and welcome
her back to the Board of Trustees representing our pensioners,”
said Charles A. Burbridge, CTPF Executive Director. “We value the
experience and dedication that she brings to the Board and look
forward to working with her in the months ahead.”

Based on the , following the declaration of the vacancy
on the Board, a Vacancy committee was appointed to evaluate
candidates and to recommend an individual to the Board to fill
the vacancy. Seven retired members applied for the position. The
committee met to evaluate applications and to interview finalists
and made a formal recommendation which the Board accepted on
March 15, 2018. An election will be held to fill the vacancy in
November 2018.