News Release
February 23, 2021
PHOENIX Governor Doug Ducey today announced the appointment of Alan Maguire and the reappointments of Harry Papp and Dean Scheinert to the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) Board of Trustees.
“The PSPRS ensures the safety and security of Arizona’s hard-working public safety personnel, and guarantees that they are cared for after retirement,” said Governor Ducey. “Harry and Dean have served the Board well, and I know Alan will too. I look forward to their continued positive contributions.”
The PSPRS was established in 1968 to provide a uniform, consistent and equitable statewide retirement program for Arizona’s public safety personnel. The Board of Trustees, consisting of nine members, plays a significant role in the system’s success and has a fiduciary responsibility to the PSPRS trust and membership, overseeing the system’s policies, operations, and investment.
Keynote Speaker
Acting Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) and Director, Prospects Group, World Bank
Ayhan Kose is Acting Vice President of Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) Practice Group at the World Bank and Director of EFI Prospects Group. He manages operational, policy and advisory engagements in the Bank s Global Practices of Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation; Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment; Governance; and Poverty and Equity. He also leads the Bank s policy and analytical work on global macroeconomic outlook, financial flows, and commodity markets. Under his management, the Prospects Group produces the Bank s corporate flagship report,
Global Economic Prospects, in addition to other policy and analytical publications.
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Across the world including here in the Pacific region countries are now beginning to look at how to ease travel restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.
As vaccines roll out, international travel begins to resume between Australia and New Zealand and discussions of a Pacific Bubble continue to be floated, it is time to consider how and when the region could reopen.
The stakes are high. The travel restrictions that have been in place across the Pacific have been effective, sparing the region from larger coronavirus outbreaks.
Civic strategist Sarah Jackson will be formally named president-elect for 2022.
The appointments of Kennedy, Dixon and Jackson will mark the first time the Texas Lyceum has been led by a trio of women, the organization said. I am honored to lead this unique organization during a time when the ideals on which were founded and continue to operate are more important than ever, Kennedy said. Amidst the backdrop of unprecedented political division exacerbated by the ongoing global pandemic, The Texas Lyceum serves as a model for bringing together diverse and diverging viewpoints in an effort to collectively move Texas forward.