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Board of Director Bios

Michelle Camuglia

Michelle is the Director of Accounting for the New York State and Local Retirement System in the Office of the State Comptroller. She has over 20 years experience in the Retirement System and oversees the areas of Investment Accounting, Tax Services and Financial Reporting, including the System's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Michelle earned a BBA from Siena College and is a member of GFOA.

Michelle and her husband, Tony, have three children and enjoy watching high school football, baseball and lacrosse games.

Karen Carraher

Karen Carraher is the Executive Director and the Interim Director of Finance for the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System. Karen previously was the Finance Director for the system since 2002. In this capacity, she has been responsible for oversight of the System's financial information, including annual financial statements, budgets, actuarial analyses, and investment accounting. Additionally, she has been responsible for managing the System's relationships with employers and the administrative support areas of the organization.

Ms. Carraher earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University and her Masters from Capital University. She is a certified public accountant.

Karen is a founding member of the Public Pension Financial Forum (P2F2), a national organization representing the financial operations of public pension systems throughout North America. She has served as President, Treasurer and is currently a Board member of the organization.

Ms. Carraher began her career as an Audit Manager with the accounting firm Ernst & Young. She served as Controller for both Mt. Carmel Health and Riverside Methodist Hospitals, and she was the Director of Business Services for the Ohio Education Association. She joined the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System as its Director of Finance in 2002. She was named Interim Executive Director in March 2011.

Karen is married to Steve and has two children – Amanda and David.

Rhonda H. Covarrubias

Rhonda H. Covarrubias, CPA has over 15 years of experience in the pension industry with the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) in Austin. TMRS is a hybrid defined benefit, cash-balance plan, available to municipalities and their employees across the state of Texas. Rhonda began her pension career as the organization’s Investment Accountant, was later promoted to Controller, and is currently serving as the System’s Director of Finance. Prior to her employment with TMRS, Rhonda spent five years as an auditor with KPMG, focusing on the government and banking industries. Rhonda is a graduate of Texas A&M University.

Rhonda is currently serving as a Board Member of the Public Pension Financial Forum (P2F2) . Rhonda has been an active contributor to the OnSite/Hospitality Committee and serves as one of the CPE coordinators. Rhonda also serves as Co-Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Government Finance Officers Association of Texas (GFOAT) and as Treasurer for the Buda (Texas) 4-H Club.

Rhonda is married and has three children. She enjoys watching sports, playing cards and board games, and swimming. When finding some alone time (which is rare), Rhonda enjoys a day at the spa and reading.

Dave DeJonge

Dave DeJonge, CGFM is the Assistant Director at Minnesota's Public Employees Retirement Association, where he has worked since 1996.  He is also the Facilities Manager of the Retirement Systems building, a facility built in 2001 to house the various statewide retirement associations and other state agencies.  Dave is a member of the Minnesota GFOA and the Association of Government Accountants, and has been a GFOA Special Review Committee member since 1998.  He is a Certified Government Financial Manager.  He earned a BA degree in both business administration and music education from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and an MBA degree from Arizona State University.  Prior to working at PERA, Dave worked at Arizona's Public Safety Personnel Retirement System for 11 years as the Finance Director, responsible for investments, accounting, and software application development. Dave and his wife, Janet, have two "almost grown" children. Dave is a Scoutmaster, a worship leader at his church, and loves music and being outdoors.

Karl Greve

Karl Greve, CGFM, CPA is the Chief Financial Officer for the Colorado PERA and has over 25 years of experience with the Association. Karl has served on the AICPA Employee Benefits Expert Panel, GFOA Committee on Retirement and Benefits Administration, and is a Board member and was a past President of the Public Pension Financial Forum. He has served on several GASB task forces, including the OPEB standards task force. Karl was one of the preparers of the AICPA publication Checklists and Illustrative Financial Statements for Governmental Employee Plans. He received an undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Illinois and has an MBA with an emphasis in finance from the University of Colorado at Denver.

Art Hewig

Art Hewig, CPA graduated with a BBA from Seina College. Art is currently working as Managing Director of Operations has worked at the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System since 1982. He has also served NYS Teachers’ Retirement System as both Assistant Finance Officer and Finance Officer. Art’s experience also includes past employement with KPMG as a Senior Accountant, Albany County, NY Deputy County Treasurer and auditor with Albany Savings Bank.

Art is a member of GFOA and served as past Vice- Chair Committee on Retirement and Benefits Administration.

Art is married to Rose Hewig. They have two sons,one daughter and four grandsons. Art enjoys bicycle adventures, skiing, trekking and is a volunteer firefighter.

Glenna Musselman

Glenna Musselman has been the Senior Staff Accountant with the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System since November 2004. In 2007, she was named the IPERS’ Employee of the Year. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Iowa State University in 1998 and her CPA certificate in August 1999. Prior to coming to IPERS, she worked for six years as an accountant for AmerUs Life Insurance Company where she was promoted to Senior Investment Accountant. Preceding her accounting career, Glenna spent nine years practicing as a small animal veterinarian after receiving her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Iowa State University in 1985. She is currently a member of the Iowa Society of CPAs, the Government Finance Officers Association and P2F2, having served on P2F2 conference-planning committees and on the P2F2 Board.

Michele Nix

Michele Nix, CPA joined Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System (MOSERS) in 1997 where she currently serves as the Assistant Chief Finance officer. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Missouri – Columbia and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from William Woods University. Michele’s work experience includes working as the Director of Plan Administration for Financial Institution Consulting Company/Benmark. Michele has also worked as an external auditor for Michael Trokey & Co, PC a regional St. Louis CPA firm and an internal auditor for Landmark/Magna Bank. She holds memberships in several professional organizations, including Board member and past President of the Public Pension Financial Forum, member of the AICPA, Missouri Society of CPA’s, Association of Government Accountants and Government Finance Officers Association. Michele is serving a second three-year term as a member of the Special Review Executive Committee (SREC) for GFOA.

 








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