James M. McNamee 630-784-0406 jim.mcnamee@ippfa.org

James McNamee started his career in law enforcement as a police officer for the Village of Barrington in 1979. After leaving for a short period to be a Deputy Sheriff in Los Angeles in 1982, Jim returned to the Barrington Police Department where he continued to serve for almost 30 years. In 1983, Jim was elected to the Barrington Police Pension Board as a trustee of the fund, where he discovered that there wasn't any training or educational associations for police pension trustees. In response tothat realization, Jim formed the Illinois Police Pension Fund Association, which is now known as the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association, to give pension funds the knowledge and training they hadn't been offered before. In its first year Jim was able to get fifty pension funds to join the Illinois Police Pension Fund Association and began offering seminars and Conferences to the funds. Jim did all this while continuing to serve as a police officer and a field training officer for the City of Barrington. Jim was instrumental in leading the push for many changes in pension board procedures and policies which helped to develop the standards under which they operate today. He was also involved in drafting and passing important legislative changes, including comprehensive investment law changes allowing for expanded investment authority to the pension boards. Along with legislative changes, Jim helped to develop the IPPFA 457 Defined Contribution Plan and has since has become a leader in benefit development for municipalities, coming up with many new programs and ideas that are now being implemented in the state. Jim continues to help with legislative pension fund issues by assisting on the Coalition Group and chairing the Pension Working Group with help of The Office of the State Treasurer. The Pension Working Group helps to review the performance of investment managers and consultants, along with helping to develop uniform standards for comparing the costs of investment services. In the last couple years Jim realized the need for education and training reached into other funds and he has since expanded to include Unions and Teacher Funds. Under Jim's leadership as president for the last twenty-five years, the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association has grown into the largest organization of its kind in the country with more than 400 pension funds as members.

TONY HALACHOULIS 630-784-0406 tony.halachoulis@ippfa.org

Tony Halachoulis is a retired police officer from the Mount Prospect Police Department with 30 years of service. He served in a variety of areas including Field Training Officer, Youth Investigator, Traffic Radar Instructor and Composite Sketch Artist. Tony served on the Metropolitan Alliance of Police (MAP) collective bargaining unit representing the department's patrol officers. He is currently an elected pension fund trustee on the Mount Prospect Police Pension Board. Tony joined the IPPFA staff in November 2004 and is responsible for recruiting pension boards and corporations for IPPFA membership, coordinating the IPPFA Certified Trustee Program and assists in organizing IPPFA seminars. Tony is available to assist member boards with referrals and find answers to inquiries. Tony also attends and has been a speaker at national public pension conferences.

JOHN EDWARDS 630-784-0406 john.edwards@ippfa.org

John Edwards is a retired Police Officer from the Barrington-Inverness Police Department with over 31 years of service. Prior to Barrington, he started his police career at Galena, Illinois in 1972 and then Roselle, Illinois, totaling 35 plus years of police service. During his career, he advanced through the ranks covering all levels of police work up to the rank of Deputy Chief with Barrington, Illinois. In addition to police positions, John graduated from the Northwestern University Traffic Institute (management long course) 1982-1983. He also held the Union President position with Barrington and served on the Barrington Pension Board. John became a member of the IPPFA Staff in February 2008. He presently is the editor to the IPPFA Newsletter and helps is managing the website.

KENNETH SARNI 630-784-0406 ken.sarni@ippfa.org

Ken started his Law Enforcement career in the United States Army serving as a Military Police Officer. Ken's duties included the following: Senior Military Police Officer, Patrol Supervisor, and Desk Sergeant for an entire military base. Ken received an Honorable discharge from the United States Army in 1976. Ken finished his Law Enforcement career at Barrington-Inverness Police Department after serving 31 years. During his years with the police department Ken has made numerous accomplishments, including: •  •  •  •  •  •  Creating, training, organizing, and supervising the Honor Guard Unit. Creating, training, organizing, and supervising the Truck Enforcement Unit. Creating, training, and organizing the Major Crash Investigation Team, along with being the Lead crash investigator. Established and created the physical options for the Women’s self defense program. Trained the other instructors in the simple techniques used, along with being the primary physical instructor and technical coordinator. Was volunteered to be a member of the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System Mobile Field Force. Specialties: Crowd control, riot control, and high risk rescue. Is a certified Field Training Officer for new police officers. Ken has been involved in the program for 20 years. Ken retired from the Barrington-Inverness Police on May 1st 2009. Ken's duties with the IPPFA include but not limited to website development,website and facebook coordinator, Online Training, Assist in Conference Planning/Organizing, Travel Club, Advance Certified Trustee Program, and general office responsibilities.

RENEE L. LOSINSKI Administrative Assistant 630-784-0406 630-784-0416 renee.losinski@ippfa.org

January 2010, Renee became the Administrative Assistant, after being an office assistant since she started with IPPFA September 2001. She has over 25 years experience in marketing, customer service, publishing and as a office assistant. She had been employed by GTE for 14 years until the company relocated to Texas.

Kelli Spicer 630-784-0406 kelli.spicer@ippfa.org

Kelli is the newest addition to the IPPFA office staff. She has previous experience in customer service and marketing. Currently, Kelli is taking classes in pursuit of a bachelor's degree.

	Public Relations Coordinator

Julie Guy 630-784-0406 julie.guy@ippfa.org

Julie Guy is the Public Relations Coordinator for IPPFA. She works with the IPPFA team to organize conferences and increase membership. Julie has over 10 years' experience in marketing, event planning and administration.