Dr. Brian Rutledge, University of Mississippi Medical Center chief of staff and the Board’s institutions of higher learning employee representative, has transitioned from vice chair to chair of the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS) for fiscal year 2020, which began July 1.
Chris Howard, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services and one of the Board’s two state employee representatives, will serve as the new vice chair.