The Rotary Club of Florence will be hearing from leading public pension consultant, Chris Tobe, CFA at their Monday, November 25th meeting.
Chris Tobe is a leading public pension consultant and has written 4 books and dozens of articles on transparency & corruption in pensions & investments. In September 2019 he received an award from the London based Transparency Task force for his work in Kentucky Pensions. He has been quoted in Kentucky in the Herald Leader, 
Courier Journal, Insider Louisville and many others. His latest book is Kentucky Fried Pensions 2018 a follow up to his 1st book “Kentucky Fried Pensions 2013” which was cited by Pulitzer prize winner Gretchen Morgenson in the NY Times and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, Forbes, Barrons and was interviewed on Kentucky hedge fund corruption for the October 2018 PBS Frontline piece on pensions. His pension work was profiled by Pulitzer winner Gary Rivlin in an October 2018 piece in the Intercept.
He does legal expert work in the areas of investment corruption and excess fees in both US Public & Corporate pension plans. He also serves as Chief Investment Officer for a minority woman owned Pension consulting firm out of New Orleans the Hackett-Group where he has provided project consulting to a number of public pensions in MD, NC and TX. From 2008-2012 he served as a Trustee and on the Investment and Audit Committees for the $14 billion Kentucky Retirement Systems. From 2008-2009 he was a Sr. Consultant with New England Pension Consultants and worked with a number of public pension plans in Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan and the District of Columbia. From 1997-1999 with the Kentucky State Auditor he published a 40-page report on the investments of both major Kentucky Pension plans.
National Public pension speaking engagements include the National Council on State Legislature National Association of State Treasurers, the Public Pension forum at the Ohio State Law School, and at the National Press Club for Governing Magazine. As a public pension trustee, he completed the Program for Advanced Trustee Studies at Harvard Law School and Fiduciary College held at the Stanford University. He holds a BA in Economics from Tulane University, and an MBA in Finance & Accounting from Indiana University – Bloomington. He is the past president of the CFA Society of Louisville. He has the taught the MBA investment course at the University of Louisville and finance and accounting classes at Bellarmine.
Guests are always welcome.
Location: Hilton Airport, 7373 Turfway Road, Florence, Kentucky
When: Monday, November 25th
11:45 am – Buffet Opens ($14 Buffet, Coffee, Tea and Dessert)
12:15 pm – President Frank Schneider, Presiding
Greeting, Prayer, Pledge & 4-Way Test
12:30 pm – Program Begins
1:00 pm – Meeting Adjourned
https://florencerotary.org/Tobe-1
Unable to attend? The meeting will be live streamed on the club’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubFlorenceKY/
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