Tuesday, August 14, 2012

CalPERS Names David Cowling Chief of Center for Innovation



SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced today the appointment of David Cowling (top right photo), Ph.D. as the pension fund’s chief of its Center for Innovation (CFI).

The CFI is responsible for providing thought leadership in the retirement and health fields for CalPERS and serving as an innovation incubator.  The CFI will test new concepts for providing health and retirement benefits to CalPERS members and employers.

Cowling will establish and direct the policies that will lead the CFI in designing, implementing and evaluating health and retirement pilot projects to improve service delivery to members and employers and sustain the affordability of their benefits.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

External Affairs Branch
(916) 795-3991
Robert Udall Glazier, Deputy Executive Officer
Brad Pacheco, Chief, Office of Public Affairs

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