Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Type: Independent Agencies Parent organization: Employees: 270 Executive: Executive Director Budget: Not publicly detailed as it operates through TSP funds; however, administrative expenses are managed to be as low as possible Address: 77 K Street NE, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20002 Website: https://www.frtib.gov Creation Legislation: Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986 Wikipedia: Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

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Mission To administer the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) solely in the interest of its participants and beneficiaries, providing federal employees and members of the uniformed services with a retirement savings plan similar to private sector 401(k) plans. It aims to improve participant retirement outcomes through effective investment management and service provision.

Services Administration of TSP; investment management; participant education and support

Regulations

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
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Agency Overview
Formed	1986 (1986)
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Employees	256 (December, 2016)
Agency Executives	Michael F. Gerber, Chairman Ravindra Deo, Executive Director
Child agency	Thrift Savings Plan

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board is an independent agency of the United States government by the Federal Employees Retirement System Act of 1986. It has roughly 270 employees. It was established to administer the Thrift Savings Plan, which is a retirement savings and investment plan for federal employees and members of the uniformed services, including the Ready Reserve. The Thrift Savings Plan is a tax-deferred defined contribution plan similar to a private sector 401(k) plan. The Thrift Savings Plan is one of the three parts of the Federal Employees Retirement System, and is the largest defined contribution plan in the world. As of August 2021, the board manages $794.7 billion in assets on behalf of 6.4 million participants. The board members and its chairman are nominated by the president and confirmed by the United States Senate.

Governance

Governance of the agency is carried out by a five-person, part-time board of presidential appointees and by a full-time executive director selected by those appointees. Of the five appointees, three members are appointed solely by the President without other consideration (of whom one shall be nominated as chairman), one member is appointed after considering the recommendation of the Speaker of the House (in consultation with the House Minority Leader) and the fifth member is appointed after considering the recommendation of the Senate Majority Leader (in consultation with the Senate Minority Leader). Each of these persons is required by FERSA to have "substantial experience, training, and expertise in the management of financial investments and pension benefit plans." The members serve for four year terms. The members may however serve until their successor has taken office, so the actual terms the members serve can be far longer.

The board members collectively establish the policies under which the TSP operates and furnish general oversight. The executive director carries out the policies established by the board members and otherwise acts as the full-time chief executive of the agency. The board and the executive director convene monthly in meetings open to the public to review policies, practices, and performance.

The chairman also appoints a 15-member Employee Thrift Advisory Council to provide input from the various employee, servicemember, and annuitant groups who have TSP investments, of which one is designated by the chairman as the council head. The 15-member board is made up of the following:

• Four members, one each representing the four largest non-Postal employee unions
• Two members, one each representing the two largest Postal employee unions, excluding rural letter carrier unions
• One member representing the largest Postal employee union representing rural letter carriers
• Two members, one each representing the two largest groups representing Postal managerial personnel
• One member representing Postal supervisors
• One member representing the interests of women in Federal civil service
• One member representing the largest group of individuals receiving annuities
• One member representing the largest group representing supervisors and managerial personnel, excluding Senior Executive Service
• One member representing the Senior Executive Service
• One member representing the uniformed services

The first chairman of the board was Roger W. Mehle, who was appointed on October 1, 1986. In 1988 he was reappointed and served continuously until January 31, 1994. President Clinton appointed James H. Atkins to replace him, and the board named Mehle the agency's executive director. Clinton named Atkins to another term in 1997, and to a third term via a recess appointment in 2000. He was succeeded by Andrew Saul, who named Gary Amelio executive director in 2002, replacing Mehle. The current executive director is Ravindra Deo, who succeeded Gregory Long in 2017. Ravindra Deo joined the FRTIB in 2015 as the Chief Investment Officer and additionally served as Acting Chief Operating Officer and Acting Executive Director during his tenure.

Board members

The current board members as of September 24, 2024:

Position	Name	Party	Took office	Term expires
Chair	Michael F. Gerber	Democratic	June 28, 2022	September 25, 2026
Member	Dana Bilyeu		June 2010	October 11, 2023
Member	Leona M. Bridges		June 2022	October 11, 2023
Member	Stacie Olivares		June 2022	September 25, 2024
Member	Vacant

See also

• Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations
• List of members of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board