[tps_title]David Bronner, CEO, Retirement Systems of Alabama[/tps_title]
As RSA CEO, Bronner essentially controls the fate of the pensions of every state employee, including judges and teachers.
He made his name by heavily investing the RSA’s money into projects inside the State of Alabama. That has allowed him to become a major economic development player. He’s also used that as leverage to insulate himself from reformers in the Legislature who are frustrated taxpayer contributions are needed to shore up the RSA’s bottom line.
Bronner has also maintained the support of teachers across the state, both active and retired, allowing him to win several internal battles with a teachers’ union head who tried to muscle his way into Bronner’s domain.
Although Republican control has diminished his influence in some ways, he’s still an institution in Alabama politics and oversees a taxpayer-funded investment portfolio that is staggering in its size and scope.
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