Albertine Reappointed to VRS Board

image: John M. Albertine, Ph.D. Richmond, VA, March 31, 2008 - The Joint Rules Committee reappointed John M. Albertine, Ph.D. to the Virginia Retirement System Board of Trustees to serve a five-year term, beginning March 2008. Albertine was first appointed to the board in February 2003 by the Joint Rules Committee and currently serves as the board’s vice chairman.

Albertine, a former economics professor at Mary Washington College, serves as chairman and CEO of Albertine Enterprises, a consulting and merchant banking firm in Washington, D.C. The firm, under Albertine’s guidance, finds investment opportunities, structures deals, marshals private equity funding and invests with the co-investors.

Albertine holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Virginia. He worked for Senator Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas and served as executive director of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee under Bentsen. In 1987, President Reagan appointed Albertine chairman of the Presidential Commission on Aviation safety.

In addition, he has served on the boards of 13 publicly traded companies and currently serves on two boards, and is chair of one of those. Albertine also serves on the board of Medicorp, the holding company for Fredericksburg’s community health care system with hospitals in Fredericksburg and Stafford County.

In addition, Albertine is a member of the Governor’s Advisory Board of Economists.

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