We understand that benefit changes can impact you in different ways. We care about your experiences and will continue to move the pension fund forward with you.
— Lynn Hoover, acting executive directorTown Halls
Our town hall initiative to share and listen to members around the state will continue throughout 2024. We are committed to meeting members where they are and appreciate your valuable input and feedback.
Our travels
We have visited cities all over Ohio and we plan to visit even more. Members residing in the area of the town hall are sent an email with an opportunity to register to attend.
- Where we have been
- Akron
- Athens
- Beachwood
- Bowling Green
- Cambridge
- Chillicothe
- Cincinnati
- Columbus
- Dayton
- Mansfield
- Parma
- Toledo
- Youngstown
- Where we are headed
- Lima — Oct. 23
- Geauga County – Nov. 2024
- Lorain County – Dec. 2024
- Delaware County – Jan. 2025
- More to come
- We will share additional dates as soon as they are available.
The town hall presentation
Every town hall begins with a presentation from Lynn Hoover, acting executive director. Below is that presentation from the town hall in Mansfield, Ohio.
Town hall Q&A highlights
Following the acting executive director’s presentation at each town hall, members have the opportunity to ask questions of the STRS Ohio staff.
- Costs in Perspective
- Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)
- Social Security & Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)
- Performance-Based Incentives (PBI)
- STRS Ohio Compared to S&P 500
- Investment Performance & Health Care Fund
- Employer Contribution Rate Increase
- "Bonuses" in a Down Year
- Investments Diversification
- STRS Ohio Budget
- STRS Ohio Audits
- Membership Demographic Trends
- Retirement System Changes and Points-Based Retirement Plan
- Responding to Member Concerns
- Supplemental Savings
Town Hall — Youngstown
June 11, 2024
Town Hall — Athens
Feb. 21, 2024
Town Hall — Athens
Feb. 21, 2024
Town Hall — Athens
Feb. 21, 2024
Town Hall — Bowling Green
Dec. 5, 2023
Town Hall — Columbus
Jan. 31, 2024
Town Hall — Bowling Green
Dec. 5, 2023
Town Hall — Youngstown
June 11, 2024
Town Hall — Bowling Green
Dec. 5, 2023
Town Hall — Columbus
Jan. 31, 2024
Town Hall — Athens
Feb. 21, 2024
Town Hall — Chillicothe
Feb. 27, 2024
Town Hall — Cambridge
March 13, 2024
Town Hall — Columbus
Jan. 31, 2024
Town Hall — Cambridge
March 13, 2024