The CREF board of trustees oversees the management of CREF. The CREF board normally has eight trustees, none of whom are members of TIAA-CREF management. The CREF Board of Trustees consists entirely of independent trustees — people who are not executive officers or former employees of TIAA or CREF. As a matter of policy, the positions of Chairman of the CREF Board of Trustees and chief executive officer of CREF are held by different individuals.
Forrest Berkley
CREF Trustee since 2006
Nancy A. Eckl
CREF Trustee since 2007
Eugene Flood, Jr.
CREF Trustee since 2005
Michael A. Forrester
CREF Trustee since 2007
Howell E. Jackson
CREF Trustee since 2005
Nancy L. Jacob
CREF Trustee since 1979
Bridget A. Macaskill
CREF Trustee since 2003
James M. Poterba
CREF Trustee since 2006
Maceo K. Sloan
CREF Trustee since 1991
Laura T. Starks
CREF Trustee since 2006
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