Press Release

NAGDCA Announces Winners of 2021 Leadership Awards

Issued by NAGDCA [National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators]

July 28, 2021

Lexington, KY, July 28, 2021—The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators today announced its 2021 Leadership Awards. NAGDCA is the premier professional association for plan administrators and services providers of government-sponsored defined contribution retirement plans.

“We’re thrilled with the results of the 2021 Leadership Awards campaign,” stated NAGDCA Executive Director Matt Petersen. “We received nearly 20% more submissions this year than we did last year. The winning programs in each of this year’s five categories demonstrated superior results in engaging participants in their DC plans, which are, given the changing landscape of public sector retirement plans, now more important than ever.”

The recipients of the 2021 NAGDCA Leadership Award are:

COVID-19 RESPONSE

• Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - Retirement Plans COVID-19 Response
• County of Los Angeles - Ready, Set, Communicate!
• District of Columbia - DC Virtual Investment Fair
• State of Hawaii - Island $avings Plan Virtual Benefits Fair
• Virginia Retirement System - Virtual Pandemic Response

NATIONAL RETIREMENT SECURITY MONTH

• California State Teaches' Retirement System - CalSTRS Pension2 National Retirement Security Month Campaign
• City of Los Angeles – NRSM 2020 - LA's the Place!
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Virtual Road Trip to Retirement
• Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA Financial Wellness Challenge 2020
• State of North Carolina - North Carolina Enrollment Campaign

PARTICIPANT EDUCATION & COMMUNICATION

• Anchorage School District- 403(b) and 457 Plans: Enrollment Campaign and Plan Enhancements
• County of Los Angeles - Ready, Set, Communicate!
• Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) - Summer Enrollment Campaign
• Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) - Automatic Increase Holiday Savings Campaign
• NYC Health + Hospitals - COVID-19 2020 Education & Communications

PLAN DESIGN & ADMINISTRATION

• Illinois State Board of Investment (ISBI) - Supporting Retirement Savings - Participation, Contributions, and the Investment Menu
• Kentucky Public Employees' Deferred Compensation Authority - Investing in our Investors: KDC's 2021 Investment Redesign
• San Bernardino County - Investment Lineup Enhancements
• State of Wisconsin - Wisconsin Deferred Compensation Program Defined Benefit Estimate Pilot
• State Universities Retirement System of Illinois - Redesigning the Core Defined Contribution Plan

TECHNOLOGY & INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA

• City of Phoenix Deferred Compensation Plan - Virtual Financial Expo
• Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans (MSRP) - Social Distancing - But Not Alone
• State of Florida - Informational Videos-Enrollment Series
• State of North Carolina - Enrollment Webpage Enhanced Experience
• Virginia Retirement System - VRS Interactive Virtual Tools

The NAGDCA Leadership Awards were created to recognize and share outstanding member programs in topical categories. Submissions are reviewed by a volunteer Awards Committee, and judged on originality and measurable results.

About NAGDCA

The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators is the premier professional association for plan administrators and services providers of government-sponsored defined contribution retirement plans. NAGDCA provides education, information, and training in all aspects of public plan administration to support members in creating plans that enable secure retirement outcomes for their participants. To encourage a grassroots movement for societal change around retirement, NAGDCA conceived and introduced National Retirement Security Week to Congress. Resolution for the creation of National Retirement Security Week was passed by the Senate in 2006 and continues with bipartisan support annually. To learn more about NAGDCA, visit https://www.nagdca.org/.

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