According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), as of February 24, 2025, retroactive benefits and increased monthly benefit payments to people whose benefits were affected by the WEP and GPO have begun. Visit the SSA website for more information or call 1-800-772-1213.
​​​​​​​

TRSL Board announces District 1 run-off results, selects leadership

December 2, 2014

Baton Rouge – At its December meeting, the Board of Trustees for the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) announced results of the run-off election for the trustee representing active members employed in District 1.
 
Kimberly Flair of Metairie received 57.79% of the vote while Mark W. Gamble, CPA of Gonzales received 42.21%.
 
Flair is employed at the Jefferson Parish Public School System, and begins her four-year term on the TRSL Board in January 2015. District 1 includes the parishes of Ascension, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John.
         
Board leadership
Also at the December meeting, Robert Lawyer of New Orleans was re-elected to lead the TRSL Board of Trustees for the next two years as board chairman.
 
Lawyer is a professor at Delgado Community College, and represents active TRSL members employed in higher education. He has been a trustee since 2011.
 
Sheryl R. Abshire, Ph.D. of Lake Charles was elected to serve a two-year term as vice chairman of the board. She has been a member of the TRSL Board since 1991, representing active members employed in District 7 which includes the parishes of Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Mary, and Vermilion. Abshire is the chief technology officer at the Calcasieu Parish School Board.
 
The TRSL Board meets monthly to monitor investment performance and review investment manager portfolios and System operations. The board safeguards and manages the assets TRSL holds in trust to provide retirement income for System members.
Back to Top of Page