The results are in! Active state employees reelected Crystal Wessing and Jenny Jacobs to continue serving on the MOSERS Board of Trustees, and retired members elected Ronda Stegmann as their new Board representative. All three will begin their four-year terms on January 1, 2027.

The Board of Trustees establishes and maintains policies, procedures, and objectives for the retirement system's operations. They also set expectations for and monitor benefits administration and investment performance, including:

• Oversight of the retirement, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance plans: The Board develops rules and policies to implement plan provisions set forth by law.
• Oversight of the investment program, including asset allocation and risk management: Trustees are responsible for preserving the long-term corpus of the fund, maximizing total returns within prudent risk parameters, and acting in the exclusive interests of System members.
• Oversight of defined contribution plans (MO Deferred Comp and CURP): Trustees are responsible for ensuring the investment options are appropriate for Plan members, ensuring the Plans are operating in compliance with laws and regulations, and monitoring the overall administration of the Plans.

Crystal Wessing

Crystal Wessing has spent 26 years in state government and serves as division director of facilities management, design and construction at the Office of Administration. In this role, she leads the management and capital improvement of the state’s multi-million-square-foot real property footprint and partners across the state to deliver high-impact infrastructure and facility projects. This experience guides her work on the MOSERS Board, where members’ interests come first.

Crystal has served on the MOSERS Board as an elected active member since 2015 and is currently the Board chair. She holds a master’s degree in finance and a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She lives in California, Missouri, with her husband, John, and their daughter, Maggie.

Jenny Jacobs

Jenny Jacobs is vice president of finance at State Technical College of Missouri, a political subdivision of the State of Missouri, and has been a licensed CPA since 1998. Her professional background includes nine years in public accounting, primarily in business and personal income tax; eight years as CFO of a large multispecialty medical group; and 13 years in higher education at State Technical College. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Jenny has served as an elected active member since 2018. She is currently vice chair of the Board, chair of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Strategic Planning and Governance Committee. She lives in Linn, Missouri, with her husband, Greg.

Ronda Stegmann

Ronda Stegmann returns to MOSERS, this time as a Trustee, after retiring as its executive director in 2023. Before joining MOSERS, she spent 21 years with the Missouri General Assembly and served as executive director of the Joint Committee on Retirement.

In retirement, Ronda enjoys working as a substitute teacher at her granddaughter’s elementary school. She also works part-time with the National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA).

Please join us in congratulating Crystal, Jenny, and Ronda. We look forward to their continued leadership and service to MOSERS members. The next Board Election will take place in 2030. Visit the Board of Trustees page to learn more about the MOSERS Board.