This January APERS will be mailing IRS Form 1099-R, which reports taxable income, to members receiving payments.  Retired members will also have a new form to change their withholding.

At a special meeting on June 1, 2022, the APERS Board of Trustees elected to hire Amy Fecher as the agency’s executive director effective July 1.

On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System’s Board of Trustees voted to appoint system deputy director Allison Woods to the position of interim executive director as the search for a permanent replacement commenced. 

On March 23, 2022, the executive director of the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS), Duncan Baird, announced that he would be stepping down from the agency’s top position for an opportunity in the private sector effective April 8.