{"id":63174,"date":"2023-01-03T07:33:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T13:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trtaorg.wpengine.com\/?page_id=63174"},"modified":"2025-02-21T10:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:19:01","slug":"trta-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trta.org\/es\/trta-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"TRTA Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"63174\" class=\"elementor elementor-63174\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a90545e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a90545e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d54bb09\" data-id=\"4d54bb09\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e27971 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e27971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>With more than 96,000 members, the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) is the largest organization of its kind in the nation. TRTA hired Tim Lee as the Executive Director in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>TRTA has built a reputation in Texas as a powerful advocacy and action organization representing the interests of retired public-school employees. Under Mr. Lee\u2019s leadership, Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) participants have received billions in enhanced retirement benefits including improved pension payments (both in the form of additional checks and cost-of-living adjustments), reduced health care costs, and increased Social Security payments.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lee began his career in 1996 as the Executive Director for the Illinois Retired Teachers Association (IRTA). It\u2019s there that he first met with Mike Lehr, TRTA\u2019s previous Executive Director. Together, Mr. Lee and Mr. Lehr co-wrote the first-ever position paper on the need to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), two harmful Social Security provisions that plagued public workers across the country. Though Mr. Lehr passed away in 2019, Mr. Lee was able to fulfill TRTA\u2019s goal of fully repealing the WEP and GPO in a historic bill, H.R. 82, in 2024.<br \/><br \/>Conocido en todo el pa\u00eds como un orador apasionado y un l\u00edder en\u00e9rgico, el Sr. Lee es un firme defensor de la protecci\u00f3n del plan de pensiones de beneficios definidos y otros beneficios post-empleo que muchos estados ofrecen a los educadores p\u00fablicos jubilados. Al considerar estos beneficios como una forma econ\u00f3mica de garantizar la seguridad de la jubilaci\u00f3n para los empleados de las escuelas p\u00fablicas, el Sr. Lee defiende contribuciones adecuadas y consistentes a los fondos de pensiones tanto por parte del empleador como del empleado.<br \/><br \/>This commonsense approach has worked well in Texas. Mr. Lee credits the power of TRTA\u2019s membership and grassroots advocacy for the organization\u2019s numerous successes. He believes that the grit, dedication, and resolve retired educators have shown has borne fruit in the form of improved benefits year-over-year and strong working relationships with many of Texas\u2019 most influential lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>TRTA has partnered successfully with the Texas Legislature to create a well-funded pension trust fund. While this plan may not be considered \u201crich\u201d in comparison to other state-funded pension plans, it is one of the healthiest state pension plans not presently coordinated with Social Security.<br \/><br \/>Mr. Lee has worked on public pension policy for more than 25 years. He has served on various state legislative panels and gubernatorial commissions, participated in forums with legislative leaders, and attended many conferences about managing and maintaining these vital public programs. Tens of thousands of Texans receive Mr. Lee\u2019s email newsletter\u00a0<em>La l\u00ednea interior<\/em>. El Sr. Lee tambi\u00e9n es escritor destacado de la publicaci\u00f3n trimestral de la organizaci\u00f3n.\u00a0<em>La voz<\/em>.<br \/><br \/>Tim asisti\u00f3 a escuelas p\u00fablicas en Springfield, Illinois, y se gradu\u00f3 de la Universidad Estatal de Illinois. Tiene cr\u00e9ditos de posgrado en la Universidad de Illinois. M\u00e1s que nada, Tim est\u00e1 orgulloso de su maravillosa familia. \u00c9l y su esposa Nichol tienen cuatro hijos: Carter, Grace, Ethan y Ryan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than 96,000 members, the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) is the largest organization of its kind in the nation. TRTA hired Tim Lee as the Executive Director in 2004. TRTA has built a reputation in Texas as a powerful advocacy and action organization representing the interests of retired public-school employees. 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