Board of Retirement Members

Katherine O’Malley is a Principal Appraiser in the Assessor’s Division, and has been with the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections Department since 2012. She was elected to the Retirement Board in 2018. Her current term will expire on June 30, 2021, and she is currently serving as the Board Secretary.

Eric Tashman is a partner in the San Francisco office of law firm Norton Rose Fulbright LLP. He was appointed by the Board of Supervisors in 2009 and reappointed in 2012, 2015 and 2018. His current term will expire on June 30, 2021.

Mark Battey is the owner of Miramar Farms, Inc. He was the managing director of Miramar Capital LLC, which provides strategic planning and investment management consulting services. He was appointed by the Board of Supervisors in September 2015 and reappointed in 2018. His current term will expire on June 30, 2021. 

Paul Hackleman served as the County Benefits Manager from 1982 through March 2008. He is also a former member of the Retirement Board, having served from June 2005 through March 2008 while actively employed. He was then elected by the Retired Members to serve on the Board in 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019. His current term will expire on June 30, 2022. In addition to serving on the Board, he is the head of I.C. Benefits Consulting.

Alma Salas was a Probation Services Manager with the San Mateo County Probation Department before her retirement in May 2013. Alma first joined the Board in May of 2001 and served as Board Chair during the 2004-05 fiscal year. She was elected in 2013 to serve as the Retiree Alternate and was reelected in 2016 and 2019. In this role she substitutes in the absence of the Eighth Member. Her current term will expire on June 30, 2022.