Board of Retirement Members

Shirley Tourel is the Assistant Controller for San Mateo County, and has been with the Controller’s Office since 2001. She was elected to the Retirement Board in 2015. Her current term will expire on June 30, 2018.

Eric Tashman is a public finance partner in the San Francisco office of law firm Sidley Austin where he is head of the firm’s West Coast public finance practice group. He was appointed by the Board of Supervisors in 2009 and reappointed in 2012, and 2015. His current term will expire on June 30, 2018.

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. His current term will expire on June 30, 2018.

Paul 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. Today he is the head of I.C. Benefits Consulting. He was elected in 2010, and reelected in 2013 and 2016. His current term will expire on June 30, 2019. He is currently the Board Chair. 

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. In this role she substitutes in the absence of the Eighth Member. Her current term will expire on June 30, 2019.