We are pleased to announce that the San Mateo County Employees’ Retirement Association (SamCERA) Board election results have been officially certified. Alma Salas has been reelected to the Retiree Member (Eighth Member) seat, and Al David has been elected to serve as the Retiree Alternate Member. The elected Board Members will serve a 3-year term commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2028.

Alma Salas was a Probation Services Manager with the San Mateo County Probation Department before her retirement in May 2013. She first joined the Board of Retirement in May 2001 and served as Board Chair during the 2004–05 fiscal year. In 2013, she was elected to serve as the Retiree Alternate and was reelected in 2016 and 2019. Alma was elected to serve as the Eighth Member in June 2022 and is currently serving as Board Chair.

Al David, newly elected as the Retiree Alternate Member, was a manager with the San Mateo County Information Services Department and is also a retired Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. He retired from County service in 2024. Al was first elected to the Board of Retirement in 2008 as a General Member and has since served three full terms and two partial terms.

Please join us in congratulating Alma Salas and Al David on their election to the SamCERA Board of Retirement.

The next scheduled SamCERA Board of Retirement election will be in 2027, when the General Member Second Seat, the Safety Member Seventh Seat, and the Safety Member Alternate Seat will be up for election.