TVA Retirement System Board of Directors

  • TVARS was established by the TVA Board in 1939 to provide retirement benefits for TVA employees.
  • When the TVA Board established TVARS, it also approved the Rules and Regulations of the TVA Retirement System, which constitute the legal charter under which TVARS operates and have the force and effect of Federal law. 
  • TVARS is a Federal agency and separate legal entity from TVA. 
  • TVARS is governed by its own board of directors consisting of seven members:  three appointed by TVA, three elected by and from active employees who are members of TVARS, and a seventh selected by the other six who is a TVA retiree.
  • TVARS administers a defined benefit (pension) plan and a 401(k) plan, the Tennessee Valley Authority Savings and Deferral Retirement Plan, which cover most full-time and part-time annual TVA employees.

Elected by Members​

Michael Belcher
Elected 11/01/2018
Investment Committee
Retirement Committee (Chair)

Mike Blakely
Elected 11/01/2022

Investment Committee
Election Committee (Chair)
Retirement Committee

Mike Clement
Elected 11/01/2023

Audit Committee
Investment Committee

Appointed by TVA

Tina Wallace
Chair
Appointed 8/19/2019

Investment Committee

Eric Davis
Vice-Chair

Appointed 4/01/2020

Election Committee
Investment Committee (Chair)

Brian Child

Appointed 9/19/2013

Audit Committee
Investment Committee
Retirement Committee

Selected by Board Members

Marilyn Brown
Appointed 11/16/2020

Audit Committee (Chair)
Election Committee
Investment Committee

Board Meeting Minutes

Annual Reports

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Standing Committees

Investment Committee
Eric Davis (Chair)
Mike Belcher
Mike Blakely
Marilyn Brown
Brian Child
Mike Clement
Tina Wallace
Audit Committee
Marilyn Brown (Chair)
Mike Clement
Brian Child
Election Committee
Mike Blakely (Chair)
Marilyn Brown
Eric Davis
Retirement Committee
Mike Belcher (Chair)
Mike Blakely
Brian Child