COMPANY

Teachers Annuity and Assurance Association (founded 1918 by Andrew Carnegie, currently $250B assets), College Retirement Equities Fund (founded 1952). Retirement system, privately held, for over 3 million academics. It also offers services to select institutional investors.

Official Website:
http://www.tiaa-cref.org/

Industry:
Finance

Ticker:
(private)

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Employees:
7500

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Herbert M. Allison	Business	24-Aug-1943		CEO of TIAA-CREF, 2002-08
John H. Biggs	Business	19-Jul-1936		CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1993-2002
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.	Government	28-Oct-1951		CEO of TIAA-CREF
Thomas W. Jones	Business	1949		President of TIAA-CREF, 1993-97
Bertram L. Scott	Business	c. 1951		EVP at TIAA-CREF
John A. Somers	Business	c. 1944		Former EVP, TIAA
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.	Business	13-Sep-1926		CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Elizabeth E. Bailey	Educator	1938		Professor, the Wharton School
Robert C. Clark	Educator	c. 1944		Dean of Harvard Law School, 1989-2003
Cleve L. Killingsworth	Business	5-Jun-1952		Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Bridget A. Macaskill	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Oppenheimer Funds, 1995-2001
Maceo K. Sloan	Business	c. 1949		NCM Capital Management

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stanley O. Ikenberry	Educator	1935		University of Illinois President, 1979-95
Juanita M. Kreps	Government	11-Jan-1921	5-Jul-2010	US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79
Franklin Raines	Government	14-Jan-1949		CEO of Fannie Mae, 1999-2004
Sidney A. Ribeau	Educator	c. 1947		President of Howard University

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Herbert M. Allison	Business	24-Aug-1943		CEO of TIAA-CREF, 2002-08
John H. Biggs	Business	19-Jul-1936		CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1993-2002
Thomas W. Jones	Business	1949		President of TIAA-CREF, 1993-97
Eugene C. Sit	Business	8-Aug-1938	24-Jun-2008	Sit Investment Associates
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.	Business	13-Sep-1926		CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lloyd E. Campbell	Business	c. 1958		Managing Director, Rothschild, Inc.

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Freeman	Economist	29-Jun-1943		Labor economist

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