Ms. Bilyeu was appointed as executive director of NASRA in September 2013.
Before joining NASRA, she served for ten years as the executive officer of the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada. She was responsible for all aspects of fund management including analysis of plan funding, investment oversight, operational and strategic planning, and fiduciary and governance issues. Before her appointment as the executive officer, she served for eight years as the System’s operations officer, overseeing benefits administration, including survivor, disability, and retirement programs. Before coming to work at the System, Ms. Bilyeu was the System’s legal counsel in the Office of the Nevada Attorney General, representing the System in benefits litigation, contract analysis, Board governance, and fiduciary issues.
She is in her third term on the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB). FRTIB administers the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) and is an independent Federal agency overseen by five presidentially appointed board members and an Executive Director. The TSP is a retirement savings and investment plan for over 4.5 million Federal employees and members of the uniformed services, including the Ready Reserve. Ms. Bilyeu also served as a member of the Social Security Advisory Board from 2007 through September 2010. The Advisory Board is an independent, bipartisan board created by Congress and appointed by the President and the Congress to advise the President, the Congress, and the Commissioner of Social Security on matters related to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs. In addition, Ms. Bilyeu also served for over fifteen years on the Public Employees’ Board of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.
Ms. Bilyeu received her Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law and her B.A. from the University of Arizona.