General Board of Pension and Health Benefits to Hold Public Forum

For Immediate Release
October 19, 2009

Contact: M. Colette Nies, Managing Director, Communications
(847) 866-4296 or cnies@gbophb.org

Evanston, IL—The General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of The United Methodist Church (General Board) invites interested constituents to a Public Forum on Friday, November 13, 2009. The forum will be held at the Sheraton Denver West, 360 Union Boulevard, Lakewood CO, 80228. It is tentatively scheduled for 11:45 a.m., Mountain time.

The General Board's Public Forum is designed to allow the board of directors to hear concerns of constituents from across the Church. The session provides an opportunity to make a short presentation to the board during the course of their regularly scheduled board meeting.

To place your name and topic on the agenda, call Colette Nies by November 6 at 1-800-269-2244, extension 4296, or e-mail Colette at cnies@gbophb.org.

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About the General Board

The General Board of Pension and Health Benefits is a not-for-profit administrative agency of The United Methodist Church, responsible for the general supervision and administration of the retirement, health and welfare benefit plans, programs and funds for more than 74,000 clergy and lay employees of the Church.

The General Board is the largest faith-based pension fund in the United States and ranks among the top 100 pension funds in the country. As a socially responsible investor, the General Board is actively involved in shareholder advocacy, proxy voting, portfolio screening and community investing.