General Board of Pension and Health Benefits to Hold Public Forum
For Immediate Release
February 9, 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, March 6, 2009. The forum will be held at the Emory Conference Center Hotel, 1615 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329; (404) 712-6015. It is tentatively scheduled for 10:15 a.m., Eastern 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 will provide concerned individuals the opportunity to make a short presentation to the board members during the course of their regularly scheduled board meeting.
To place your name and topic on the agenda, call Colette Nies by February 18 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.
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