The Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) is a public trust founded on August 1, 1936, to provide retirement benefits to its members.  Its sole purpose is to safeguard and manage the money it holds in trust to provide retirement income for its members.  TRSL is the state’s largest public retirement system and provides services and benefits to more than 160,000 individuals.  TRSL is responsible for the prudent management of over $24 billion in trust for its members’ pension benefits.  TRSL personnel include 145 classified employees and 11 unclassified employees (Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Director, Executive Counsel, Executive Liaison Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Investment Director of Public Markets, Investment Director of Private Markets, Investment Manager of Public Markets, and Investments Operations Director).