"Tim was with us at the State House in 1997 when the pension cost-of-living reform law (Ch.17) was passed and as chairman of the Norfolk County Retirement Board, initiated acceptance of the law in his county which has given retirees new COLAs every year since," said Association President Ralph White.

Cahill has been an active member of the Massachusetts Association of Contributory Retirement Systems (MACRS) where he has involved himself in all areas of public retirement. He has also been active at the national level on behalf of federal pension legislation.

If elected state treasurer, he will be responsible for the Commonwealth's $27 billion Pension Reserves Investment Trust (PRIT). This trust is managed by the Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Board of which the state treasurer is chairman.

"The PRIM Board not only manages state and teachers' pension funds, but also a large number of cities, towns and counties have placed their pension funds in PRIT for management," said White. "The state treasurer has a tremendous responsibility to all of our state's public retirees and survivors. Tim is up to the trust that would be placed upon him as treasurer."

Bill Hill, our Association's legislative chairman, feels that Cahill would be a great asset to our Association. "He knows firsthand the nuts and bolts of our retirement law. There would be no learning curve with Tim Cahill," said Hill. "He's also had the experience of managing a large public pension fund which is so important during a period of market decline such as we are now enduring."

Cahill, 43, campaigned under the slogan "Tim for Treasurer" and highlighted the fact that he was the only candidate in the race who had on-the-job experience. He lives in Quincy where he has been a member of the city council since 1987. He is a Boston University grad and he and his wife Tina are parents to four daughters.