Mass Retirees President Frank Valeri has announced he will be a candidate for reelection to the State Retirement Board. Since 2013 Valeri has served as Association president, replacing its long time and founding father Ralph White. During his tenure as a State Board elected member, he has fought to shorten the wait for first pension payments, strengthen veterans service buyback rights and increase COLA benefits, as well as other membership service improvements. As Association President, Valeri continued the efforts to repeal the unfair Social Security WEP and GPO laws, that recently took place this past January. He retired from State government after 38 years of service, retiring from the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (PERAC), the state pension oversight agency, as well as many years with the state legislature.