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City of Irving Supplemental Benefit Plan
The City of Irving Supplemental Benefit Plan was established in 1984 as a contributory single-employer defined benefit plan covering municipal workers who are...
City of Irving Supplemental Benefit Plan
The City of Irving Supplemental Benefit Plan was established in 1984 as a contributory single-employer defined benefit plan covering municipal workers who are also members of the Texas Municipal Retirement System. Andrew Bah serves as Board Chairman, with Ebony Roundtree as Vice Chair, Bret Starr as CFO, and Nyle Boyd directing human resources. The plan provides retirement, disability, and death benefits to police officers and other city employees of Irving, Texas — a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb and corporate hub. The Supplemental Benefit Plan deploys across an unusually broad mandate for a municipal plan of its size. Strategy tags in its investment policy cover buyout funds, early-stage and growth venture capital, secondaries, special situations, timber, and fund-of-funds commitments. The plan also operates a dedicated Alternative Asset Portfolio based in Irving. This multi-strategy posture — blending direct co-investments with traditional fund commitments — gives the plan exposure to private markets alongside its TMRS-linked public-market assets. Geographic concentration follows the broader TMRS footprint, with domestic US exposure dominating the portfolio. The plan operates under the regulatory oversight of the Texas Pension Review Board and functions as a participating employer within the TMRS network. The board includes city finance and HR leadership, with Bret Starr's CFO role bridging municipal budget operations and pension asset management. No dedicated investment staff count is publicly disclosed, and the plan does not maintain separate offices beyond Irving City Hall. Recent public disclosures do not indicate new fund launches or major mandate shifts over the last 24 months. The most distinctive structural feature is the plan's hybrid architecture: it supplements the core TMRS state-administered benefits with a separate locally controlled investment pool. This design allows Irving's board to allocate a portion of pension assets into private markets — venture, buyout, timber, and special situations — that the broader TMRS trust may not access directly. It functions as a satellite portfolio, giving a mid-sized Texas city exposure to asset classes typically reserved for much larger state-level plans or endowed institutions.
General information
Firm type
Pension Fund
Year founded
1984
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Irving
Corporate office
Irving, TX, United States
Principals
Andrew Bah
Board Chairman
Ebony Roundtree
Vice Board Chairman
Bret Starr
Chief Financial Officer
Nyle Boyd
Human Resources Director
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at the City of Irving Supplemental Benefit Plan?
The plan is governed by a board chaired by Andrew Bah, with Ebony Roundtree as Vice Chair and Bret Starr serving as CFO. Investment decisions are made collectively by this board, which includes city financial and human resources leadership. The board oversees both the plan's relationship with the Texas Municipal Retirement System and its separate Alternative Asset Portfolio. No Chief Investment Officer or dedicated investment staff titles appear in public records.
How is the Supplemental Benefit Plan related to the Texas Municipal Retirement System?
The Supplemental Benefit Plan covers City of Irving employees who are also members of TMRS. TMRS provides the core retirement benefits, while the Irving plan operates as a supplemental layer — a separate locally controlled pool that the city's board manages independently. This structure allows Irving to allocate capital to alternative assets that may fall outside TMRS's central investment policy. The plan reports to the Texas Pension Review Board alongside TMRS.
What investment stages and asset classes does the plan target?
The plan's strategy tags include buyout, early-stage venture, growth equity, secondaries, special situations, and timber. It also commits to fund-of-funds structures and pursues co-investment and hybrid opportunities. This spans seed-stage venture through mature private equity buyouts — a broad mandate for a plan of its size. Real assets exposure includes timberland, consistent with long-duration liability matching for a defined benefit plan.
Does the plan invest directly in companies or only through funds?
The plan's strategy includes direct co-investments alongside fund commitments and fund-of-funds allocations. The hybrid tag in its investment policy indicates a mix of primary fund commitments, co-investment sleeves, and potentially direct operating-company exposure. Specific portfolio company names or GP relationships have not been disclosed publicly. The plan's Alternative Asset Portfolio vehicle likely houses these private-market exposures.
What is the plan's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
Co-investment is explicitly tagged in the plan's strategy set, suggesting the board actively evaluates direct side-by-side opportunities with its fund managers. This is common among Texas public plans seeking fee savings and concentrated exposure. No specific co-investment partners or deal-level details have been made public. The plan's small scale relative to state peers means co-investments likely involve lower check sizes and selective GP relationships.
How is the plan regulated and what disclosures does it make?
The plan operates under the oversight of the Texas Pension Review Board, which monitors public pension plans across the state for actuarial soundness and governance standards. As a municipal plan within the TMRS ecosystem, it follows state-mandated reporting and funding requirements. The plan does not maintain its own public website or investor portal — information flows through City of Irving financial reporting channels. Detailed portfolio holdings are not publicly available.
What is the funded status or financial health of the plan?
No current funded ratio or actuarial valuation has been made publicly available through standard reporting channels. As a TMRS-affiliated supplemental plan, its liabilities are layered on top of the base TMRS benefits. The plan's $116 million estimated asset base (Altss estimate) covers municipal and police employee supplemental benefits for a city of approximately 250,000 residents. Texas municipal plans generally maintain strong funding discipline relative to national peers, but plan-specific data has not been disclosed.
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