May 13, 2019

Toni Preckwinkle, President

Cook County Board of Commissioners
118 N. Clark Street Room 537
Chicago, IL 60602

President Preckwinkle:

The Retirement Board of the Cook County Pension Fund must remain independent of the President of the
Board of Commissioners. Your proposal to appoint five members to the Retirement Board and eliminate
my appointment would totally destroy that independence.

Regarding your proposal to remove me from the Cook County Pension Board:

Sincerely,

Maria Pappas
Cook County Treasurer

CC: Cook County Board of Commissioners

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan & Members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton & Members of the Illinois Senate
Members of the Cook County Pension Fund Board
Chicago Federation of Labor President Robert Reiter