SPTRFA Staff

Phill Tencick – Executive Director/CIO Christine MacDonald – Deputy Director/CFO Cynthia Foster, Nancy Langer, Rachel Pastick, Janet Williams, Tamera Zielinski

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Saint Paul Teachers’ Retirement Fund Association is looking for a senior accounting or finance professional to be its next Controller.  SPTRFA offers meaningful and rewarding career opportunities!

To view the complete job summary for the open position, click here. Direct inquires to, ptencick at sptrfa.org, in the subject line please include, “SPTRFA seeks new Controller.”

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Phill Tencick

Mr. Tencick previously served as the Retirement Director and CIO for the Spokane Employee Retirement System from 2015 to 2023. Prior to that, he held leadership roles for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service in pension, treasury, and finance. Mr. Tencick has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis, a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.  Phill enjoys trail running, soccer, mountain biking, camping, and snowboarding. Ms. MacDonald serves as the Deputy Director of the St. Paul Teachers’ Retirement Fund Association. She joined SPTRFA in 2003 after a ten year career with the Minnesota Office of the State Auditor (OSA), where she was the Director of Public Pension Oversight. In that role she had significant public pension plan responsibilities. During her tenure at OSA she was also responsible for auditing and financial/legal oversight for cities, counties, and tax increment financing districts in Minnesota. With her experience in public pension regulation, she is involved in all aspects of SPTRFA management, including statutory and regulatory interpretation covering investment and administrative requirements. She also works closely with all other Minnesota public retirement funds to ensure appropriate coordination and continuity. Ms. MacDonald is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, where she earned a B.S.B. in Accounting with High Distinction, finishing in the top 3% of her class. Nancy began her career with SPTRFA in 1978.  With her experience and leadership skills she manages the day to day of the member benefits team and is responsible for the monthly annuitant and refund processing.  She also handles benefit estimate requests, repayment of refunds, leave of absence statements, required minimum distributions (RMD) statements and payee 1099-R’s.