Board Members - CRHBT OPEB

The Board is comprised of 19 trustees. All Board members are appointed by the County Executive and confirmed by the County Council.

The day-to-day management of the Board of Investment Trustees is delegated to the Executive Director, who is recommended by the Board and appointed by the Chief Administrative Officer. The Executive Director acts as an adviser to the Board on all investment-related matters and oversees all Board and investment activities.

The Board's General Counsel represents the Board on tax and fiduciary matters.

Eli Martinez

Eli Martinez is the Executive Director of the MCERP where he oversees the $8B+ in combined assets for the defined benefit and defined contribution plans.

Prior to joining MCERP Eli served as the Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Educational Employees’ Supplementary Retirement System (ERFC) where he oversaw all investment and operational activities for the 40k+ member $3B defined benefit plan, which serves Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) teachers and support staff.

Mr. Martinez has spent more than 20 years in the investment and finance fields helping investors successfully create high performing teams and investment portfolios. Before joining ERFC in 2017, Mr. Martinez managed the investment portfolio for the Santa Barbara County Employees’ Retirement System (SBCERS) for 9+ years.

Mr. Martinez earned a BA in Economics, with an emphasis in Accounting from UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Benjamin Legum

Benjamin Legum serves as the Board’s General Counsel. He is an Associate County Attorney and joined the County in 2018. Previously, he was an Assistant Attorney General with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General and counsel to a local commercial real estate developer. Ben is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio, and has a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law.