“Cook County Pension Fund Governance Report”
By: Bridget Gainer, Cook County Commissioner
Presented at the Cook County Pension SubCommittee meeting on June 29, 2011.
Cook County Pension Fund Governance Report – Bridget Gainer, Cook County Commissioner

“Protecting & Politicizing Public Pension Fund Assets: Empirical Evidence on the effects of Governance Structures and Practices”
By: David Hess
University of Michigan professor David Hess authored a paper that examines public pension fund governance in 2005.
Protecting & Politicizing Public Pension Fund Assets.pdf

“Board of Trustee Composition and Investment Performance of US Public Pension Plans”
By: Joel T. Harper
Oklahoma State University Professor Joel T. Harper researched the performance of public pension funds and their governance structures in 2008.
Board of Trustee Composition & Investment Performance of US Public Pension Plans.pdf

“Governance of Public Employee Post-Retirement Benefits Systems (COBRA)”
By: Government Finance Officers Association
Published in 2010, the Government Finance Officers Association released best practices
http://www.gfoa.org/downloads/GFOA_governanceretirementbenefitssystemsBP.pdf