The plan added a follow-on private equity commitment at a board meeting last week.
The retirement system approved a new bundled provider/record keeper following diligence and presentations from three finalists.
The search is being conducted as part of best practice purposes.
Appointment follows appointments to the same role for both EMEA and Asia.
The plan added a third investment officer as it continues to build out its investment team.
The retirement system appears to have last conducted searches for the services in 2014.
The new state investment officer joins from an Illinois-based defined benefit plan.
The new associate will help evaluate, analyze and monitor investments made by the mid-Atlantic-based private equity firm.
The plan is seeking small- to mid-cap growth and value equity managers as it considers a streamlining of its domestic equity portfolio.