The firm has raised $2.5 billion for its inaugural energy fund.
The plan will vote on hiring a new domestic small-cap value equity manager at its board meeting later this week.
The firm’s newest managing director recently held the head of investor relations role at VWH Capital Management.
The retirement system is conducting the search to “assess the feasibility” of establishing a private markets emerging manager program.
The position will be responsible for quantitative and qualitative research on prospect managers and strategies.
The retirement board hired a new manager to handle its entire portfolio after issuing an RFP last year.
The pension fund terminated two active managers and moved the nearly $45 million in assets to a passive index.
The senior investment analyst joined the plan’s internal fixed-income team in August.
The retirement system also opted against action following an equity structure review last month.
The pension fund committed $24 million across new real estate manager relationships last month.