Bilyeu Views
Prior to her appointment as the Executive Officer, Mrs. Bilyeu served for eight years as the System's Operations Officer, overseeing all aspects of benefit administration, including survivor, disability, and retirement programs. She was accountable for technology oversight as well as policy issues related to the public safety sector of public employment. Preceding her employment at the System, Mrs. Bilyeu was the System's legal counsel in the Office of the Nevada Attorney General, representing the System in a variety of aspects from benefits litigation, contracts analysis, to Board governance.
Mrs. Bilyeu previously served as a member of the Social Security Advisory Board from 2007 through September 2010. The Advisory Board is an independent, bipartisan board created by Congress and appointed by the President and the Congress to advise the President, the Congress, and the Commissioner of Social Security on matters related to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs.
Mrs. Bilyeu is a member of the executive committee of the National Association of State Retirement Administrators, the National Council on Teacher Retirement, the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems, and the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys. She also serves on the Public Employees Board of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. She received her juris doctor from California Western School of Law and her B.A. from the University of Arizona.