The Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia (ERSGA) was established on January 1, 1950 by an Act of the Georgia General Assembly to provide retirement benefits for all State employees, and is governed by a Board of Trustees. ERSGA administers separate and distinct cost-sharing, multiple-employer defined benefit pension plans for various employer agencies of the State of Georgia, as well as defined contribution plans, and a life insurance plan. ERSGA also serves as the State Social Security Administrator for all political subdivisions of the state. As of January 2020, ERSGA pension plans serve over 72,000 retirees/beneficiaries and 108,000 active members and from over 700 employers around the State. Through their mission to be the guardian of the State of Georgia’s retirement plans, ERSGA employees strive to best serve the retirement needs of current and retired State employees.