Dawn retired from Alameda Health System in 2011 after over 22+ years with Alameda County.

Her last position at Alameda Health System was as a Systems Analyst in the Information Technology department, supporting various hospital applications.

She joined the REAC Board because of the promise of the REAC Mission Statement.

Liz Koppenhaver has been a director on the REAC Board since 2008. During that time she also served as the Retiree Representative on ACERA, Alameda County Employee Retirement Association. In fact, Liz served on ACERA for 24 years, representing Active and Retired members.

Liz worked for Alameda County as a Deputy Sheriff and Sergeant for nearly 18 years and then transferred to the District Attorney’s Office, spending another 10 years there. She retired in 2005.

Liz is looking forward to continuing to serve on the REAC board and support retirees in every way possible.

Paul Reeves was appointed to the REAC Board in 2006 after an interview with Barbara Hallisey, who was then the Board President, and Steve Scheinman, who was then the Board Secretary.  Paul became the Board Secretary when Steve became the Board President and Paul has continued to serve as the Board Secretary since that time.

Paul was born and raised in Oakland, California.  He spent 4 years in the US Army from March 1966 through March 1970.  He was hired by the Social Services Agency in October 1970.  He began his career as a clerk I in the mailroom at 401 Broadway, which was the main office at that time.  He held numerous positions as he moved up in the Social Services Agency, retiring after 35 years, as the Director of the Workforce and Benefits Department and as an Assistant Agency Director for the Alameda County Social Services Agency.

During his time with the Social Services Agency Paul also had a passion for community service, and he volunteered to serve on the Board of Directors for the South East Asian Community Center (SEAC).  He was the SEAC Board secretary.  He also enjoyed teaching, and he taught ESL classes to the Monks at the Nagara Dhamma Temple in San Francisco.

Paul originally joined the REAC Board because he was concerned with how long the retirement benefits would last, given the many attacks on Defined Benefit pension plans.  He was quite pleased to learn that Alameda County’s retirement benefits were the best of the 37 Act Counties.  (“37 Act” refers to the County Employees Retirement Law which was passed in 1937.)

In 2006, Alicia returned to Alameda County as a Human Resources Technician in Human Resource Services. She promoted to Human Resources Analyst and in 2009 transferred to the General Services Agency as a Departmental Personnel Officer. Alicia retired from the Office of the District Attorney in 2017.

Alicia answered the call for volunteers to join the REAC Board in April of 2021 and a year later, in April 2022, was elected to the position of President of the Board. Alicia’s goal for the REAC Board is to report accurate and timely information to its members and to support ACERA in its job of providing defined retirement benefits to  retirees.