2025 Board Elections

This year, there are several seats on the Board of Trustees up for election.

Annuitant Trustee

• One seat with a 5-year term

Employee Trustee

• Two seats with 5-year terms

Executive Trustee

• One seat with a 5-year term
• One seat with a 3-year term
• One seat with a 2-year term

Find more information below about the requirements for running for each of these seats.

How to submit your petitions?

The most efficient ways to submit your petitions are by:

• Sending a Secure Message in Member Access with a signed petition attached.
• Attaching the signed petition and emailing it to IMRF at IMRFTrusteeElection@imrf.org.
• Faxing the signed petition to IMRF at 630-706-4656.

Member Access submissions will only be accepted from the account holder.

Nominating petitions will be accepted in the IMRF office in Oak Brook between August 1, 2025, and September 15, 2025. Petitions received after 4:30 PM on September 15, 2025, will not be accepted.

After submitting petitions, what is the next step?

IMRF staff will verify the nominating petitions and letters will be sent to all candidates who submitted nominating petitions confirming whether they will be on the ballot.

If there is only one candidate for one of the seats up for election, an election for that specific seat will not be held, and the Board will confirm that candidate as a Trustee at its December meeting.

Election for Annuitant Trustee

In November, IMRF members will elect one Trustee, for a five-year term. The five-year term of office will run from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030.

You can run for Annuitant Trustee if you are:

• An IMRF annuitant receiving an IMRF annuity (pension) in January 2026
• Submit at least 100 petitions from eligible annuitants

The materials you'll need to run for Annuitant Trustee include:

• Election fact sheet
• Biographical information form
• Petition form - single signature
• Candidate packet

Election for Employee Trustee

In November, IMRF members will elect two Employee Trustees, each for a five-year term. The five-year term of office will run from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030. There will be one ballot for this election. The top two individuals with the most votes will be elected to serve on the Board of Trustees.

You can run for Employee Trustee if you are:

• An active member currently participating in IMRF
• Vested in IMRF as of December 31, 2025 (eight years for Tier 1 members, ten years for Tier 2 members)
• Submit at least 350 signatures from IMRF members

The materials you'll need to run for Employee Trustee include:

• Election fact sheet
• Biographical information form
• Petition form
• Petition form - single signature
• Petition form - single signature for submission through Member Access
• Candidate packet

Election for Executive Trustee

In November, IMRF Employers will elect one Executive Trustee, for each of the following seats with a:

• 5-year term serving from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030.
• 3-year term serving from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028.
• 2-year term serving from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027.

You can run for Executive Trustee if you are:

• Employed by an IMRF employer as chief executive officer, chief financial officer or other officer, executive or department head
• Vested in IMRF as of December 31, 2025 (eight years for Tier 1 members, ten years for Tier 2 members. Only service credit in IMRF counts toward this.)
• Submit at least 3 nominating petitions from either a Governing Body or Authorized Agent who has been delegated the power to make this nomination

Below are the materials you’ll need to run for Executive Trustee. Be sure to submit the petitions and biographical information with the same term length when filing the paperwork to run for office.

• Election fact sheet
• Biographical information form – 5 year-term
• Petition form – 5 year-term
• Biographical information form – 3 year-term
• Petition form – 3 year-term
• Biographical information form – 2 year-term
• Petition form – 2 year-term
• Candidate packet