The Commissioner's mission is to provide effective and sound benefit to volunteer departments under Texas Emergency Services Retirement System (TESRS) (Title 8 Government Code, Subtitle H) and to volunteer and paid departments under Texas Local Fire Fighters' Retirement Act (TLFFRA), Article 6243e V.T.C.S.

TESRS: The agency administers the Texas Emergency Services Personnel Retirement System.  The Fund provides a cost-effective means for small volunteer departments to belong to a professionally managed fund for the benefit of their local volunteer fire and EMS personnel. As the administrator of the fund, the FFPC collects contributions of participating department members, invests the proceeds, calculates benefits, and issues payments to retirees and their beneficiaries.

TLFFRA:  The agency's staff provides investment and legal guidance for local boards; provides opinions; hears appeals of local board decisions; maintains all personnel records for fire fighter members and departments; classifies and coordinates annual reports; verifies all benefit amounts; provides education and training seminars; and assists in providing guidance in the professional management of the local funds.

About the Commissioner

Governor Rick Perry appointed Lisa Ivie Miller as Fire Fighter Pension Commissioner on January 30, 2004.  Prior to her appointment, Ms.  Miller was a legislative consultant with Hance, Scarborough, Wright Woodward & Weisbart, L.L.P., and the former deputy executive director of the State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas. She serves on the board of the Williams-Pyro Firefighters Fund, the Greater Austin Crime Commission, the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Centers,  and chairs the Central and South Texas Make-A-Wish Foundation Board of Directors. 

A native of Amarillo, Miller is a graduate of West Texas A&M University in Canyon. She received her master’s degree in criminal justice management from Sam Houston State University. Miller’s term will expire July 1, 2007.