Kristi Paczkowski was named executive director of the $492 million Knoxville (Tenn.) City Employees' Pension Fund, confirmed Michael Cherry, the current executive director, who is retiring.
Ms. Paczkowski will join the pension fund Sept. 3. She is a senior manager at Pugh CPAs and has been involved with previous audits of the pension fund, Mr. Cherry said in a telephone interview.
Mr. Cherry, who has been executive director since March 1997, will stay until the end of the year to work with Ms. Paczkowski on the transition.