Darryl L. Walker

Alternate Safety Board Member

Alternate for Member Seat 7

Term Expires December 31, 2013

Darryl L. Walker is serving his second term on ACERA’s Board.  He was elected as the inaugural Alternate Safety Board Trustee.  In this capacity, Mr. Walker votes in the absence of other elected members, except the Retiree Trustee.  This ensures elected member Board representation at all times. In May of 2008, Mr. Walker was elected to the SACRS Board of Directors. 

During his tenure as Trustee, Mr. Walker has completed the CALAPERS Principles of Pension Management Program at Stanford Law School, the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Pension and Investment Management Program, the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems Trustee Educational Development Seminar and the SACRS – UC Berkley Haas School of Finance Public Pension Investment Management Program 2007.

As an Alameda County Deputy Probation Officer, Mr. Walker supervises high-risk offenders by linking them to social services, monitoring their compliance with the terms and conditions of their probation, and performing field supervision in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies.  Prior to his current assignment in Supervision, Mr. Walker worked in the Probation Department’s Adult Investigations Unit.  Previous positions include a workers compensation analyst, a teacher, and a Juvenile Institutional Officer.   In the past Mr. Walker was also a sworn delegate of the Alameda County Central Labor Council.

Mr. Walker has served as the Fundraising Chairman of Parents of Children of African Descent and is a member of the Parent-Teacher Association budget committee at his children’s elementary school.  A life-long sports enthusiast, he coaches youth basketball, baseball and soccer, and is passionate about fishing and trail running.