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.
Mr. Walker earned a Bachelor of Science in
Political Economy of Natural Resources from the University of California,
Berkeley. He is a native San Franciscan, married, and is the father of
three children.
