Meet Your Candidates: Wyoming State Treasurer

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming Information Now) – We reached out to all the candidates submitting for Wyoming State Treasurer. Under are the candidates working who responded to our request. The knowledge beneath is written by the candidates and unedited by Wyoming Information Now.

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CANDIDATES

NAME: CURT MEIER

Age:

Occupation: Wyoming State Treasurer

Political Expertise: I’ve served as your State Treasurer for the previous 3 1/2 years, and previous to changing into Treasurer I spent 24 years within the legislature as a State Senator from Goshen County. My time within the Senate included two committee chairmanships and time on each the Appropriations Committee and the Retirement Board as a Legislative liaison. I used to be on the State Board of Schooling previous to becoming a member of the legislature.

How lengthy have you ever lived in Wyoming? I stay in LaGrange, Wyoming with my spouse of 41 years, Charlene, a retired faculty trainer. I’ve lived there and been a part of the household’s agriculture operation my whole life.

Why are you working? As a result of I’m the perfect particular person for the job. Property below the workplace’s administration are up $5 Billion throughout my time period, and we’ve offered lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in income every year. Wyoming now has the #1 rated sovereign wealth fund within the U.S. and was additionally nominated for “Flip Round Fund of the 12 months” by Institutional Investor Publication. The variety of checks issued and {dollars} distributed to Wyoming residents by the continued efforts of our Unclaimed Property Division is unprecedented, and I wish to proceed all of this work for the individuals of Wyoming.

What’s Cheyenne’s/Casper’s largest problem? I believe It’s the identical as Wyoming’s… The mismanagement of the Biden administration’s over-supply of federal stimulus, coupled with a Federal Reserve Board who didn’t have their eye on inflation and provide are our largest challenges, however the State Treasurer has the power to impact dramatic optimistic adjustments to each the financial system and balancing the State’s finances. Our workplace has made substantial efforts to mitigate the result of a downturn. We employed managers who do higher when the market has a downturn, elevated our variety and made adjustments in asset allocations that aren’t as delicate to inventory market fluctuations.

Extra Info: We’ve adopted a brand new accounting software program system and carried out an “inside reconciliation and audit division,” to help in undertaking all of the inherent, implied, attribute and core duties within the Wyoming structure as set forth in Powers vs Mead as described by the Wyoming Supreme Court docket. Through the subsequent two years, there’ll undoubtedly be opportunistic circumstances that may supply substantial risked-based returns, however it isn’t one thing that must be completed evenly. I’m assured in our workforce’s potential to make the most of the present market after they beat benchmark returns two years in a row, which is one thing 80% of fairness mutual funds fail to attain for even one 12 months.

Zoom Interview:

BILL GALLOP

Didn’t reply by deadline.

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