Luis A. Lugo

Mr. Lugo has broad administrative and operations experience in the public sector and is the first person to serve as LACERA’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Before joining LACERA, Mr. Lugo served as the Chief Operations Officer for the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association (MN PERA), the state’s largest public pension system. He also served as Area Administrator for the Social Security Administration in the greater Minneapolis–St. Paul region, in addition to other leadership positions in family and health services. Mr. Lugo earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Minnesota Duluth and a Master of Business Administration from Hamline University.