David G. Bronner

Who is David G. Bronner?

David George Bronner is an American businessman. He is best known as the head of Retirement Systems of Alabama, the pension fund for employees of the State of Alabama.

Bronner is the son of George David and Marge Bronner. He received his elementary and high school education in Austin, Minnesota. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at Mankato State University, in Mankato, Minnesota. From 1967 to 1969, Bronner was an instructor in the School of Business and Finance at Mankato State. He then entered the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, where he earned a law degree in 1971 and a Ph.D. in 1972.

After teaching in various graduate schools of Education and Business, he was appointed as assistant dean of the Law School at the University of Alabama. Shortly thereafter, Bronner took his present job with RSA in 1973. At that time RSA had approximately $500 million of funds and was owed $1.5 billion by the state. By the end of 2012, RSA had amassed over $28 billion in investments and $42 billion in actuarial liabilities, making RSA the 43rd largest public pension fund in the United States, with the 23rd worst funding ratio.