JR Pearce

Senior Investment Officer at Sacramento County ERS

Speaker

JR Pearce is a Senior Investment Officer with Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System (SCERS), an $13.0 billion California public pension plan, responsible for portfolio construction and oversight for SCERS’ alternative assets investments in private credit, real estate, and real assets globally.

Prior to joining SCERS in 2013, Mr. Pearce was actively involved in the institutional real estate industry for over 30 years. During his career, Mr. Pearce served in various senior leadership positions in real estate investment, development, and finance with a range of organizations including institutional investment manager (LaSalle Investment Management), union pension plan (National Electrical Benefit Plan), real estate development company (Koll Development Company), and real estate owner-operators (Greenlaw Partners and Realm Group). Mr. Pearce’s investment and financial background along with his broad real estate experience has enabled him to direct and oversee over $7 billion in real estate development and investment projects across the United States.

Mr. Pearce earned his MBA in Finance from Loyola College, and is a cum laude graduate in Finance and Economics from Towson University. Mr. Pearce is a Certified Public Accountant (in-active) and holds a California Real Estate Brokers license.