
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 15, 1990                   TAG: 9003152395
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                 LENGTH: Short

WILDER APPOINTS FUND-RAISER, ALLY TO PENSION BOARD

Gov. Douglas Wilder on Wednesday appointed his former campaign fund-raiser, Jacqueline G. Epps, to serve as chairman of the board that oversees Virginia's $10 billion pension fund.

The governor said Epps' term on the seven-member board of trustees of the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System would begin immediately.

Epps replaces Charles Walker, a Republican who resigned under pressure from Wilder to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest over a proposed merger between CSX Corp. and the RF&P Corp.

The state owns about 20 percent of RF&P's stock through the state employees' retirement system. Walker is a member of RF&P's board of directors.

Epps, a Richmond lawyer, graduated from Howard University and the Rutgers University School of Law.

When Wilder made his successful bid for lieutenant governor in 1985, she organized numerous fund-raisers for him. She has remained a close ally and served on his commission that recommended appointees for high-level jobs in his administration.

by CNB