Merrill Roach

A member of the RESDC Board of Directors since August 2017, Merrill retired from San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA) in 2016. During his eighteen years at SDCERA, he was a member of the pension investment team as an investment analyst. Prior to SDCERA, he had ten years experience as a budget analyst for Mental Health Services and Alcohol and Drug Services. Merrill has also served on a non-profit religious based Board of Directors, Newbreak Church, since 1986.

Merrill has an Associate of Arts degree from Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay, Oregon and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California.

In addition to volunteering with RESDC and the Newbreak Church board of directors, Merrill, and his wife, Allyn, enjoy traveling, reading and living the great San Diego lifestyle.

Merrill and Allyn have had two favorite travel experiences: a twelve day Baltic cruise with their two adopted daughters, and a ten day guided tour of Israel corresponding with a seven day cruise of the Greek Islands. Merrill and Allyn have been married since 1980.