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W. Daniel Ebersole

Dan Ebersole is the Director of the Georgia Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services (OTFS), which is responsible for the receipt, investment, accounting and disbursement of state general, trust and custodial funds and certain federal funds. OTFS manages Georgia Fund 1 and the Georgia Extended Asset Pool, the $8 billion AAA-rated local government investment pools that offer a safe, liquid investment alternative for local governments and state agencies. OTFS negotiates fees and interest contracts for banking services provided to all state agencies. OTFS also administers the Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan, Georgia’s “529” college savings plan, with $400 million in assets. Ebersole serves on the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission, the State Properties Commission, and the Georgia Building Authority. He is a member of the boards of the $63 billion Teachers and Employees’ Retirement Systems, and chairs their Investment Committees. 

Ebersole is a past President of the National Association of State Treasurers and received the Jesse M. Unruh Award in 2003. He is a past President of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers and received the President’s Award in 2001. He is a member of the Executive Board of the College Savings Plan Network, and chairs its Federal Initiative Task Force. He received the Chair’s Achievement Award in 2006 for his work to gain permanency for the federal tax exemption for college savings plans. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council. He is also a member the Finance and Strategic Planning Committees of the Council of State Governments, as well as the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council.

Ebersole has been the Commissioner of the Georgia Merit System, Senior Executive Assistant to Governor Zell Miller, Deputy Director of the Office of Planning and Budget, and Director of the Georgia Senate Research Office.