Welcome to the Retired Indiana Public Employees Association - RIPEA - website.

We hope you find the information contained in this website helpful to you and also easy to understand. If you are an active employee covered by the Public Employees Retirement Fund-PERF-or a retiree of PERF and not a RIPEA member, please consider joining our association of approximately 38,000 members. The membership dues are only $12.00 per year.

If you are a RIPEA member we appreciate your support and solicit your suggestions to make RIPEA the most effective association it can be. We are blessed with an effective Board of Directors comprised of PERF retirees and an active member of PERF. The staff is dedicated to fulfilling the RIPEA Mission and fully implementing the policies of the Board.

We will assist you in any way possible and appreciate your interest in RIPEA.

Bill Murphy, Executive Director

RIPEA's 40th Anniversary in 2012 is a milestone, not only for RIPEA, but for you as well. Whether you were among  the first members to join back in 1972 or you became a member recently, your support has helped RIPEA improve and secure retirement benefits for all PERF members.  We can't thank you enough.

Special thanks also go out to our board members, past and present, for their dedication and counsel who have served RIPEA so well over the years; and to our founder and former Executive Director, H.B. Sheperd.  His vision and committment to all retirees of the public sector in the state of Indiana is the foundation of RIPEA. We'll keep you informed as plans are developed and finalized for RIPEA's 40th Anniversary Celebration.  But for now, we want to thank you for all your support.  You truly have helped make a difference.