# Badria Mryyan Multi-system Arkansas FOIA requester. Email: [email protected] (visible in the APERS-batch production; the ATRS-batch production redacted this address). Mailing address: 612 Baywood Dr., Little Rock, AR 72211. Phone: (870) 275-5794. Per the APERS-batch capture, Mryyan provided proof of Arkansas voter registration when initially refused on McBurney v. Young 133 S.Ct. 1709 (2013) Arkansas-citizenship grounds. Mryyan filed sequential FOIA requests across both Arkansas pension systems in early December 2024: 12/5/2024 to ATRS seeking "any records since August 1, 2017 that reference the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System's investments in the country of Israel," and 12/10/2024 to APERS seeking "Any records since August 1, 2017 that reference the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System's investments with the Development Corporation for Israel." The five-day gap and parallel structure indicate Mryyan was systematically working through the Arkansas pension systems on Israel-related investment exposure questions. Her ATRS request established the ATRS pre-existing indirect Israel sovereign exposure (~$1M via SSgA CMX6); her APERS request established APERS held zero Israel Bonds since August 1, 2017 across the APERS/ASPRS/AJRS unit. The request triggered the December 2024 ATRS internal review that surfaced the system's pre-existing indirect Israel sovereign exposure. After Mark White initially denied the request as too vague but voluntarily produced a list of direct Israel-based equity holdings, Mryyan pressed specifically for Israel Bonds issued by the Development Corporation for Israel. White confirmed no direct Israel Bonds holdings on 12/10/2024. After a 12/11/2024 phone call between White and Mryyan, ATRS investment officer Rod Graves identified the SSgA U.S. Aggregate Bond Index NL Fund (CMX6) as the only ATRS pooled fund providing security-level reporting that included Israel sovereigns. Mryyan received the SSgA holdings spreadsheet on 12/12/2024 along with White's note that the figures represented the fund as a whole, not ATRS's ownership interest at 17.6 percent. The Mryyan exchange is the documented origin of ATRS's institutional knowledge of its own indirect Israel sovereign exposure. The figures developed in response to her request became the figures White cited in May 2025 to reporter Mike Wickline ("approximately $1 million" indirect Israel bonds slice) and to retiree John Rollans. ## Evidence > "Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act § 25-19-101 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records maintained by the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. The specific subject of my request is as follows: Any records since August 1, 2017 that reference the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System's investments in the country of Israel." > Badria Mryyan FOIA submission, Emails1.pdf p.6, 12/5/2024 > "Hi Mark, Thank you for your response and your inclusion of ARTRS's investments in Israel from November. I am curious if ARTRS has any investments in Israel bonds, which would be owned by the Development Corporation for Israel." > Badria Mryyan to Mark White, Emails1.pdf p.5, 12/10/2024 ## Cross-References [[mark-white]] [[rod-graves]] ATRS staff who responded [[ssga-cmx6-2024-11-30]] source page for the spreadsheet attachment Mryyan received [[atrs-pre-existing-indirect-exposure]] concept page [[laura-gilson]] APERS General Counsel who handled Mryyan's APERS submission [[carlos-borromeo]] APERS CIO who provided the substantive "zero investments" reply on the APERS submission [[atrs-foia-r1-staff-emails]] [[apers-foia-r1-7-7-25]] source pages ## APERS R1 production additions (7/7/25): the parallel APERS submission The 7/7/25 APERS R1 production captures Mryyan's parallel 12/10/2024 FOIA submission to APERS. Her timing was 10:17 AM. APERS General Counsel Laura Gilson initially declined at 10:28 AM citing Arkansas-citizenship requirement. Mryyan provided proof of voter registration at 10:36 AM. Gilson forwarded to APERS CIO Carlos Borromeo at 10:39 AM. Borromeo provided the substantive "zero investments" response at 11:30 AM: "Because the Development for Israel bonds, which are issued by the Development Company for Israel, are not tradable and must be held until maturity, since August 01, 2017, APERS/ASPRS/AJRS has made zero investments with the Development Company for Israel. Regarding CUSIP 46513YJH2, since August 1, 2017, APERS/ASPRS/AJRS has zero transactions with that specific CUSIP." The same-day APERS turnaround (75 minutes from initial denial to substantive answer) contrasts with the multi-day ATRS process triggered by Mryyan's parallel request. The combined Mryyan ATRS/APERS submissions established the documentary baseline of zero direct Israel Bonds exposure across both pension systems before the 2025 authorization actions. > "Good morning, Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act § 25-19-101 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records maintained by the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System. The specific subject of my request is as follows: Any records since August 1, 2017 that reference the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System's investments with the Development Corporation for Israel." > Badria Mryyan APERS FOIA submission, IB_FOIA_MAY_25_Reviewed.pdf p.625, 12/10/2024 10:17 AM > "Badria Mryyan / 612 Baywood Dr. / Little Rock, AR 72211 / (870) 275-5794" > Mryyan signature, IB_FOIA_MAY_25_Reviewed.pdf p.626