# Leslie Fisken Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Shared Administrative Services. New ex officio Trustee of the APERS Board of Trustees as of the 9/10/2025 Quarterly Board meeting. Fecher announced her seating at the 6/11/2025 Board meeting: "there will be two new Board members at the September meeting: Secretary of Transformation and Shared Services, Leslie Fisken, and Commissioner Susanna Marshall from the Arkansas State Bank Department." Cross-confirms with [[susannah-marshall]] (also seated 9/10/2025). Fisken is documented as procedurally active immediately upon seating. At the 9/10/2025 Board, she seconded two consent-agenda minute-adoption motions: the 7/22/2025 Member Appeals Committee minutes (motion: Walther, second: Fisken) and the 9/10/2025 IFC minutes (motion: Walther, second: Fisken). The IFC minutes she seconded contained the Brady-moved BlackRock China-divestment manager authorization but not any Israel Bonds discussion (the post-vote IFC pattern documented at [[apers-foia-r2-2-27-26]] and reflected at [[callan-analysis-asymmetry]]). The Department of Shared Administrative Services is named in Fisken's title as "Department of Shared Administrative Services" in the 9/10 Q3 Board minutes, parallel to Fecher's 6/11 reference to "Secretary of Transformation and Shared Services." The full department name is captured as the Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services per the 6/11 announcement; the 9/10 Board minutes use the shorter "Department of Shared Administrative Services" form. The discrepancy is a minor naming variation. ## Evidence > "Ms. Fecher noted that approximately 60% of APERS positions will be receiving a Labor Market Rate increase due to the new Pay Plan. She also informed the board that there will be two new Board members at the September meeting: Secretary of Transformation and Shared Services, Leslie Fisken, and Commissioner Susanna Marshall from the Arkansas State Bank Department." > Minutes_Q2 Mtg_06.11.25.pdf p.6, 6/11/2025 > "Secretary Leslie Fisken (Department of Shared Administrative Services)" > Minutes_Q3 Mtg_09.10.25.pdf p.1, 9/10/2025 Board Members Present > "The motion to approve was made by Mr. Larry Walther and seconded by Secretary Leslie Fisken. It was unanimously approved." > Minutes_Q3 Mtg_09.10.25.pdf p.2, 9/10/2025 (minutes adoption motions) ## Cross-References [[susannah-marshall]] [[amy-fecher]] [[daryl-bassett]] [[larry-walther]] [[apers-board-governance-structure]] [[apers-foia-r2-2-27-26]] source page