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Barrington Hills man appointed to Teacher Retirement System board

Barrington Hills resident Matthew Hower has been appointed by Gov. Bruce Rauner to a four-year term on the Teacher Retirement System board of trustees.

Hower is a small-business investor and retired manufacturing executive who also recently was appointed to the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District board of trustees. The 61-year-old co-chaired the Illinois Financial Reporting Standards Board from 2015 to 2016.

He has a lengthy record of public service and has played key financial strategy roles for corporate and nonprofit entities, including Holy Family Catholic Community Parish and Academy in Inverness and St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights.

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