July 29, 2025
Public Safety Personnel Retirement System
State of Arizona
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Christian Palmer
Phone: 602-296-3736
Public safety veterans reappointed to PSPRS board
DPS Major Christopher Hemmen, Phoenix Fire Captain Brian Moore begin second terms
Major Christopher Hemmen of the Arizona Department of Public Safety and Phoenix Fire Department Captain Brian Moore have been reappointed by Governor Katie Hobbs to the PSPRS Board of Trustees. They were both appointed in 2019 by then Governor Doug Ducey.
Hemmen and Moore will continue to serve on the nine-member board responsible for overseeing PSPRS-managed retirement plans through January 2029. PSPRS plans serve 60,000 active and retired first responders, corrections officers, elected officials and members of the judiciary.
“It’s a privilege to continue to serve on the PSPRS board with Captain Moore and Major Hemmen,” said Board Chairman Scott McCarty. “They both bring a range of experience and a member perspective to the pension system that is beneficial to Arizona’s public safety community.”
Hemmen, who is the special enforcement bureau commander of the state’s Highway Patrol Division and a member of the DPS local board, brings more than three decades of public safety experience and management expertise to the PSPRS Board of Trustees.
Likewise, Moore is a 32-year veteran of the Phoenix Fire Department. He serves as a member of the city’s local board as well as chairman of the Daisy Mountain Fire District Board. Moore also serves as a member of the PSPRS Defined Contribution Committee that oversees the 401a and 457 accounts available to members of PSPRS, the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan and the Elected Officials Retirement Plan.
Hemmen and Moore serve the PSPRS board alongside fellow public safety representatives Daren Wunderle, a City of Phoenix police officer, and Nate Weber, a firefighter with the City of Tucson. Four civilian financial and business experts – Chair Scott McCarty, Vice-chair Harry Papp, Dean Scheinert and Randie Stein – also serve on the Board of Trustees. There is one open civilian role on the board.