Greta Bassett-Seymour, Assistant Executive Director and General Counsel

Greta Bassett-Seymour is the Assistant Executive Director and General Counsel for the Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees’ Retirement System (MPERS). She joined MPERS in 2014 after 12 years in the private practice of law. Greta serves as the legal counsel to the MPERS Board of Trustees and to the Executive Director and provides advice, counsel and representation in all matters affecting the system.

Greta’s primary responsibilities include interpreting system laws and applicable federal laws affecting plan administration; advising the executive director and the board regarding public records law, governance and parliamentary procedures, and fiduciary duties; providing legal due diligence and support for the system’s investment function, including review of transaction documentation and investment structures; reviewing and drafting legislation affecting the system, as well as preparing and reviewing fiscal notes; testifying before legislative committees; supporting the system’s member services function; supporting the executive director and the board in policy and executive matters as requested, including strategic and business planning and risk management planning and execution; and serving as hearing officer for administrative hearings before the board including case preparation and discovery.

Prior to coming to MPERS, Greta owned her own law practice where she practiced social security disability law. Greta employed and managed five attorneys and 25 support and professional staff, maintained an active caseload of 120 clients and handled all facets of human resources duties as well as day-to-day business decisions. Before attending law school, Greta was an eighth grade English teacher.

Greta graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law, completed a Bachelor of Arts in German at DePauw University and, earned a teaching certificate in secondary education (in German and English) from Northern Illinois University. She is a member of the Missouri Bar, In Good Standing and a member of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys.