2024 Crystal Globe Award Recipients
Presented in alphabetical order.
Bea Bruske
President, Canadian Labour Congress
Bea was re-elected for a second term as President of the Canadian Labour Congress in May of 2023. She is a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Labour Studies program.
Bea’s passion for the rights of working people was ignited in 1987 when she and her UFCW Local 832 co-workers held the line for 125 days. Since then, Bea has served workers and their families as an activist, workers’ advocate, negotiator, community organizer and labour leader.
Since her election, the labor movement has achieved great victories that improve the lives of working people in Canada.
Jimmy Beloff
Senior Managing Director, Institutional Services, Intercontinental Real Estate
Jimmy is senior managing director of institutional services at Intercontinental Real Estate. He is responsible for developing and servicing Intercontinental’s client and consultant relationships with a primary focus on Taft-Hartley and Public funds. Jimmy has over 25 years of investment experience in both the Taft-Hartley and Public fund market and has previously been recognized as the Taft-Hartley U.S. Marketer of the Year.
Prior to joining Intercontinental, Jimmy worked as a marketer, client service contact, and consultant to institutional asset management firms, primarily in the Taft Hartley and Public Fund sector. Jimmy volunteers for a number of charities around the country.
Jimmy earned his degree in English with a minor in Philosophy from the University of North Dakota.
Marcie Frost
CEO, CalPERS
Marcie Frost has been CEO of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) since October 2016. She is the ninth CEO and second woman to head America’s largest public pension fund.
CalPERS administers a defined-benefit retirement system to more than 2 million California public sector workers and their families and is the nation’s second-largest purchaser of health care benefits, covering more than 1.5 million people.
Prior to joining CalPERS, Marcie spent 30 years as a public servant in Washington state, including 16 years in the pension industry, most recently as executive director of Washington state’s Department of Retirement Systems. She also served on the Washington State Investment Board as an ex-officio voting member for four years and served as its chair until she joined CalPERS, and as chair of the Pension Funding Council, responsible for setting economic assumptions and pension contribution rates for Washington state’s pension plans.
