Our Core Values

Service

Keep our members and their needs at the forefront of everything we do.

Integrity

Be principled in all interactions with members, decision-makers, and the public.

Collaboration

Work with other organizations and individuals who share our common goals.

Diversity

Celebrate and reflect the individual differences and demographics of our members in all aspects of our work.

Our Six Strategic Priorities

Advocacy

To expand the policy agenda & influence through a compelling vision, leadership, and the intentional engagement of stakeholders.

Service

To become a more service-oriented organization by expanding informational & educational offerings.

Local Engagement

To become a relationship-centric organization through more local opportunities for engagement.

Communications

To build the association's capacity to expand strategic use of digital communications to better engage membership.

Awareness

To strengthen awareness of the association among pre-retirees through partnerships and target outreach.

Public Perceptions

To strengthen the public perception of public service and servants.

Mission and History of the Association

RGEA (Retired Government Employees Association) works to advance, promote, and defend the rights, interests, and welfare of retired state and local government employees of North Carolina and their families.

RGEA was founded as “胜博发娱乐app下载” in 1971 by a group of retired state and local governmental employees in the Raleigh area with the goal of establishing an organization that would exclusively represent the interests of retirees.  Other organizations, such as the State Employees Association of NC (SEANC) and the NC Association of Educators (NCAE), included state retirees in their fields of membership.  However, these groups’ primary focus was on pay and benefits for active employees.

Today, RGEA is one of the largest lobbying associations in the nation for retired state and local government retirees.