What is SUAA?
The State Universities Annuitants Association is a not-for-profit organization created in 1971 to advocate a strong and secure public employee pension and health benefit system.  SUAA is a voluntary member association of annuitants and active employees.

Why SUAA?
SUAA offers continuous tracking of benefit issues and state funding levels for the SURS pension system and the State Employee Health Insurance Plan.  SUAA works with its members and government officials to enhance benefits for all annuitants and to ensure appropriate funding for those programs.  SUAA is the organization that focuses solely on pension and health benefits for the public universities and community colleges employees; both active and annuitants.

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SUAA’s Vision
SUAA is an effective advocate for the 135,000 State Universities Retirement System’s participants.  SUAA is a recognized leader in public higher education on pension and benefit issues.

Who SUAA Represents
SUAA Chapters are on every public university and community college campus.

The membership includes: 

• Retirees from Illinois public universities, community colleges and other SURS agencies;
• Spouses and survivors of retires;
• Active academic professionals, administrators, faculty, and support staff;
• SURS retirees living out of the state of Illinois.