Michael F. Gerber is the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at FS Investments and serves as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. 

Based in FS’s headquarters in Philadelphia, Mr. Gerber oversees Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the FS Foundation and FS’s corporate brand.

Prior to joining FS, Mr. Gerber practiced law at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, now Faegre Drinker, and served as a member of the Board of Directors for one of FS Investments’ earliest funds. 

Mr. Gerber was appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as Chair of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which oversees the $740 billion Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The TSP is the country’s largest defined contribution plan, serving more than 6.9 million civilian and uniformed federal employees and their beneficiaries. 

Mr. Gerber has a history of public service, having previously served six years as a trustee of Pennsylvania’s State Employees’ Retirement System, where he was a member of the Audit and Investment Committees. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gerber also served eight years in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, as legal counsel to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s transition team and as a law clerk for Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Gerber served ten years on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, where he remains an active supporter, and is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Philadelphia Financial Scholars, a high school-focused financial empowerment and entrepreneurship program.

Mr. Gerber earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and law degree from Villanova University School of Law.