Selenski brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in the fields of pensions, retirement savings policy, and organizational management. From 2017 to 2023, Selenski was the inaugural Executive Director of the CalSavers Retirement Savings Board, an agency of the State of California, the fourth largest economy in the world when ranked among nations. She led a multi-disciplinary public-private partnership team to design, build, and launch the pioneering investment program for the millions of private sector workers in California without a workplace-based retirement plan.

Prior to taking the helm at CalSavers, Ms. Selenski was the State Policy Director for pension policy at The Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, D.C., where she advised policymakers in a dozen states and cities. Previously, she was a senior manager with the nonpartisan public sector consulting firm Harvey M. Rose Associates, based in San Francisco, where she advised municipal leaders on a wide array of budget, management, and policy matters, including pensions. She is a member of the advisory board of the Aspen Institute’s Leadership Forum on Retirement Savings and a frequent speaker on retirement savings.

In July 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Selenski to a three-year term as a commissioner to the California Commission on Aging.

Selenski is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is based in Sacramento, California.