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The individual advisory boards will offer insights on the business challenges facing companies to help organizations better understand and leverage different aspects of the association’s member benefits program. The executives chosen to join the four advisory boards are leaders in their respective fields who have agreed to share their expertise and experience to help shape the future focus for LIMRA and LOMA.
Life Insurance Advisory Board
Dennis Martin, president, Individual Life and Financial Services, OneAmerica, will serve as chair.
Life Insurance Advisory Board Gallery
Dawn Behnke
(Chair)
Executive Vice President, Consumer Markets,
Pacific Life
Achim Schwetlick
(Vice-Chair)
Executive Vice President, Operations,
National Life Group
Ryan Beasley
Executive Vice President, Individual Division, Ameritas
Jerry Blair
President, Sammons Life Insurance Group, Sammons Financial Group
JJ Bowman
VP, Market Solutions
John Hancock Insurance
John H. Bultema
President & Chief Executive Officer, Columbus Life Insurance Company and The Lafayette Life Insurance Company, part of Western & Southern Financial Group
Ramon Casanova
Vice President, Head of Life Insurance Solutions,
New York Life
Andrew DeMarco
Head of Individual Life Solutions, Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Kristin Ferguson
Senior Vice President, Individual Solutions, Securian Financial Group
Aaron Ghanbarpour
Vice President - Life, Health and Investment Planning Services, State Farm Life Insurance Company
Scott Goldberg
President, Consumer Division, CNO Financial Group
Andy Gordon
Financial Protection & Retirement Solutions, Head of Life Insurance,
Guardian Life
Bud Graessle
SVP, Product and Performance
OneAmerica Financial
Sean Grindall
Senior Vice President, Chief Member Relations and Solutions Officer,
LIMRA and LOMA
Salene Hitchcock-Gear
President, Individual Life Insurance, Prudential
Lynn Leritz
Vice President, Life Insurance,
Northwestern Mututal
Andrew Martin
Head of Life Product, MassMutual
Michele Ohler
Vice President of New Business,
Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Nathan Schelhaas
SVP, Benefits & Protection - Head of Business Owner Segment,
Principal Financial Group
Alanna Schultz
Senior Vice President, Head of Sales and Client Management,
Swiss Re
Aaron Seurkamp
Senior Vice President and President of the Retirement Division,
Protective Life Corporation
Holly Snyder
President, Nationwide Life, Nationwide Financial
Steve Sperka
Vice President, Solutions Design Implementation and Support, Thrivent
Eric Tarnow
Head of Life Insurance
Corebridge Financial
Darrel Tedrow
SVP, President of Life Solutions, Lincoln Financial
Steve Wolfrath
VP - Head of Product Development,
Ameriprise Financial
Mindi Work
Executive Vice President, Life Division and Emerging Solutions, Symetra Financial Corporation
Vincent Xuan
Head of Life Insurance
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