The individual advisory boards 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.
Annuity Advisory Board
Aaron Seurkamp
(Chair)
Senior Vice President and President of the Retirement Division, Protective Life Corporation
Liza Tyler
(Vice-Chair)
Head of Annuity Solutions, Transamerica
Dawn Behnke
Executive Vice President, Consumer Markets,
Pacific Life
Catherine Bezold, CRPC
Senior Vice President, Product Management
Western & Southern Financial Group
Adam Brown
Senior Vice President, Actuarial Product Development, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
John Carroll
Senior Vice President and Head of Insurance and Annuities – U.S. and Canada, LIMRA and LOMA
Matthew DiGangi
Head of Annuity Distribution, MassMutual
Michael Downing
Chief Operating Officer, Athene Holding Ltd.
Scott Gaul
Vice President, Head of Individual Retirement Strategies, Prudential
Kelly Halverson
Senior Vice President, Individual Chief Actuary and Underwriting, Ameritas
Craig Hawley
President, Nationwide Annuity, Nationwide Financial
Wendy McCullough
Vice President, Solutions Pricing & Development, Thrivent
Paula Nelson
Managing Director, Head of Strategic Growth, Individual Markets, Global Atlantic Financial Group
Andrea Piepho
2nd VP-Life and Annuity Product Development,
Securian
Bryan Pinsky
President, Individual Retirement, Corebridge Financial
Srinivas Reddy
Senior Vice President, Retirement & Income Solutions, Principal Financial Group
Alison Reed
Chief Operating Officer
Jackson National Life Distributors LLC
Samuel Richeson
Assistant Vice President - Product Development,
American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company
David Rosenbaum
Head of Product and Underwriting, Brighthouse Financial
Steve Scanlon
Managing Director and Head of Individual Retirement, Equitable
Wesley Severin
Executive Vice President, Retirement Division, Symetra
Mary Stork
Senior Vice President, GM Retirement and Investments, USAA Life
Rob TeKolste
President, Sammons Independent Annuity Group, Sammons Financial Group
Stephen Turer
Senior Vice President, Head of Individual Annuities, Lincoln Financial Group
Tamra VanAllen
Senior Vice President, Head of Retirement Segment, F&G Annuities & Life
Matthew Wion
Senior Vice President and Head of Retail Annuities,
New York Life Insurance Company
Steve Wolfrath
SVP, Insurance and Annuities Product Development & Management,
Ameriprise Financial