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CEO Mehran Assadi and the Executive Management Team have chosen 16 people from throughout the company to take part in the 2019 Strategic Thinking Initiative.

The 16 participants are:

 

 

J.F. Breton

FMG, Corporate Actuarial – Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Bubnis

Sentinel, Fixed Income Investments – Vermont

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Carter

CIG, Information Technology – Texas

 

 

 

 

 

Joe Chen

FMG, Corporate Actuarial – Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neville Clemens

BIG, L&A Strategy – Vermont

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justin Daniels

FMG, Financial Planning & Analysis – Vermont

 

 

 

 

 

Desiree Day

BIG, Marketing Advanced Sales – Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bob Earle

BIG, Strategy & Business Transformation – Vermont

 

 

 

 

 

Carey Earle

BIG, Branding – Vermont

 

 

 

 

 

Darryl Garland

Communications – Vermont

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kara Leclerc

DIG, Sales & Distribution Finance – Vermont

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Lewton

Law & Compliance, Corporate Compliance Sentinel – Vermont

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lou Martinez

ESI, Business Development – Oregon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meghan Meyer

CIG, New Business – Vermont

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louis Puglisi

DIG, Independent Distribution – New Jersey

 

 

 

 

Jeff Wood

ESI, Sales – Vermont

 

 

 

The 16 were chosen from a pool of 216 applicants company-wide. And in the “spirit of true vulnerability,” members of the Executive Management Team announced each participant through the process of Shock and Awe – in three athletic sentences.

Over the next eight months, the selected individuals will dive head first into the program, working their way towards completing the certificate in Strategic Thinking and Transformational Leadership.

In addition, Chief People Officer Mark Benjamin announced that all of the other applicants would be invited to join a special leadership training program that – like the Strategic Leadership Initiative – would be led by New York University’s Roseanna DeMaria. The Execution Leadership Institute (ELI) will kick off at the same time as the STI Program.

The Strategic Thinking Initiative (STI) was launched in 2016. In the past two years, 20 National Life students graduated after completing the program.

You can watch all of the 2019 video applications here.

Congratulations to all of our participants!

Dallas congratulates their colleagues as the class of 2019 is announced

Members of the Executive Management Team announce the 2019 STI class here and in photo at top.