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.