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Thirteen of our colleagues, embracing their vulnerability, have been tapped to join the 2020 Strategic Thinking Initiative.

CEO Mehran Assadi emphasized at morning ceremony simulcast on both campuses the importance of exploring our “why” as a company and as individual contributors.

That will be a major part of what the STI4 class explores at it begins its work together under the leadership of Roseanna DeMaria, dean of the program who had led it since its inception.

Mehran and the other members of the Executive Management Team took turns introducing the members of the 2020 STI class.

The participants are (if you’re an employee, you can click on each name below to view their application video):

Bill Aikman

Retirement Services – Vermont

Ryan Austin

Distribution Finance – Vermont

Mark Davidson

Sentinel Investment Risk Management – Vermont

Nicole Frey

Corporate Actuarial – Vermont

Morgan Gold

Marketing – Vermont

Joe Heaslip

Sentinel Investment Strategy – Vermont

Anna Joy Henes

New Business – Vermont

Marie LeMieux

Independent Distribution – Remote

Senait Menghes

New Business – Texas

Brittany Mullally

Independent Distribution – Remote

Keith Phelan

Corporate Tax – Vermont

Mario Russo

Information Technology – Texas

Tamara Strauss

Law – Vermont

You can watch all of the 2020 video applications here.

Congratulations to all of our participants!