Our Team of Leaders in Applied Ethics

James A. Mitchell, CLU®, ChFC®
Co-Chair of the Advisory Council, Chairman and CEO (Retired), IDS Life Insurance Company

George I. Connolly, JD, CLU®, ChFC®
Co-Chair of the Advisory Council, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer (Retired), Securian Financial

Jill A. Brown, PhD 
Hieken Professor of Business Ethics and Professor of Management, Director of Executive PhD Program, Bentley University 

Philip M. de Bruyn
Principal, CAPTRUST

Mike Conmey, JD
Vice President, Enterprise Compliance, Northwestern Mutual

Todd Haugh 
Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics
Arthur M. Weimer Faculty Fellow in Business Law
Director, Institute for Corporate Governance and Ethics,
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Keith A. Hanouw
Group Vice President
Thrivent Financial 

Gretchen Cepek 
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Allianz Life 

Lilly Farahnakian, JD
Global Chief Compliance Officer, GCM Grosvenor 

Robert Mass
Retired Partner, Compliance, Goldman Sachs, Adjunct Instructor, Philosophy, Hunter College

Joseph Mallee 
Head of Mass Mutual Financial Advisors, Mass Mutual

Joellen Meckley
Ex Officio, The American College of Financial Services

Amy Miller, JD
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Secretary, New York Life Insurance Company

Lisa Stewart 
Senior Vice President, State Farm

Kevin Grether
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Nationwide Financial

Rand Harbert
Executive Vice President, Chief Agency, Sales and Marketing Officer
State Farm Insurance, Retired

Kevin W. Gibson
2016-2018 Maguire Fellow in Applied Ethics and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Management, Marquette University

CiAuna Heard
2015-2016 Maguire Fellow in Applied Ethics and Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University

Katherine Mielitz, PhD, AFC®
2015-2016 Maguire Fellow in Applied Ethics and Special Programs Manager, Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education® (AFCPE®)

Kamal Smimou, PhD
2015-2016 Maguire Fellow in Applied Ethics and Associate Professor of Finance, Ontario Tech University

Derek Tharp, PhD., CFP®, CLU®, RICP®
2015-2016 Maguire Fellow in Applied Ethics and Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Southern Maine

Anthony H. Catanach, Jr.
2009-2015 Maguire Fellow in Applied Ethics and Associate Professor of Business, Villanova University

Douglas K. Chia
ESG Fellow and President, Soundboard Governance LLC

Katherina G. Pattit, PhD
2022-2024 Maguire Fellow in Applied Ethics
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
St. Cloud State University

Andrea Bonime-Blanc, JD/PhD
AI Ethics Strategy Fellow
Founder & CEO, GEC Risk Advisory, Board Member & Advisor, Author