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Board of Directors

Board of Directors

R. Glenn Hubbard, Ph.D., age 60
Chairman of the Board, MetLife, Inc.
Dean Emeritus and Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, Graduate School of Business, and Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

Professional Highlights:

  • Columbia University
    • Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, Graduate School of Business (1994 – Present)
    • Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (1997 – Present)
    • Dean, Graduate School of Business (2004 – June, 2019) 
  • Co-Chair, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, an independent nonprofit research organization (2006 – Present)
  • Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, an agency within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (2001 – 2003)
  • Chairman of the Economic Policy Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international economic and trade organization (2001 – 2003)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, United States Department of the Treasury (1991 – 1993)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member of numerous professional and civic organizations, including:
    • Economic Advisory Panel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
    • Council on Foreign Relations
    • Advisory Board of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
  • Other public company directorships: Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; BlackRock Closed-End Funds
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): KKR Financial Holdings LLC

Education:

  • B.A. and B.S., University of Central Florida
  • Ph.D. and A.M., Harvard University

Director since 2007

Cheryl W. Grisé, age 66
Former Executive Vice President, Northeast Utilities

Professional Highlights:

  • Northeast Utilities, a public utility holding company engaged in the distribution of electricity and natural gas (1980 – 2007)
    • Executive Vice President (December 2005 – July 2007)
    • Chief Executive Officer of principal operating subsidiaries (September 2002 – January 2007)
    • President, Utility Group, Northeast Utilities Service Company (May 2001 – January 2007)
    • President, Utility Group (May 2001 – December 2005)
    • Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel (1998 – 2001)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Trustee Emeritus, University of Connecticut Foundation
  • Senior Fellow, American Leadership Forum
  • Other public company directorships: PulteGroup, Inc.; ICF International
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): Pall Corporation

Education:

  • B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • J.D., Thomas Jefferson School of Law
  • Executive Management Program, Yale University School of Organization and Management

Director since 2004

Carlos M. Gutierrez, age 65
Co-Chair, The Albright Stonebridge Group

Professional Highlights:

  • The Albright Stonebridge Group, a consulting firm (April 2013 – Present)
    • Co-Chair (February 2014 – Present)
    • Vice Chair (April 2013 – February 2014)
  • Vice Chairman, Institutional Client Group, Citigroup Inc., a financial services corporation (January 2011 – February 2013)
  • Chairman and Founding Consultant of Global Political Strategies, a division of APCO Worldwide, Inc., a consulting firm (2010 – 2011)
  • Secretary of Commerce of the United States (February 2005 –January 2009)
  • Kellogg Company, a manufacturer of packaged food products (1975 – 2005)
    • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000 – 2005)
    • Chief Executive Officer (1999 – 2000)
    • President and Chief Operating Officer (1998 – 1999)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Chairman, National Foreign Trade Association
  • Chairman, Board of Trustees, Meridian International Center
  • Co-founder, TheDream.US
  • Member, Board of Directors of:
    • Viridis Learning, Inc.
    • PwC (United States)
  • Other public company directorships: Occidental Petroleum Corporation
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): Time Warner, Inc.

Education:

  • Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Business Administration Studies

Director since 2013

Gerald L. Hassell, age 67
Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon)

Professional Highlights:

  • BNY Mellon, a financial services corporation
    • Chairman of the Board (August 2011 – December 2017)
    • Chief Executive Officer (August 2011 – July 2017)
    • President, The Bank of New York Company, Inc. (merged with Mellon Financial Corporation in 2007 to form BNY Mellon) (September 1998 – July 2007)
    • Various other executive leadership positions

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member of :
    • Board of Visitors, Columbia University Medical Center
    • Board of Directors, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
    • Board of Trustees, Duke University
    • Board of Directors, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City
    • Business Council
    • Economic Club of New York
  • Former member of the Financial Services Forum
  • Other public company directorships: Comcast Corporation
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): BNY Mellon

Education:

  • B.A., Duke University
  • M.B.A., New York University Stern School of Business

Director since 2018

David L. Herzog, age 59
Former Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of American International Group

Professional Highlights:

  • American International Group (AIG), an insurance company (2000 – 2016)
    • Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President (October 2008 – April 2016)
    • Senior Vice President and Comptroller (June 2005 – October 2008)
    • Chief Financial Officer for worldwide life insurance operations (April 2004 – June 2005)
    • Vice President, Life Insurance (2003 – 2004)
    • Various senior officer positions, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of American General Life following its acquisition by AIG
  • Various executive positions, GenAmerica Corporation (1991 – 2000), including:
    • Chief Financial Officer (1999 – 2000)
    • President, GenAm Shared Services (1998 – 1999)
  • Controller, Family Guardian Life Insurance Company (1987 – 1991)
  • Coopers & Lybrand, a predecessor firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (1982 – 1987)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member, Board of Directors, PCCW Limited (Hong Kong)
  • Member of numerous professional and civic organizations, including:
    • Investment Advisory Committee, University of Missouri
    • Strategic Development Board, University of Missouri Business School
  • Former member of Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance
  • Other public company directorships: Ambac Financial Group, Inc.; DXC Technology Company
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): AerCap Holdings N.V.

Education:

  • B.S., University of Missouri-Columbia
  • M.B.A., University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Director since 2016

Edward J. Kelly, III, age 65
Former Chairman, Institutional Clients Group, Citigroup Inc.

Professional Highlights:

  • Citigroup Inc., a financial services corporation
    • Chairman, Institutional Clients Group (January 2011 – July 2014)
    • Chairman, Global Banking (April 2010 – January 2011)
    • Vice Chairman (July 2009 – March 2010)
    • Chief Financial Officer (March 2009 – July 2009)
    • Head of Global Banking (September 2008 – March 2009)
    • President and Chief Executive Officer, Citi Alternative Investments (March 2008 – August 2008)
    • President, Citi Alternative Investments (February 2008 – March 2008)
  • Managing Director, The Carlyle Group, an asset management firm (July 2007 – January 2008)
  • Executive and leadership positions at various organizations, including:
    • The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., a financial services corporation (March 2007 – June 2007)
    • Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, a financial services corporation (March 2001 – March 2007)
    • J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (and its predecessor company J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated), a financial services corporation (November 1994 – January 2001)
  • Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, a law firm (January 1988 – October 1994)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Senior Advisor, Corsair Capital, a private equity firm
  • Member, Board of Directors, Focused Ultrasound Foundation, a non-profit entity
  • Lecturer, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Other public company directorships: Citizens Financial Group
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): CSX Corporation; XL Group Ltd

Education:

  • A.B., Princeton University
  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law

Director since 2015

William E. Kennard, age 62
Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union

Professional Highlights:

  • Co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman, Velocitas Partners LLC, an asset management firm (November 2013 – Present)
  • Senior Industry Advisor, Astra Capital Management, a private equity firm (June 2016 – Present)
  • Member of Operating Executive Board, Staple Street Capital, a private equity firm (November 2013 – Present)
  • United States Ambassador to the European Union (December 2009 – August 2013)
  • Managing Director, The Carlyle Group, an asset management firm (May 2001 – December 2009)
  • United States Federal Communications Commission (December 1993 – January 2001)
    • Chairman (November 1997 – January 2001)
    • General Counsel (December 1993 – November 1997)
  • Partner, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand (now DLA Piper), a law firm (April 1984 – December 1993)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member of:
    • Board of Directors, Eagle Hill School
    • Board of Directors, International African American Museum
    • Advisory Board, Artificial Intelligence Foundation
  • Trustee, Yale University
  • Other public company directorships: Duke Energy Corporation; AT&T Inc.; Ford Motor Company

Education:

  • B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University
  • J.D., Yale Law School

Director since 2013

Michel A. Khalaf, age 55
President and Chief Executive Officer, MetLife, Inc.

Professional Highlights:

  • MetLife, Inc.
    • President and Chief Executive Officer (May 2019 - Present)
    • President, U.S. Business and Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) (July 2017 – April 2019)
    • President, EMEA (November 2011 – June 2017)
    • Member of MetLife’s Executive Group (since November 2011)
    • Executive Vice President, Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) Region (November 2010 - November 2011)
  • Alico / AIG
    • Regional President - MEASA Region, Alico (2008 – 2010)
    • Deputy President & Chief Operating Officer, AIGPhilamlife, Philippines (2006 – 2008)
    • Regional Senior Vice President, AIG-Amplico Life, Poland (2001 – 2006)
    • General Manager, Alico Egypt (1996 – 2001)
    • Chief Operating Officer, Alico Unionvita, Italy (1994 – 1996)
    • Deputy General Manager, Alico Bahamas (1992 – 1994)
    • Regional Investment Manager, Alico Paris (1990 – 1992)
    • Mr. Khalaf began his career as an investment officer at Alico headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member of:
    • Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the American Council of Life Insurers
    • Board of Directors, MetLife Foundation
  • Fellow of the Life Management Institute

Education:

  • B.S., Engineering, Syracuse University
  • M.B.A., Finance, Syracuse University

Director since 2019

James M. Kilts, age 71
Founding Partner, Centerview Capital

Professional Highlights:

  • Founding Partner, Centerview Capital, a private equity firm (October 2006 – Present)
  • Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, The Procter & Gamble Company, a consumer products company (October 2005 – October 2006)
  • The Gillette Company, a consumer products company
    • Chairman of the Board (January 2001 – October 2005)
    • Chief Executive Officer (February 2001 – October 2005)
    • President (November 2003 – October 2005)
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, Nabisco Group Holdings Corp. and Nabisco Inc., manufacturer and marketer of packaged food products (January 1998 – December 2000)
  • Executive Vice President, Worldwide Food, Philip Morris, a manufacturer and marketer of packaged food products (1994 – 1997)
  • Various positions, Kraft, a manufacturer and marketer of packaged food products (1989 – 1994), including:
    • President, Kraft USA and Oscar Mayer
    • Senior Vice President, Strategy and Development
    • President, Kraft Limited in Canada
    • Senior Vice President, Kraft International

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member of:
    • Board of Overseers, Weill Cornell Medicine
    • Board of Trustees, University of Chicago
    • Board of Directors, Cato Institute
  • Life Trustee, Knox College
  • Founder and Member, Steering Committee, Kilts Center for Marketing, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
  • Other public company directorships: Pfizer Inc.; Unifi, Inc.; Chairman of The Simply Good Foods Company
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): MeadWestvaco Corporation; Nielsen Holdings plc; Conyers Park Acquisition Corp

Education:

  • B.A., Knox College
  • M.B.A., University of Chicago

Director since 2005

Catherine R. Kinney, age 67
Former President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

Professional Highlights:

  • NYSE Euronext, a provider of financial services including securities exchange and clearing operations
    • Served in Paris, France, with responsibility for overseeing the global listing program, marketing and branding (July 2007 – March 2009)
    • President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (merged with Euronext in 2008 to form NYSE Euronext) (2002 – 2008)
    • Ms. Kinney joined the New York Stock Exchange in 1974 and held management positions in several divisions, with responsibility for all client relationships (1996 – 2007), trading floor operations and technology (1987 – 1996), and regulation (2002 – 2004)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Member of Economic Club of New York
  • Member of Finance and Investment Committees, Archdiocese of New York
  • Member of the Board and the Investment and Regional Grant Committees, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
  • Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
  • Other public company directorships: MSCI Inc.; QTS Realty Trust, Inc.; SolarWinds Corporation
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): NetSuite, Inc.

Education:

  • B.A., magna cum laude, Iona College
  • Advanced Management Program, Harvard Graduate School of Business
  • Honorary Degrees: Georgetown University; Fordham University; Rosemont College

Director since 2009

Diana McKenzie, age 54
Former Chief Information Officer at Workday, Inc.

Professional Highlights:

  • Workday, Inc., financial management and human capital management software company
    • Chief Information Officer (February 2016 – April 2019)
  • Amgen Inc., a biotechnology company
    • Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (December 2010 – February 2016)
    • Vice President, Amgen Enterprise Technology Services and Enterprise Architecture (February 2007 – December 2010)
    • Executive Director, Amgen Information Systems, Product Development and Commercialization (February 2004 – February 2007)
  • Eli Lilly and Company, a pharmaceutical company
    • Group Director, Lilly Research Laboratories, Product Development and Commercialization (January 2000 – February 2004)
    • Director, Global Information Technology, Strategy, Planning and Architecture (August 1997 – December 1999)
    • Manager, Information Technology, Global Regulatory Affairs and Enterprise Document Management (March 1995 – July 1997)
    • Human Resources Specialist, Systems Analyst and Team Leader, Clinical Information and Engineering Systems (January 1987 – April 1995)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Co-chair, Board of Directors, Long Term Services of Ventura County, Inc. (2011 – 2014)
  • Founding Board Member, Clinical Research Information Exchange International (2005 – 2007)
  • Chair, Information Management Leadership Committee, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (2001 – 2003)
  • Member of:
    •  Athena Alliance
    • Greylock Partners CIO Advisory Council
    • Accel Partners Technology Advisory Council
    • T200, Advancing Women in Technology
  • Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Women's CIO Council

Education:

  • B.S., Purdue University
  • Information Technology Management Program, University of California, Los Angeles

Director since 2018

Denise M. Morrison, age 65
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company

Professional Highlights:

  • Founder, Denise Morrison & Associates LLC, a consulting firm (2018 – Present)
  • Campbell Soup Company, a food and beverage company (2003 – 2018)
    • President and Chief Executive Officer (August 2011 – May 2018)
    • Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (October 2010 – July 2011)
    • President, North America Soup, Sauces and Beverages (October 2007 – September 2010)
    • President, Campbell USA (June 2005 – September 2007)
    • President, Global Sales and Chief Customer Officer (April 2003 – May 2005)
  • Kraft Foods, Inc., a food and beverage company (1995 – 2003)
    • Various leadership roles, including: Executive Vice President and General Manager, Kraft Snacks (2001 – 2003); Executive Vice President and General Manager, Kraft Confections (2001); Senior Vice President and General Manager, Nabisco Down the Street (2000); Senior Vice President, Nabisco Sales and Integrated Logistics (1998 – 2000)
  • Various senior marketing and sales positions, Nestlé USA, Inc., a food and beverage company (1984 – 1995)
  • Various trade and business development positions, PepsiCo, Inc., a food and beverage company (1982 – 1984)
  • The Procter & Gamble Company, a consumer products company (1975 – 1982)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Trustee, Boston College
  • Member, Business Council
  • Member, Advisory Council, Just Capital
  • Former Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Consumer Goods Forum
  • Former member, Board of Directors, Catalyst, Inc., a nonprofit organization that strives to expand opportunities for women in business
  • Former member, Business Roundtable
  • Other public company directorships: Visa, Inc.; Quest Diagnostics Inc.
  • Prior public company directorships (past five years): The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Campbell Soup Company

Education:

  • B.S., Boston College
  • Honorary Doctorate, St Peter’s University

Director since 2014

Mark A. Weinberger, Age 58
Former Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EY

Professional Highlights:

  • EY, a leading global professional services organization  
    • Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (July 2013 – June 2019)
    • Global Chairman and CEO-elect (January 2012 – June 2013)
    • Global Vice Chairman, Tax (July 2008 – March 2012)
    • Various other leadership positions (1987 – 2008)
  • Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Tax Policy) (2001 – 2002)
  • Co-Founder and Principal, Washington Counsel, P.C., a law and legislative advisory firm (1996 – 2000)
  • Partner, Oldaker, Ryan & Leonard (1995 – 1996)
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. President Bill Clinton’s Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform (1994)
  • Chief Tax and Budget Counsel, U.S. Senate (1991 – 1994)

Other Professional and Leadership Experience:

  • Strategic Advisor, FCLTGlobal
  • Member of:
    • Board of Directors, U.S. Business Roundtable
    • Board of Trustees, U.S. Council for International Business
    • Board of Trustees, Greater Washington Partnership
    • Board of Trustees, The Concord Coalition
    • Board of Trustees, Emory University
    • Board of Trustees, Case Western Reserve University
    • Board of Advisors, The American Council for Capital Formation
  • Former member of:
    • President’s Strategic and Policy Forum under U.S. President Donald Trump
    • President’s Infrastructure Task Force under U.S. President Barack Obama
    • U.S. Social Security Administration Advisory Board
    • World Economic Forum International Business Council
  • Former Co-Chair, Foreign Investment Advisory Counsel
  • Former Chair, International Business Leadership Advisory Council
  • Former Audit Committee Chair and Member of the Board of Directors, Catalyst
  • Other public company directorships: Johnson & Johnson

Education:

  • B.A., Emory University
  • M.B.A. and J.D., Case Western Reserve University
  • LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
  • Honorary Doctorate, American University

Director since 2019

Board Committee Information

Information on membership of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee of MetLife, Inc.

Board Committee Memberships

Code of Business Ethics

MetLife’s Code of Conduct highlights behavioral guidelines for appropriate business conduct and ethical decision-making.