Past Forum Participants by Year

 
2020

Academics

Marc A. Cohen, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Management & Department of Philosophy | Seattle University

Joseph Desjardins, PhD
Ralph Gross Professor of Business and the Liberal Arts | College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University

Aine Donovan, EDD, MRE
Clinical Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business | Dartmouth

Kevin W. Gibson, PhD
Professor of Philosophy | Marquette University

Chad Patrizi, PhD
Executive Vice President and Provost | The American College of Financial Services

Jason Stansbury, PhD
Associate Professor | Calvin University

Linda Trevino, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior and Ethics, Smeal College of Business | Penn State University

 

Executives

Gretchen Cepek
General Counsel | Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America 

Patrick L. Dees
President and CEO | Woodmen Life

Marianne Harrison
President and CEO | John Hancock

James Mitchell, CLU®, ChFC®
Chairman of the Advisory Board | Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services, The American College of Financial Services
Chairman and CEO (Retired) | IDS Life Insurance Company

George Nichols III
President and CEO | The American College of Financial Services


2019

Academics

Donald Conlon
The Gambrel Family Endowed Professor of Management & Chairperson, Broad College of Business | Michigan State University

Kevin Gibson
Professor of Philosophy | Marquette University
Maguire Fellow | The American College of Financial Services

Jared Harris
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business | University of Virginia

Beverly Kracher
Executive Director/CEO | Business Ethics Alliance
Robert B. Daugherty Endowed Chair in Business, Ethics, and Society, Heider College of Business | Creighton University

Christopher MacDonald
Associate Professor, Law and Business and Director, Ted Rogers Leadership Centre, Ted Rogers School of Management | Ryerson University

Katherina Pattit
Associate Professor, Ethics and Business Law, Opus College of Business | University of St. Thomas

 

Executives

Roger Crandall
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | MassMutual

Salene Hitchcock-Gear
President, Individual Life Insurance | Prudential Financial

James Mitchell
Chairman of the Advisory Board | Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services, The American College of Financial Services
Chairman and CEO (Retired) | IDS Life Insurance Company

George Nichols III
President and CEO | The American College of Financial Services

Knut Olson
President and Chief Executive Officer | National Guardian Life Insurance Company

Westley Thompson
President and CEO | M Financial Group

Leo Tucker
Managing Partner, Washington, DC | Northwestern Mutual


2018

Academics

Marc Cohen
Associate Professor of Management | Seattle University

Dawn Elm
Professor of Ethics and Business Law | University of Saint Thomas

Kevin Gibson
Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University, Maguire Fellow | The American College of Financial Services

Bob Johnson
President and CEO | The American College of Financial Services

Kristen Martin
Associate Professor of Strategic Management & Public Policy | The George Washington University

Julie Ragatz
Assistant Professor of Ethics and Director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics | The American College of Financial Services

 

Executives

Brian Becker
Principal | Becker Suffern McLanahan, Ltd

Andrew Bucklee
Head of Insurance Solutions Distribution | Lincoln Financial Distributors

Kevin Kimbrough
Principal-National Sales | Saybrus Partners

James Mitchell
Chairman of the Advisory Board | Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services, The American College
Chairman and CEO (Retired) | IDS Life Insurance Company

Ron Ransom
Senior Vice President, Integrated Relationship Strategies | Nationwide Financial

Scott Stolz
Senior Vice President, Private Client Group | Raymond James

 

2017

Academics

Aine Donovan
Director, Ethics Institute
Dartmouth College

Kevin Gibson
Professor of Philosophy | Marquette University
Maguire Fellow | The American College of Financial Services

Robert Johnson
President and CEO
The American College of Financial Services

Kirsten Martin
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management & Public Policy
The George Washington University

Christopher Michaelson
Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
University of St. Thomas

Robert Phillips
Professor of Management
University of Richmond
 

Executives

Caroline Feeney
President, Prudential Advisors
Prudential Financial

Roger Ferguson
President and CEO
TIAA

John Howard
Chairman and CEO
BB&T Insurance Holdings, Inc.

James Mitchell
Chairman of the Advisory Board | Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services
Chairman and CEO (Retired) | IDS Life Insurance Company

Annette Nazareth
Partner
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Greg Oberland
President
Northwestern Mutual

Kurt Oleson
Chief Compliance Officer
State Farm

Robert Plybon
CEO
Plybon & Associates, Inc.

 
2016

Jim Carbone
National Vice President, Principal Advisor Network
Principal Financial Group

Andrew Gustafson
Associate Professor, Business Ethics and Society
Creighton University

Jared Harris
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

Thomas Harris
Executive Vice President, Distribution
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company

Robert Johnson
President and CEO
The American College of Financial Services

Richard Levitz
President Wealth Management
GCG Financial

James Mitchell
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services
The American College of Financial Services
Chairman and CEO (Retired)
IDS Life Insurance Company

Rosemarie Monge
Assistant Professor, Ethics and Business Law
Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas

Julie Ragatz
Director, Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services
Charles Lamont Post Chair of Ethics and the Professions

The American College of Financial Services

David Raszeja
Chief Ethics and Risk Officer
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company

Walter White
President and CEO
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

 

2015

Dawn Elm
University of St. Thomas

Rand Harbert, CLU®
Executive Vice President, Chief Agency, Sales & Marketing Officer
State Farm Insurance Companies

Bob Johnson, PhD, CAIA®, CFA®
President & CEO
The American College of Financial Services

Chris MacDonald
Ryerson University

Don Mayer
University of Denver

Robert Prentice
University of Texas at Austin

Victoria Sweeney
Principal, Legal, Risk & Regulatory
KPMG, LLC

John Taft
CEO
RBC Wealth Management – U.S.

Mark Weber, MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®
Principal, Private Client Services
SilverStone Group

Tom Workman
President & CEO
Life Insurance Council of New York, Inc.

 

2014

John M. Barry, ChFC®, CLU®
Chairman & CEO
Barry, Evans, Josephs & Snipes

Edward J. Bonach
CEO
CNO Financial Group, Inc.

Archie Carroll
University of Georgia

Kevin Gibson
Marquette University

Kirk Hanson
Santa Clara University

Nien-hê Hsieh
Harvard University

Marianne Jennings
Arizona State University

John O'Connor
Executive Vice President, Corporate Risk & Security
Fidelity Investments

 

2013

Larry Barton, CAP®
The American College of Financial Services

Chris Blunt, CAP®, ChFC®, CLU®
President, Insurance Group
New York Life Insurance Company

Aine Donovan
Dartmouth College

Jared Harris
University of Virginia

Beverly Kracher
Creighton University

Jeff Moriarty
Bentley University

Mollie Painter-Morland
Nottingham Trent University

Phil Richards, CLU®, RHU®
Chairman & CEO
North Star Resource Group

Cynthia Tidwell
President & CEO
Royal Neighbors of America

Walt Woerheide, PhD, CFP®, ChFC®
Vice President of Academic Affairs & Dean
The American College of Financial Services

 

2012

Thomas Donaldson
University of Pennsylvania

Katherina Glac
University of St. Thomas

Bradford Hewitt
President & CEO
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Terri Kallsen
Executive Vice President, Investor Services
Charles Schwab

Kirsten Martin
The George Washington University

James Meehan, MSM
Managing Partner
1847Financial

Linda Need, CAP®, CFA®, CFP®
Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Life Insurance
Wells Fargo

Robert Phillips
University of Richmond

Linda Treviño
The Pennsylvania State University

 

2011

Norman Bowie
Professor Emeritus
University of Minnesota

Joseph DesJardins
College of St. Benedict & St. John's University

Ronald Duska
Lecturer & Consultant in Business Ethics

Anthony Garcia
President & CEO
Foresters

Kenneth E. Goodpaster
University of St. Thomas

John McCall
St. Joseph's University

Albert Schiff, CAP®, CLU®
Managing Director & CEO
Alvarez & Marsal - Executive Benefits Consulting

Jayne Schiff, CAP®, ChFC®, ChHC®, CLU®, REBC®
Insurance Agent
Schiff Benefits Group

Peter Tedone
President & CEO
Vantis Life Insurance Company

Patricia Werhane
DePaul University

 

2010

Paul Amos
President, Aflac, Chief Operating Officer, Aflac U.S.
Aflac

Steven Anderson, CLF®
Senior Executive Vice President & National Sales Manager
Waddell & Reed

Steven Bartlett
President & CEO
The Financial Services Roundtable

Richard DeGeorge
University of Kansas

Arnold Denis
University of North Carolina, Charlotte

John DesPrez
CEO
Incapital

Kevin Gibson
Marquette University

Laura Hartman
DePaul University

Dennis Johnson
President & CEO
United Heritage Financial Group

Diana Robertson
University of Pennsylvania

 

2009

Brad Agle
Brigham Young University

Jeffrey Bosco, MSM, CLF®, LUTCF
Senior Vice President, Life, Annuities & Health
CUNA Mutual Group

Peter Golato
Senior Vice President
Nationwide Financial

Richard Hemmings
President & CEO
Fidelity Life Association

Marianne Jennings
Arizona State University

William Laufer
Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics
University of Pennsylvania

Richard Nielson
Professor of Management & Organization
Boston College

Scott Perry
President
Bankers Life & Casualty Company

Jeffrey Seglin
Director, Communications Program
Harvard University

Lisa Weber
Executive Advisor & Deloitte Talent Game Changer
Deloitte

 

2008

Michael C. Davidson, MSM, CAP®, CLU®
Vice Chairman & Chief Agency Officer
State Farm Life Insurance Company

Thomas Donaldson
Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
University of Pennsylvania

Ronald Duska
Lecturer and Consultant in Business Ethics
Duska Business Ethics Consulting

R. Edward Freeman
Professor of Business Administration
University of Virginia

John Hasnas
Professor of Business
Georgetown  University

Fred H. Jonske
President & CEO
M Financial Group

John J. McCall
Professor of Philosophy and Management
St. Joseph’s University

Stuart H. Reese
Chairman, President & CEO
MassMutual Financial Group

Lori Verstegen Ryan
Professor of Management
San Diego State University

Todd M. Schoon, JD, ChFC®, CLU®
Senior Vice President, Agencies
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

 

2007

Gene Choate, RHU®
President
Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Company

Ronald Duska
Lecturer and Consultant in Business Ethics
Duska Business Ethics Consulting

Alfred Gini
Professor of Business Ethics
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois

Barry Griswell, ChFC®, CLU®
Chairman, President & CEO
Principal Financial Group & Principal Life

Dennis Moberg
Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good
Santa Clara University

Donald P. Robin
Professor of Business Ethics
Wake Forest University

Catherine Smith
President
US Insurance, ING

Linda K. Treviño
Professor of Organizational Behavior and Ethics
The Pennsylvania State University

 

2006

Norman A. Baglini
Professor of Risk Management, Insurance and Business Ethics
Temple University

Archie B. Carroll
Professor Emeritus of Management
University of Georgia

Joseph R. DesJardins
Professor of Philosophy
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University

Ronald Duska
Lecturer and Consultant in Business Ethics
Duska Business Ethics Consulting

C. Robert Henrikson
President & Chief Operating Officer
MetLife, Inc.

Fred Hubbell
Chairman & CEO
ING Americas & Asia/Pacific ING House

John H. Jacobs
Chairman, President & CEO
Union Central Life Insurance Company

Patrick E. Murphy
Professor of Marketing and Ethics
Notre Dame University

Mark R. Thresher
President & Chief Operating Officer
Nationwide Financial Services, Inc.

Patricia H. Werhane
Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics
University of Virginia

Dona D. Young
Chairman, President & CEO
The Phoenix Companies

 

2005

Norman E. Bowie
Professor Emeritus of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
University of Minnesota

George G. Brenkert
Professor
Georgetown University

William M. Cameron
Chairman & CEO
American Fidelity Assurance

Joanne B. Ciulla
Professor of Leadership and Ethics
University of Richmond

Ronald Duska
Lecturer and Consultant in Business Ethics
Duska Business Ethics Consulting

John O. Gilbert
Chairman of the Board
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Phillip Hildebrand, CLU®
Vice Chairman of the Company
New York Life Insurance Company

David M. Messick
Professor of Management and Organizations
Northwestern University

Laura Nash
Author, Educator, and Consultant in Business Ethics and Leadership
Advisory Council for the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics 

Mark E. Schwarzmann
President of Insurance, Annuities & Product Distribution
Ameriprise Financial

 

2004

Thomas Dunfee*
Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
University of Pennsylvania

Ronald Duska
Lecturer and Consultant in Business Ethics
Duska Business Ethics Consulting

R. Edward Freeman
Professor of Business Administration
University of Virginia

Daryl Koehn
Professor of Philosophy
DePaul University

James Middleton
President & CEO
USAA Life Insurance Company

Robert C. Solomon*
Professor of Philosophy and Business
The University of Texas-Austin

Casey Sylla
Chairman & President
Allstate Financial

Daniel J. Toran
President & Chief Operating Officer
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Patricia H. Werhane
Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics
University of Virginia

 

2003

Lawrence J. Arth*
Chairman, President & CEO
Ameritas Acacia Mutual Holding Company

Roger K. Brooks
President & CEO, Chairman of the Board
AmerUS Group

Robert W. Clark
President & CEO
Shenandoah Life Insurance Company

Thomas Dunfee*
Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
University of Pennsylvania

Ronald Duska
Lecturer and Consultant in Business Ethics
Duska Business Ethics Consulting

R. Edward Freeman
Professor of Business Administration
University of Virginia

Kenneth Goodpaster
Professor Emeritus of Ethics and Business Law
University of St. Thomas

Kenneth C. Mlekush
Vice Chairman & President, Insurance Operations
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation

Donald J. Shepard
Chairman of the Executive Committee & CEO
AEGON NV, Inc.

 

2002

Norman E. Bowie
Professor Emeritus of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
University of Minnesota

Thomas Donaldson
Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
University of Pennsylvania

Ronald Duska
Lecturer and Consultant in Business Ethics
Duska Business Ethics Consulting

Richard A. Liddy, CLU®
Retired Chairman & CEO
General American Life Insurance Co.

Laura Nash
Author, Educator, and Consultant in Business Ethics and Leadership
Advisory Council for the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics

Larry R. Pike*
Retired Chairman, President & CEO
The Union Central Life Insurance Company

Frederick J. Sievert, MSM
Retired President
New York Life Insurance Company

Robert C. Solomon*
Professor of Philosophy and Business
The University of Texas-Austin

Ronald E. Timpe, CLU®
Retired Chairman
Stancorp Financial Group

Patricia Werhane
Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics
University of Virginia

Charles R. Wright, CAP®, ChFC®, CLU®*
Retired Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
State Farm Life Insurance Co.

 

2001

Thomas Dunfee*
Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
University of Pennsylvania

Ronald Duska
Lecturer and Consultant in Business Ethics
Duska Business Ethics Consulting

Samuel J. Foti
President
Samuel J. Foti Insurance Agency, Inc.

Kirk Hanson
Executive Director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Santa Clara University

Drayton Nabers, Jr.
Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice

Laura Nash
Author, Educator, and Consultant in Business Ethics and Leadership
Advisory Council for the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics

Bruce Nicholson
Chairman, President & CEO
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Robert Senkler
Chairman, President & CEO
Minnesota Life Insurance Co.

Patricia Werhane
Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics
University of Virginia

 

*Deceased