Governance

Board of Directors

  • Roger W. Crandall

    Roger W. Crandall

    Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Massachusetts

    Board Committees: Executive (Chair), Investment, and Technology & Governance

  • Kathleen A.Corbet

    Kathleen A.Corbet

    Founder and Principal, Cross Ridge Capital, LLC, New Canaan, Connecticut

    Former President, Standard & Poor’s, New York, New York

    Board Committees: Executive, Investment (Chair), and Technology & Governance

  • James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr.

    James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr.

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Retired, WGL Holdings, Inc., Washington, D.C.

    Board Committees: Audit, Executive, and Human Resources (Chair)

  • Isabella D. Goren

    Isabella D. Goren

    Former Chief Financial Officer, American Airlines, Inc. and AMR Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas

    Board Committees: Audit (Chair), Executive, and Investment

  • Bernard A. Harris, Jr., MD, MBA

    Bernard A. Harris, Jr., MD, MBA

    CEO and Managing Partner, Vesalius Ventures, Inc., Houston, Texas

    Board Committees: Audit and Investment

  • Michelle K. Lee

    Michelle K. Lee

    Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Obsidian Strategies, Inc., Saratoga, California

    Former Vice President, Machine Learning Solutions Lab & Computer Vision

    Amazon Web Services, Palo Alto, California

    Board Committees: Human Resources and Technology & Governance

  • Jeffrey M. Leiden, M.D., Ph.D.

    Jeffrey M. Leiden, MD, PhD

    Lead Director, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Massachusetts

    Executive Chairman, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Boston, Massachusetts

    Board Committees: Executive, Human Resources, and Technology & Governance

  • Laura J. Sen

    Laura J. Sen

    Former Non-Executive Chairman, and Former Chief Executive Officer BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc., Westborough, Massachusetts

    Board Committees: Executive, Human Resources and Technology & Governance (Chair)

  • William T. Spitz

    William T. Spitz

    Principal and Co-Founder, Diversified Trust Company, Nashville, Tennessee

    Vice Chancellor for Investments Emeritus, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

    Board Committees: Audit and Investment

  • H. Todd Stitzer

    H. Todd Stitzer

    Former Chief Executive Officer, Cadbury PLC, London, United Kingdom

    Board Committees: Audit and Investment

Executive Leadership

  • Roger Crandall

    Chairman, President, and
    Chief Executive Officer

  • Dominic Blue

    Head of Third-Party Distribution
    and New Markets

  • Susan Cicco

    Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO HR and Employee Experience

  • Geoffrey Craddock

    Chief Risk Officer

  • Paul LaPiana

    Head of Brand, Product and
    Affiliated Distribution

  • Sears Merritt

    Head of Technology and Experience

  • Michael O’Connor

    General Counsel

  • Eric Partlan

    Chief Investment Officer

  • John Rugel

    Head of Operations

  • Elizabeth Ward

    Chief Financial Officer

Subsidiary Leadership

  • Mike Freno

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Barings LLC

  • Mark Muething

    President of MassMutual Ascend

Awards and Accolades

  • World’s Most Admired Companies, FORTUNE28, 29
  • Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability Equality Index rating of 100%, Disability:IN
  • Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion, Human Rights Campaign
  • Best Large Companies to Work For in Boston, Built In
  • Top Charitable Company, Boston Business Journal
  • Top Places to Work in Massachusetts, The Boston Globe
  • ESG Industry Top Rated Company, SustainalyticsSee footnote 30
  1. MassMutual is also ranked No. 104 on the 2023 FORTUNE 500® list.
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