She was a Principal at McKinsey and Company, and went on to serve as Chief Executive Officer of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America from 2019 to October 2020, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Guardian from 2011 to 2019, and as President and Chief Operating Officer of Guardian in 2010. She also served as a member of Guardian’s Board of Directors from 2011 until her retirement at year-end 2020, and as its Board Chair from October 2020 until her retirement date. In addition, she has held senior positions at AXA Financial, New York Life Insurance Company, and ChannelPoint.
Active across the industry and in the community, Ms. Mulligan is a Board member of Vanguard, the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), the Partnership for New York City, the Economic Club of New York, the Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP), and the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT. Ms. Mulligan was appointed to, and served on, the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans from 2014 to 2015, was Chair of the Board of the ACLI from 2015 to 2016. She is currently a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, and served as a Director on the Board of Arch Capital. In addition, she is active as a board member of New York Presbyterian Hospital, The Partnership for New York City, and CEOs for Corporate Purpose.
Deanna is passionate about implementing private sector solutions to the larger problems of society, specifically in the areas of employment and reskilling, healthcare delivery, and secure retirement.
Fortune named her one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” and Crain’s New York Business recognized her as one of “The 50 Most Powerful Women in New York,” five times each. Ms. Mulligan graduated from the University of Nebraska with High Distinction and holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She has appeared on CNN, Bloomberg TV and Yahoo! Finance, and has participated in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, Forbes Women’s Summit, the Peterson Fiscal Summit, the ACCT Leadership Congress, and CECP’s CEO Investor Forum 8.0, among other speaking opportunities.