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Eileen C. McDonnell has been chairman and chief executive officer since July 2013. She was appointed chief executive officer in 2011 and president in 2010, after serving as chief marketing officer since 2008. Before joining Penn Mutual, she was president of New England Financial, a wholly owned subsidiary of MetLife, and senior vice president of the Guardian Life Insurance Company. Ms. McDonnell is a former member of the Master of Science in Management faculty at The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa., where she held the newly endowed chair for Women and Financial Services and is the author of “Marketing Financial Services to Women.” Ms. McDonnell serves on the Board of Managers of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn Mutual. Ms. McDonnell serves on the board of the Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania and the board of Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS). In 2016, she was named to the Drexel LeBow Center for Corporate Governance Advisory Board. A graduate of Molloy College, Rockville Centre, N.Y., Ms. McDonnell majored in mathematics and computer science, and received an honorary doctor of laws (LL.D.) degree in 2011. She earned her MBA in finance and investments from Adelphi University, Garden City, N.Y. and was recognized in 2013 for ‘Outstanding Service” to the university.

Ed Smith is a President/CEO at Ullico Inc. He has experience at Laborers Intl. Union Of America and Laborers' Intl Union of N Amer and has worked as Board Member at Ullico Inc, Executive Vice President at Ullico Inc, and Board Member at Duluth Metals Ltd. Edward works or has worked as CHAIRMAN at Natl Alliance for Fair Contracting, MEMBER at Liuna, and CHAIRMAN at Illinois State Board of Investment. He attended National Labor College and Harvard University.

Wes Thompson became the President and CEO of M Financial Group on September 1, 2017. In this role, he oversees all strategic and operational aspects of M, including the development of resources and services designed to enhance Member Firm success and the overall growth of the enterprise. Wes is also a member of the M Financial Holdings Incorporated Board of Directors.Prior to M Financial, Wes was the CEO of Emerge, a company he founded in January 2015. Emerge makes insurance for emergencies accessible, easy to understand, and easy to buy, so that people can protect themselves from the growing risk of medical debt. Emerge is the first virtual advisor for finding, comparing, and purchasing emergency insurance online.Before founding Emerge, Wes served as President, Sun Life Financial U.S., where he was responsible for all aspects of the company’s U.S. insurance businesses. He joined Sun Life U.S. in 2008 and was instrumental in renewing the strategic direction of the company. Wes has a strong track record of building profitable organizations focused on growth. As President of Sun Life U.S., he championed key initiatives such as expanding the business and positioning it for further success through the sale of the U.S. domestic annuity business and transformation of the group benefits business into a customer-focused operating model. He was also responsible for advancing the company’s brand in the U.S., including securing naming rights for Sun Life Stadium in Miami. After compiling an impressive list of accomplishments, Wes retired from Sun Life in April 2014 to pursue a variety of entrepreneurial and personal interests.In the decade prior to joining Sun Life, Wes held executive leadership roles at Lincoln Financial Group. He created the company’s centralized wholesale distribution organization, before becoming President of Employer Markets (group retirement plans and group benefits) and President of the Retirement Solutions business.