Awards & Recognition
★2023 Ray Lillywhite Award from Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
★Iowa Business Hall of Fame (2019)
★Business Record's Most Influential Business Leader of the Year (2026)
★John Winthrop Wright Ethics in Action Award (2022)
★Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame (2022)
★West Des Moines Citizen of the Year (2026)
★United Way of Central Iowa Tocqueville Society Award (2014)
★Honorary Hall of Fame member at Principal Financial Network
Notable Facts
→Retired Chairman, President, and CEO of Principal Financial Group after 41-year career
→Joined Principal in 1984 as group representative in Dallas, worked up through ranks
→Served as CEO from 2015-2025, currently Executive Chairman
→Testified before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on retirement security
→Past Chairman of American Council of Life Insurers
→Board member of Business Roundtable and multiple nonprofit organizations
→Author of chapter in 'The Upside of Aging' published by John Wiley & Sons
→Initiated Principal's Global Financial Inclusion Index tracking 42 global markets
→Spoke at World Economic Forum and United Nations General Assembly Week
→Co-chair of ICON Water Trails initiative improving Central Iowa waterways
→500+ LinkedIn connections, active community leader in Des Moines