Prudential Group Insurance names Michelle Crecca Senior Vice President of Strategy, Chief Marketing Officer

NEWARK, N.J.--()--Michelle Crecca has been appointed Senior Vice President of Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer for Prudential Group Insurance, a business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU). In her newly created role, Crecca will be responsible for integrating strategy, marketing and communications functions while increasing visibility and understanding of the brand and value proposition among key stakeholders.

“It is a great pleasure to welcome Michelle to our executive team,” said Lori Fouché, Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Group Insurance. “Michelle’s extensive experience and wide-ranging expertise in the financial services industry will be a great asset to our business, particularly as we look to enhance our market-facing and analytical insights that will drive sustainable, profitable results.”

Crecca most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer with Webster Financial Corporation, a publicly traded Top 35 bank. Crecca started with Webster in 2006 and was quickly promoted to Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to her career at Webster, Crecca spent seven years with Citigroup, progressing through various marketing, line of business and product and channel management roles. Crecca earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with honors from Northwestern University and a M.B.A. in finance and international business from The Stern School of Business at New York University.

Crecca currently sits on the Board of Trustees for the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame, an educational nonprofit devoted to celebrating the achievements of women and girls. She is also a former member of the American Heart Association’s Board of Directors in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Crecca reports to Fouché and is based in Roseland, N.J.

Prudential Group Insurance manufactures and distributes a full range of group life, long-term and short-term disability and corporate and trust-owned life insurance in the U.S. to institutional clients primarily for use in connection with employee and membership benefit plans. The business also sells critical illness, accidental death and dismemberment and other ancillary coverages and provides plan administrative services in connection with its insurance coverages.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and investment management. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit www.news.prudential.com.

Group coverages issued by The Prudential Insurance Company of America, 751 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102.

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Contacts

Prudential Financial, Inc.
Sheila Bridgeforth, 973-802-6852
sheila.bridgeforth@prudential.com

Contacts

Prudential Financial, Inc.
Sheila Bridgeforth, 973-802-6852
sheila.bridgeforth@prudential.com