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.
Prudential, the Prudential logo, and the Rock symbol are service
marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered
in many jurisdictions worldwide.
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