Alane Dent

Alane R. Dent served as Senior Vice President, Federal Relations for the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) until March 2020. She oversaw issues affecting the life insurance industry; including tax, retirement security, financial services, international affairs and life insurance products.

Brad Smith

Brad Smith is Chief International Officer managing the international relations program at the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). He is responsible for coordinating policy and program initiatives of ACLI’s International Markets and Trade Committee. Since joining ACLI in 1997, his focus areas have included insurance market liberalization for U.S. companies overseas, especially in China, Japan and India.

Amy Friedrich

Amy Friedrich, president of Benefits and Protection at Principal®️

Chuck Piacentini

Chuck Piacentini served as Vice President & Chief Counsel, Office of the General Counsel at the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) until June 2020. He was responsible for industry advocacy on long-term care insurance, supplemental benefits and group insurance issues before federal and state policymakers and at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

Brad Noller

NAIFA-Kansas President Brad Noller is from Topeka, Ks.

Kate Kiernan

Kate Kiernan was Vice President & Deputy, Policy Development. Her role was to ensure that legislative and regulatory developments related to the confidentiality and security of data and personal information are responsive to member company information needs.

Carl Wilkerson

Carl B. Wilkerson was Vice President and Chief Counsel, Securities at the American Council of Life Insurers until March 2020. He principally addressed financial service institution regulation that had an impact on life insurance companies. Prior to joining ACLI in 1981, he was a staff attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission.