Pooja Rahman

Board Member at Easterseals

A global enterprise risk management executive, expert in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) financial risk management, Pooja Rahman is Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at Protective Life Corporation in New York City.

Pooja is a U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commission qualified financial expert with significant M&A, regulatory compliance, and public policy expertise in high tech, financial services, insurance, and other highly regulated industries. She is a member of the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.

Prior to joining Protective Life Corporation in June of 2021, Poojah accumulated more than 20 years of risk management, finance, and legal experience in the insurance industry. Her experience includes a variety of leadership positions with New York Life Insurance Company; international policy and analysis at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Director and Senior Corporate Counsel at Aviva; and In-house Counsel at Iowa Insurance Division.

She earned her J.D. from Drake University Law School, her MBA from the University of New Orleans, and her Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Mumbai.

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