J. Greg Ness

Greg Ness is executive chairman of the board of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., and Standard Insurance Company. He was chairman, president, and a chief executive officer from December 2011 until June 2021. He served as president and chief executive officer from July 2009 until December 2011 and previously served as president and a chief operating officer from September 2008 until June 2009. Ness joined The Standard in 1979.

He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington State University and earned a Master of Business Administration from Portland State University. He also holds the LIMRA Leadership Institute Fellow designation from the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association.

Ness served as the president of The Standard Charitable Foundation from 2009 to 2021. He is the former chair of the board of directors of the Oregon Business Council and the Armory Theater Fund and is a member of the board of directors of the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation. He is also a member of the SOLVE Founder’s Circle and a former board member of both Portland Center Stage and Trillium Family Services.