Lizabeth Zlatkus

Until her retirement from The Hartford Financial Services Group, Ms. Zlatkus held many senior leadership positions during her tenure from 1983 – 2011. These roles included both Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer of the Company, as well as Co-President of Hartford Life Insurance Companies. She also served as Executive Vice President of two of the largest divisions of the firm, the international and group life and disability divisions. Ms. Zlatkus currently serves as director of Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc., Axis Capital, and SE2. She previously served as a director of three other public company boards.

Ms. Zlatkus sits on the Pennsylvania State University Business School Board, where she previously served as Chair, and is the Vice Chair of The Connecticut Science Center Trustee Board. Ms. Zlatkus has been recognized by The White House for her previous work supporting the disability community, and during that time participated as a member of The President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. She was the cover feature of CFO magazine, was named as one of the top 100 women executives by Business Insurance magazine and was named as Community Leader of the Year by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Connecticut Chapter. Ms. Zlatkus served as regulatory chair for the North American Chief Risk Officer’s Council, was a member of the Hewlett-Packard Packard Financial Services Board of Advisors, the LOMA Board of Directors and a Trustee of the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.

Ms. Zlatkus graduated with distinction from The Pennsylvania State University in 1981, was selected as an Alumni Fellow in 2003, and served as the commencement speaker for the business school in 2013.