Louis Gagnon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Louis Gagnon was appointed President and CEO of Foresters Financial™ in January 2022. Previously, Louis was with Mercer for more than 30 years in various senior roles across different cities (Montreal, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Toronto and New York City). Most recently, he was President, U.S. & Canada Region, leading more than 5,000 colleagues...
Matt Berman
President, Foresters Financial US and Canada
Patricia Colavita
Vice President and Chief Internal Auditor
Mehul Kapadia
Global Chief Information Officer
Marcia Mendes-d'Abreu
Global Chief Human Resources Officer
Alvin Sharma
Global Chief Financial Officer
Gaurav Upadhya
Global Chief Actuary and Chief Risk Officer
René Zanin
Global Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
Daniel J. (Dan) Fortin
Chair of the Board
Richard P. Hennick
International Fraternal President (IFP), Chair - Fraternal Committee
Katherine A. (Kathy) Bardswick
Human Capital and Governance Committee, Risk and Investment Committee
Sonia A. Baxendale
Human Capital and Governance Committee, Audit and Compliance Committee
Michael C. (Mike) Edge
Fraternal Committee, Human Capital and Governance Committee
Shelly A Herman
Fraternal Committee, Audit and Compliance Committee
Mike Lombardi
Human Capital and Governance Committee, Risk and investment Committee
Janice Madon
Audit and Compliance Committee, Fraternal Committee, Risk and Investment Committee
Gino Scapillati
Audit and Compliance Committee, Human Capital and Governance Committee, Risk and Investment Committee
Michael (Mike) P. Stramaglia
Risk and Investment, Audit and Compliance Committee
Wendy A. Watson
Audit and Compliance Committee, Human Capital and Governance Committee
Linda A. Davis Watters
Human Capital and Governance Committee, Fraternal Committee, Risk and Investment Committee
Robert W. (Rob) Wight
Audit and Compliance Committee, Fraternal Committee
Cynthia (Cindy) L. Worley
Fraternal Committee, Risk and Investment Committee
Board committees
Four standing Committees support our Board of Directors in its stewardship of Foresters Financial. From time to time, ad hoc or temporary committees are formed such as the Nominating Committee and the Constitution Committee, which are constituted in advance of each International Assembly, or are a committee to manage a special project, or acquisition. The Board can form other committees on a standing or ad hoc basis as necessary in order to fulfill its stewardship responsibilities.
The composition for each of the Board committees are as follows:
Audit and Compliance Committee
Janice M. Madon, Chair
Sonia A. Baxendale
Shelly A. Herman
Gino A. Scapillati
Michael P. Stramaglia
Wendy A. Watson
Robert W. Wight
Human Capital and Governance Committee
Linda A. Davis Watters, Chair
Katherine A. Bardswick
Sonia A. Baxendale
Michael C. Edge
Michael Lombardi
Gino A. Scapillati
Wendy A. Watson
Fraternal Committee
Richard P. Hennick, Chair
Linda A. Davis Watters
Shelly A. Herman
Michael C. Edge
Janice M. Madon
Robert W. Wight
Cynthia L. Worley
Risk and Investment Committee
Katherine A. Bardswick, Chair
Linda A. Davis Watters
Janice M. Madon
Michael Lombardi
Gino A. Scapillati
Michael P. Stramaglia
Cynthia L. Worley