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Mike came to Topeka in 2010 with the mandate to revitalize and grow Security Benefit, a 129-year-old Topeka institution. While Mike has served as CEO, Security Benefit has grown to more than $41 billion in assets under management (as of December 31, 2019), generated over $38 billion in sales, and created hundreds of new jobs in northeast Kansas. Forbes named Security Benefit a Best-in-State Employer in Kansas in 2019, and the company has been named to Ward’s 50® for 2020, a list of the top performing insurance companies in the U.S.

During his tenure, Security Benefit has become a leader in multiple segments of the U.S. Retirement market and in the competitive business process outsourcing industry. Their financial rating jumped from an average “B” rating in 2010 to the “A” range from S&P, Fitch and A.M. Best today. This success has allowed the company to give nearly $1 million annually through charitable and corporate contributions and investments in support of programs for the homeless, teachers, the arts, the education system and local law enforcement.

Mike has three decades of management experience in the Insurance, Investments, and Retirement industries. Prior to joining Security Benefit, he served as President and CEO of Van Kampen Investments, a division of Morgan Stanley. At Morgan Stanley, he also served as President and CEO of Morgan Stanley Funds Distributors, head of the U.S. Intermediary Group and as a principal in the Institutional Asset Management Group. Prior to that, Mike was President of the Travelers Portfolio Group, a division of Citigroup. He also held executive positions at AXA and Guardian Life.

Mike serves on a variety of boards of directors including the International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation, SE2, and others. He won Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year for the Heartland Region in 2018, and holds a B.A. from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.