Josephine Abboud is the President and CEO of Omaha's Methodist Hospital and Methodist Women's Hospital and Executive Vice President of Methodist Health System. She has a career spanning more than 28 years as a distinguished leader in health care management, strategic planning, growth, and policy.

Abboud has been recognized by numerous organizations such as Modern Healthcare as a Top Women Leader, Becker’s Hospital Review as a Top Women Hospital and Health System Leader, the American College of Healthcare Executives as a Senior Level Healthcare Executive award recipient, and by the American Cancer Society with the St. George award. She also serves on the boards of Creighton University, Hospice House, and the Nebraska Hospital Association.

Abboud is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a member of the Medical Group Management Association. She earned her bachelor's degree in nursing at Creighton University and her master's degree in business administration and health care management from Regis University in Denver. She is a member of the Investment and Risk Committee of the board.

James Blackledge is Chairman & CEO of Mutual of Omaha, a national leader in providing insurance and financial products for individuals, families and businesses.

Blackledge, who became President of Mutual of Omaha in 2014, was appointed CEO in 2015. He was named Chairman in 2018.

Before his appointment as President, Blackledge was Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Risk Officer. In this role, he oversaw the company's entire technology infrastructure, application systems and enterprise risk management practices.

Blackledge joined Mutual of Omaha in 1989 as Senior Actuarial Assistant of Group Actuarial. He served for 14 years in various roles within the Group Benefit Services business unit, six years in the Individual Financial Services business unit and five years in Information Services.

Blackledge earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Creighton University. He is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries and a CFA Charterholder, CFA Institute.

Blackledge serves on the Creighton University Board of Trustees, the Strategic Command Consultation Committee (SCC), and as a Lauritzen Gardens trustee. He is a member of the Executive and Governance Committee of the Mutual of Omaha Board of Directors.

Edward Bonach has over 40 years of experience in the financial services and insurance industries. He retired as the Chief Executive Officer of CNO Financial in 2017, a position he held since 2011. He joined CNO as Chief Financial Officer in 2007 and prior to that, was with National Life Group where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Before 2002, Bonach was with Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America for 23 years, where his positions included President of Special Markets and Chief Financial Officer. He has had a significant career in the insurance industry, is knowledgeable and experienced in the areas of actuarial, accounting, mergers & acquisitions, capital management, risk management, strategy, treasury, tax and facilities.

Bonach holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries and a Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst. He is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Executive and Governance Committee of the board.

James Boyle is an insurance industry leader who has served as President and CEO of both Foresters Financial and John Hancock. In his most recent role as President and CEO of Foresters Financial, he led the strategic repositioning of the company, rebranding a mid-sized fraternal insurer as a market-leading disruptor, rationalizing its product line to include innovative wellness focused benefits, expanding omni-channel distribution and enabling same-day transaction processing.

Prior to leading Foresters Financial, Boyle was President and CEO of John Hancock, the U.S. subsidiary of Manulife Financial. Over his 20-year career at John Hancock, he led multiple businesses, culminating in the leadership of the U.S. business as Chairman, President and CEO. He began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand.

Boyle graduated with honors from Boston College, earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He also serves as a trustee of John Hancock Mutual Funds and is a senior advisor to Blackstone Insurance Services. He is a member of the Audit and Talent Committees of the board.

Kimberly Ellison-Taylor is Chief Executive Officer of KET Solutions, LLC. Prior to this, she was Executive Director, Finance Thought Leadership, at Oracle Corp. She joined Oracle in 2004 and held several leadership positions, including Global Strategy Leader; Global Accounting Strategy Director; and Executive Director and Global Leader for Health, Human and Labor Industry Solutions.

Prior to her career at Oracle, Ellison-Taylor also held leadership roles at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Motorola, KPMG and Maryland’s Prince George's County government. She is the Chair of the Maryland Association of CPA’s Foundation and serves on the boards of U.S. Bancorp and Marathon Petroleum Corp. Ellison-Taylor brings expertise in information technology leadership, digital transformation, innovation, accounting, and finance to the board.

Ellison-Taylor earned a bachelor’s degree in information systems management from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, an MBA from Loyola University Maryland, an accounting certificate from the Community College of Baltimore County, and Chief Information Officer certificate and master’s degree in information technology management from Carnegie Mellon University. She is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Information Technology Professional, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor and has the Chartered Global Management Accountant designation. She is a member of the Audit Committee of the board.

Tamara Franklin has more than 25 years of experience leading digital businesses, with a focus on strategic planning, digital transformation, data analytics, business development and customer acquisition.

Franklin most recently served as Chief Digital, Data and Analytics Officer at global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. In addition to her role at Marsh & McLennan, she has held senior leadership positions at IBM, Scripps Networks Interactive (now Discovery, Inc.), Time Warner, Inc. and Bain and Company, Inc.

Franklin earned her master’s in business administration from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in English from Yale University. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Genpact, Ltd. and Kenvue Inc. She is a member of the Investment and Risk and Talent Committees of the board.

Rodrigo López has over 40 years of experience in the financial services and real estate industries, most recently as Chairman of AmeriSphere Companies, LLC and, until 2017, as Executive Chairman of NorthMarq Capital Finance, LLC, a mortgage banking company dedicated to providing capital solutions for the multifamily industry.

López was President and Chief Executive Officer of AmeriSphere, a company he founded in 1997, and which was acquired in 2015 by NorthMarq Capital, LLC. Prior to founding AmeriSphere, a company engaged in commercial real estate investment and development, he was Chief Lending Officer for a life insurance company. López has several years of experience serving as a director of several financial industry boards, as well as extensive leadership experience in investments and in the real estate and mortgage banking industries.

López earned his bachelor’s degree and Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Nebraska. He is a Certified Mortgage Banker and a graduate of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s School of Mortgage Banking. He is Chair of the Investment and Risk Committee of the board.

Derek McClain serves as Chief Underwriting & Risk Officer of Trammell Crow Company (“TCC”), a subsidiary of CBRE Group, Inc. He began his career in 1981 as an attorney with Vinson & Elkin LLP, leaving the firm in 1998 to join TCC as its General Counsel. He served as Chief Financial Officer of TCC from 2000 until the company was sold to CBRE in 2006. McClain left CBRE following that acquisition and was an independent director, investor and consultant before returning to TCC in 2022.

He has significant experience providing legal counsel with respect to financings, merger and acquisition transactions, and general corporate matters, as well as extensive experience in financial leadership roles, including Chief Financial Officer of a public company for over six years, in which he supervised accounting and audit functions and had primary responsibility for Trammell Crow's investor relations, information technology and human resources functions.

McClain received his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a computer science concentration from the University of Kansas in 1977 and earned his Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctor degrees in 1981 from the University of California-Berkeley. He serves as Lead Independent Director of Mutual of Omaha’s board and is Chair of the Executive and Governance Committee of the board.

Paula Meyer has spent 42 years working in the financial services industry. Her career began at the Vanguard Group in 1982, and she retired in 2006 from Ameriprise Financial, Inc. where she was President of RiverSource Funds and Ameriprise Certificate Company.

Since 2007, Meyer has served on the boards of directors of four companies in the financial services industry, including her current directorship on Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. She is a co-founder of the Minnesota chapter of Women Corporate Directors and a National Association of Corporate Directors Leadership Fellow.

Meyer is a graduate of Luther College and holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. In addition to her career in the mutual fund industry, Meyer has extensive knowledge of compensation packages, as well as investment, securities, and banking experience. She is Chair of the Talent Committee of the board.