| Robert M. Mauldin |
Robert M. Mauldin is currently the Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President at Citizens, Inc. in Austin, Texas. Prior to this, he was the Senior Vice President-Marketing at Bank of America Corp. from 1992 to 2015, and then the Senior Vice President-Operations at USI, Inc. in Connecticut from 2015 to 2017. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
| Gerald W. Shields |
Gerald W. Shields is currently the Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Citizens, Inc. (Austin, Texas). He is also the President & Chief Executive Officer at CICA Life Insurance Co. of America (Investment Portfolio). Additionally, he holds the position of Director-Information Technology at Robert E. Nolan Co., Inc. since 2011. Previously, Mr. Shields worked as the CTO & Director-Information Services at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. He also served as the Manager-Systems Engineering at Electronic Data Systems Corp. From 2002 to 2011, he was the Chief Information Officer at American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus. He held the position of Accounts Manager at Saturn Corp. Moreover, he was the Chief Information Officer at SHA LLC (Texas) from 2015 to 2018. Additionally, he served as a Trustee at Shorter University from 2008 to 2015. Mr. Shields completed his undergraduate degree at Baylor University. |
| Jeffery P. Conklin |
Jeffery P. Conklin is currently the Treasurer, Chief Financial & Investment Officer at Citizens, Inc. (Austin, Texas) since 2019. He is also currently serving as the Vice President, CFO & Treasurer at CICA Life Insurance Co. of America (Investment Portfolio) since 2017. Previously, he worked as the Director & Vice President-Financial Reporting at American General Life Cos. LLC. From 2004 to 2017, he held the position of VP-Financial Reporting & Special Projects at American International Group, Inc. Mr. Conklin completed his undergraduate degree from Olivet College in 1991. |
| Jerry D. Davis |
Jerry D. Davis has held multiple chairman positions throughout his career. Currently, he is the Chairman at Citizens, Inc. (Austin, Texas) since 2020 and also the Chairman at National Farm Life Insurance Co. since 2016. In terms of education, Mr. Davis has completed both undergraduate and graduate degrees at Tarleton State University. |
| Sheryl Kinlaw |
Sheryl Kinlaw is currently working as the Secretary, Chief Legal Officer & Vice President at Citizens, Inc. (Austin, Texas). Previously, she worked as the General Counsel at Fallbrook Technologies, Inc. and as a Partner at Culhane, Meadows, Haughian & Walsh, PLLC. Ms. Kinlaw completed her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles and her graduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin. |
| Harvey Waite |
Harvey Waite is currently the Chief Actuary Officer & Vice President at Citizens, Inc. in Austin, Texas since 2018. Prior to this, he worked as a Senior Vice President at Bank of America Corp. from 2006 to 2017, as a Vice President-Actuary at Fleet Credit Card Services LP from 2000 to 2006, and as the Chief Actuary & Vice President at Academy Life Insurance Co. from 1996 to 2000. |
| Jon S. Stenberg |
Jon S. Stenberg's career history includes current positions as Director & Executive VP-Individual Life at Symetra Life Insurance Co. and President at Citizens, Inc. (Austin, Texas). Former positions include Director & EVP-Life & Disability Insurance at RiverSource Life Insurance Co., Principal at Aetna, Inc. and UBS Financial Services, Inc., Senior Vice President-Individual Life Department at New York Life Insurance Co., Executive Vice President-Individual Life Division at Symetra Financial Corp., Principal at The United States Army (District of Columbia), and Vice President-Life Insurance Sales at Lincoln Financial Group, Inc. Mr. Stenberg obtained an undergraduate degree from Central Michigan University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Mary Taylor |
Mary Taylor is an Independent Director at Citizens, Inc. and Kronos Advanced Technologies, Inc. She is also a Director at eMaxx Assurance Group of Cos., Inc. and American Red Cross (Ohio). In addition, she is the Vice President-Finance & Operations at Northeast Ohio Medical University. Previously, she served as the Director of Ohio Department of Insurance and Auditor at State of Ohio. She also worked as CFO & Executive Vice President at Welty Building Co. Ltd. Ms. Taylor received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Akron. |
| Terry Sam Maness |
Terry Sam Maness is an Independent Director at Citizens, Inc., a Director at The Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation, Inc., a Director at Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, a Director at Extraco Banks, NA, a Director at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest, and a former Director at the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. He was also the Dean of the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University and the Dean of Baylor University. Dr. Maness received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Baylor University and an MBA from Indiana University. |
| James Keith Morgan |
James Keith Morgan founded GE Capital Markets, Inc. in 1985, where he worked as Director. Mr. Morgan also currently works at Citizens, Inc. (Austin, Texas), as Independent Director from 2021 and TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Co., as Chief Legal Officer & Senior Executive VP. Mr. Morgan also formerly worked at General Electric Capital Services, Inc., as Director, General Electric Capital Corp., as Senior Vice President & General Counsel, GE Commercial Finance Ltd., as Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (United Arab Emirates), as Managing Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP (United Kingdom), as Managing Partner, and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (France), as Managing Partner. Mr. Morgan received his graduate degree in 1976 from the University of Virginia and undergraduate degree in 1973 from Duke University. |
| Christopher W. Claus |
Christopher W. Claus currently works at Citizens, Inc. (Austin, Texas), as Independent Director from 2017 and The Bank of San Antonio, as Director from 2016. Mr. Claus also formerly worked at TrueCar, Inc., as Independent Director from 2014 to 2016, USAA Investment Services Co., as President & Senior Vice President from 2001 to 2006, Norwest Investment Services, Inc., as Vice President-Equity Trading, and Usaa Financial Services Co., as President from 2007 to 2013. Mr. Claus received his Masters Business Admin degree in 1989 from the University of St. Thomas and undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota Duluth. |
| Francis Anthony Keating |
Mr. Francis A. Keating, II, is an Independent Director at Mach Natural Resources LP, an Independent Director at Citizens, Inc. (Austin, Texas), an Advisor at Acorn Growth Cos LLC and a Chairman at Board of Regents of The University of Oklahoma. He is on the Board of Directors at Mach Natural Resources LP, Insurance Care Direct, Inc., Citizens, Inc. (Austin, Texas), BancFirst (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), Bipartisan Policy Center, Ridge-Lane LP, The Foundation for The National Archives and The Jamestown Foundation. Mr. Keating was previously employed as an Independent Director by BancFirst Corp. (Oklahoma), a Partner by Holland & Knight LLP, a President & Chief Executive Officer by American Bankers Association, Inc., an Independent Director by Stewart Information Services Corp., an Independent Director by Chesapeake Energy Corp., a President & Chief Executive Officer by American Council of Life Insurers, an Associate Attorney General by Government of the United States of America, a Chief Executive Officer by Housing & Urban Development Corp. (Florida), and a Governor by State of Oklahoma. He also served on the board at Global Holdings LLC, Stewart Title Co., American Management Systems, Inc. and Private Capital Index, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a graduate degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. |
| Cynthia H. Davis |
Cynthia H. Davis is an Independent Director at Citizens, Inc. in Austin, Texas. She previously worked as Chief Underwriter at Financial Industries Corp. She received an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia. |
