Thomas J. McInerney

Thomas J. McInerney

President and Chief Executive Officer

Tom McInerney has been our President and Chief Executive Officer and a director since January 2013. Before joining our Company, Mr. McInerney had served as a Senior Advisor to the Boston Consulting Group from June 2011 to December 2012, providing consulting and advisory services to leading insurance and financial services companies in the United States and Canada. From October 2009 to December 2010, Mr. McInerney was a member of ING Groep’s Management Board for Insurance, where he was the Chief Operating Officer of ING’s insurance and investment management business worldwide. Prior to that, he served in a variety of senior roles with ING Groep NV after serving in many leadership positions with Aetna, where he began his career as an insurance underwriter in June 1978. Mr. McInerney has served as a director of Enact Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Genworth Financial, since its IPO in September 2021. He is also on the boards of Virginia Learns, Reves International Center at William & Mary and VA Ready, where he serves as Chair of the Board. Mr. McInerney is a member of the American Council of Life Insurers and serves, and has served, on its CEO Steering Committees and Board. Mr. McInerney received a B.A. in Economics with Honors from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Jerome T. Upton

Jerome T. Upton

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Jerome Upton has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) since March 1, 2023. Prior to that, he served as our Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Controller  from April 2022 to March 2023 and as Principal Accounting Officer from April 2022 to May 2023. From June 2010 to April 2022, Mr. Upton served as Vice President of the Company (during which time he also served as Deputy CFO from August 2020 to April 2022, as interim CFO of the Company’s U.S. Life Insurance segment from August 2019 to August 2020, as the Chief Financial and Operations Officer of the Company’s Global Mortgage Insurance businesses from May 2012 to August 2019, and Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the International mortgage insurance businesses of the Company from June 2010 to May 2012). Prior to joining the Company’s predecessor in 1998, Mr. Upton was with KPMG Peat Marwick, where he served in accounting positions of increasing authority before attaining the position of Senior Manager – Insurance. Prior thereto, Mr. Upton was the Controller and Director of Financial Reporting for Century American Insurance Company and obtained the status of Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Upton received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Jamala M. Arland

Jamala M. Arland

Executive Vice President—U.S. Life Insurance

Jamala Arland has been our Executive Vice President—U.S. Life Insurance since January 2024.  Prior to that, she served as Senior Vice President—Long-Term Care Insurance In-Force since May 2022 with oversight responsibilities of the Company’s in-force long-term care insurance products. From January 2019 through May 2022, she served as a Vice President in Long-Term Care In-Force leading the execution of the Company’s multi-year rate action plan. Ms. Arland joined the Company in May 2005 and has held various actuarial roles at the Company in life valuation and annuity product development. She is the industry representative to the California Long-Term Care Taskforce, as appointed by the state Senate Rules Committee. Ms. Arland is a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries (AAA), previously serving as chair of the AAA LTC Reform Subcommittee, and is a charterholder in the CFA Institute. Ms. Arland received a Bachelor of Mathematics (Actuarial Science and Statistics) degree from the University of Waterloo.

Rohit Gupta

Rohit Gupta

President and Chief Executive Officer, Enact

Rohit Gupta has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enact Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Genworth Financial, and as a Director of Enact Holdings since its IPO in September 2021. While Mr. Gupta is President and Chief Executive Officer of Enact Holdings, he is not an officer of Genworth Financial. Mr. Gupta has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s U.S. mortgage insurance business since May 2012. Mr. Gupta also served as the Company’s Executive Vice President—Enact from May 2021 to September 2021, the Company’s Executive Vice President—U.S. Mortgage Insurance from February 2021 to May 2021, and as a Vice President of the Company from April 2013 to February 2021. Prior to that he held positions of Chief Commercial Officer from September 2009 to May 2012 and Senior Vice President, Products, Intelligence and Strategy from October 2007 to September 2009 in the Company’s U.S. mortgage insurance business. He also held various management positions with GE Mortgage Insurance beginning in 2003 and was a product manager for GE Capital. Mr. Gupta began his career with FedEx Corporation in Strategic Marketing, where he was responsible for competitive intelligence and market analysis supporting FedEx senior management. Mr. Gupta serves on the Mortgage Bankers Association board of directors and the Housing Policy Executive Council. He also served as Chairman and remains a board member of the U.S. Mortgage Insurers trade association. Mr. Gupta served on the board of Genworth MI Canada Inc. from June 2016 to December 2019. He also served on the board of Aqua Finance from 2021 to July 2022 and on the Mortgage Bankers Association Residential Board of Governors from 2017 through 2022. Mr. Gupta received an undergraduate degree in Computer Science & Technology from Indian Institute of Technology and received an M.B.A. in Finance from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Melissa Hagerman

Melissa Hagerman

Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Melissa Hagerman has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since January 2022. Prior to that, she served as a Human Resources leader for the Company’s corporate and investment functions since February 2018. Ms. Hagerman previously served as Director, Human Resources for the Company’s U.S. Life Insurance segment and corporate finance function from June 2014 to January 2018, as Director, Human Resources for the corporate finance and global risk functions from July 2011 to March 2013, and as a senior client manager from March 2010 to July 2011. Ms. Hagerman has also held human resources positions at Carmax from March 2013 to June 2014 and Circuit City from July 2007 to February 2009. Ms. Hagerman received a B.S. in Human Resources Management from the University of Richmond, and graduated from the Tuck Global Leadership Program through Dartmouth College in 2019.

Mark Blakeley (Blake) Hodges

Mark Blakeley (Blake) Hodges

Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer

Mark Blakeley (Blake) Hodges has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer since May 2022. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer since March 2022 and as Interim Chief Risk Officer from November 2021 to March 2022. Mr. Hodges previously served as Chief Operational Risk Officer for Genworth and its U.S. Life Insurance segment from July 2015 until November 2021. From July 2002 through July 2015, Mr. Hodges served in various capacities with the Company and/or its predecessor including roles with responsibilities for oversight of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programs, financial reporting systems, operational and technology platforms, and testing and quality assurance programs. Mr. Hodges received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Decision Support Systems from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and graduated from the Tuck Global Executive Leadership Program through Dartmouth in 2020.

Gregory S. Karawan

Gregory S. Karawan

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Gregory S. Karawan has been our Executive Vice President and General Counsel since January 2022. Prior to that, he served as a Vice President of the Company since June 2008 and as General Counsel of our U.S. Life Insurance segment since January 2007. Mr. Karawan joined the Company in 2000 as global chief litigation counsel, a position he held intermittently and then continuously after January 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Karawan worked at the law firm of Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal. Mr. Karawan received a B.A. in economics from State University of New York Binghamton and a J.D. from Fordham Law School.

Kelly Saltzgaber

Kelly Saltzgaber

Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Kelly Saltzgaber has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer since March 1, 2023. She previously served as the Head of the Portfolio Management team from January 2018 to March 2023, having been Interim Head since mid-2017 after moving to Portfolio Management in November 2016, and as a Senior Credit Trader from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining the Company in 2013, Ms. Saltzgaber had 27 years of combined experience in Institutional Credit Sales at Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Cambridge International and as an analyst in the Asset-Backed Securities group at Merrill Lynch. Ms. Saltzgaber received a B.A. in Economics Modified with Mathematics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Andrea Lynn White

Andrea Lynn White

Executive Vice President—CareScout Insurance

Andrea Lynn White has been our Executive Vice President—CareScout Insurance since October 1, 2023. She previously served as Executive Vice President—Government Relations from May 2022 to September 2023, while maintaining her title of Chief of Staff, a role to which she was appointed in December 2017. Ms. White served as our Senior Vice President—Government Relations from May 2021 to May 2022. In addition, Ms. White held positions in the Company’s Government Relations department from July 2015 to December 2017 and served as the Company’s Corporate Ombudsperson, with responsibility of implementing the Company’s code of ethics programs, from May 2005 to July 2015. From February 2001 to May 2005, Ms. White served in various capacities within the Company and/or its predecessor, including roles in the Human Resources department. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. White held various roles at Aetna Life Insurance and was an Associate with the law firm of LeClair Ryan. Ms. White received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, summa cum laude, in Finance from Howard University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia.