Eric Parsons was elected chief executive officer of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. and Standard Insurance Company in 2003 following service as president and chief operating officer. He was appointed to StanCorp's board of directors in August 2002 and elected chairman in May 2004.
Parsons joined Standard Insurance Company in 1968 and has served The Standard in numerous roles including senior vice president and chief financial officer; vice president, Investments; and president of the company's Mortgage and Real Estate subsidiaries.
He is a graduate of Lewis & Clark College, Northwestern University's School of Mortgage Banking and is a Fellow in the Life Management Institute.
Parsons serves on the board of directors of the Oregon Business Council, Portland Art Museum and Portland Opera. He also serves as vice chair of the board of trustees of the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation and is chairman of the OHSU Cancer Institute Council.
Kim Ledbetter was appointed senior vice president of the Asset Management Group in 2006. He is also president of StanCorp Equities, Inc., StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC, StanCorp Investment Advisers, StanCorp Real Estate, LLC, Standard Retirement Services and StanCorp Trust Company.
Ledbetter joined The Standard in 1974 as an actuarial student and has held a succession of positions with increasing responsibility. He served as assistant vice president and individual product actuary for the individual insurance division, vice president of Retirement Plans and senior vice president of Individual Insurance and Retirement Plans.
He is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College, is a Chartered Life Underwriter, a member of American Academy of Actuaries and a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries.
Ledbetter is a member of the Board of Trustees for Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon and serves on the human resources committee of the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette.
Greg Ness was appointed senior vice president of the Insurance Services Group in January 2006, following service as the senior vice president of The Standard's Employee Benefits division. He is responsible for the employee benefits and individual disability insurance businesses. He is also president of The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York.
Ness joined Standard Insurance Company in 1979 and has held a succession of positions with increasing responsibilities, including vice president of Retirement Plans Sales and Marketing, vice president and corporate secretary, senior vice president of Investments and president of StanCorp Mortage Investors, LLC and StanCorp Investment Advisers.
He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington State University, has earned an MBA from Portland State University and holds the LIMRA Leadership Institute Fellow designation from the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association.
Ness serves on numerous community boards and councils in the Portland area and is past chair of the board of Portland Center Stage.
Mike Winslow is senior vice president and general counsel of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. and its primary subsidiary Standard Insurance Company. He has oversight for Corporate Legal, Public Affairs and Corporate Communications as well as the company's strategic planning process.
He formerly served as assistant general counsel and chief compliance officer for PacifiCorp. Prior to that he was assistant general counsel and assistant secretary for PacifiCorp Financial Services, Inc.
A graduate of Indiana University, Winslow earned his JD from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College. Winslow is a member of the American Bar Association and the Oregon State Bar Association.
He serves as a director for the Portland Business Alliance and is a member of the Open Meadow Alternative Schools' Sustainability Campaign Board and the Friends of Forest Park Advisory Council.
David M. O'Brien is the senior vice president of Information Technology. He is responsible for developing and leading the company's information technology strategy to enable the company's business goals. His responsibilities include business systems development and maintenance; program and project management; enterprise architecture and infrastructure. O'Brien joined The Standard in May of 2004 as vice president of Information Technology and in June 2006 was promoted to senior vice president.
Before joining The Standard, O'Brien served as chief information officer for FEI Company. Prior to that he worked for Credence Systems Corporation, where he held a succession of positions with increasing responsibilities, including senior vice president and chief information officer, senior vice president of marketing and senior vice president of engineering. He was a member of the team that helped Credence grow from $1 million to $600 million in revenue.
O'Brien is a graduate of Harvard University and holds a master's in applied physics from Stanford University. He volunteers with Boy Scouts of America.
Wally Pfeiffer is the senior vice president of Human Resources for Standard Insurance Company with responsibility for the Human Resources and Corporate Services Divisions. He joined The Standard in April 2006 as vice president of Human Resources and in June 2006 was promoted to senior vice president.
Prior to joining The Standard, Pfeiffer was an associate professor of management in the School of Business Administration at Portland State University and owner of Pfeiffer and Associates, a management consulting business.
Pfeiffer is a graduate of University of Idaho. He earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science and History, a master's in Educational Administration and Behavioral Science and he holds a doctorate in Educational Administration, Behavioral Science and Organizational Management. He also served as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
He serves on the board of directors for Columbia Colstor, Inc. and is a member of the foundation boards for the University of Idaho and Kootenai Medical Center. He also serves on an advisory committee for Open Meadow Schools.