Thasunda Brown Duckett, President and CEO, TIAA, sat down with Adriann Negreros, MBA ’21, a few weeks after taking the helm of the Fortune 100 company. They discussed financial equity, diversity, leadership, and the important role of kindness in the path forward.

Thasunda has been recognized widely as a leading executive in finance. In 2019, she was named one of Fortune’s Most Powerful “Women to Watch.” American Banker magazine named her the 7th Most Powerful Woman in Banking, and she was also named to Black Enterprise magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Corporate America list.