• Horace Deets - Chairman of the Board

Horace served as Executive Director of AARP from 1988 to 2001 and designed and implemented a major expansion in the products and services offered to AARP members. He currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Help Age International, is a Research Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Age Lab and a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University’s Institute of Ageing, and serves on the Board of Posit Science Corporation.

• Steve Zaleznick - Chief Executive Officer and President

Steve has over twenty-five years of experience in the development and management of products and services for the elder population. Prior to Longevity Alliance Steve was the founding President and CEO of AARP Services, Inc. At AARP Services he was responsible for creating and developing partnerships with companies including The Hartford, United HealthCare, New York Life, MetLife and Scudder. Previously, Steve was General Counsel of AARP. Steve has a BA in economics from Brown University and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.

• Ken Gromacki - Director of Sales Operations

Ken has developed over twenty-five years of expertise in the sales and delivery of retirement oriented financial products to large groups and employers. Prior to Longevity, Ken spent eleven years with ICMA Retirement Corporation where he directed national field sales operations and new business acquisition strategies on behalf of county, city and municipal employers. Before that he directed sales at Co-America Bank and The Holden Group.

• Darren Gruendel - Chief Marketing Officer

Darren Gruendel is responsible for the marketing operations of the company, applying psychographic analytics and measurement techniques to assess and improve targeting and client conversions. His executive experience includes senior operations and marketing positions in the hospitality and construction services industries as well as both operations and staff tours as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps. Darren graduated from Yale University and has an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management.

• Joseph T. Chadwick, Jr. - Investment Director

Joe has over 35 years of experience in investment consulting and financial services marketing. He began his career with T. Rowe Price and was Executive Vice President and Treasurer of T. Rowe Price Marketing, Inc. He was a Vice President of the Vanguard Group heading sales and client services for college and university retirement plans and handled major 401(k) and pension clients. While with Mercer, Joe was a consultant to AARP on the fixed annuity program and the investment policy of the health insurance reserves. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business, teaching Business Strategy in the MBA Program.