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| Connie Weaver |
Connie Weaver, a seasoned financial services veteran, is now chief marketing officer of Equitable.
She has served as executive VP-CMO & CCO at TIAA, senior VP-CMO & CCO at The Hartford, executive VP-COM at BearingPoint and executive VP-PR, brand & marketing at ATT.
Weaver also has held IR & marketing posts at Microsoft, MCI Communications and McGraw-Hill.
At Equitable, she will oversee and align marketing, digital and insights to advance the company’s business objectives and positioning.
Weaver reports to Nick Lane, president, who believes her leadership "will help further Equitable’s important mission to help our clients, especially in this time of great change.”
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