Kathleen is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Trustmark Companies, a leading national employee benefits provider. She leads Trustmark’s legal, compliance and government affairs functions. Kathleen’s legal career of more than 25 years includes leadership roles at Maestro Health, where she served as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary; at Aon, where she was Associate General Counsel, Health Solutions; and Tressler, LLP, a national insurance law firm, where she was a partner and built and served as co-chair of the firm’s ERISA/Life and Health Practice Group.

She is a member of the Board of Directors and serves on the Executive Committee for the Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS), a non-profit organization that is Chicago’s largest provider of legal services to low- and moderate-income residents.