Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) brief
Meeting prep · Unlisted · Platinum · Laurie.A.Mcgraw

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA)

Retirement provider for education, health and nonprofits; CEO pushing lifetime income and AUM growth

Thasunda Brown Duckett

CEO · Executive on file
Relationship
Not mapped
Likely agenda
Enterprise-wide priorities
Account health
33 Build · Platinum account; 2 plans not yet started

Their priorities

  • Thasunda Brown Duckett's plan is to make guaranteed lifetime income (annuities in 401k and 403b plans) mainstream, grow retirement AUM, and drive efficiency and service improvements. unverified
  • Nuveen growth in private markets and international. unverified

Recent news

Talking points

  • Lifetime income in defined contribution plans needs product, recordkeeping and advice integration.

Plays to raise

  1. Recordkeeping and service operations AIAI & agentsIdentified
    Why now: Recordkeeping platform modernization.
    Ask: A 6-week agentic operations diagnostic: map 3-5 high-volume processes, size the capacity release, and put one agent into production-grade pilot with controls and model-risk sign-off.
    Deal range (est.) $4.4M–$14M · proof points
  2. Nuveen platformCost & operationsIdentified
    Why now: Retirement provider for education, health and nonprofits; CEO pushing lifetime income and AUM growth.
    Ask: A 4-week target operating model sprint for one product line (for example evergreen funds or private credit): process map, build-versus-outsource view and a costed 12-month roadmap.
    Deal range (est.) $2.8M–$8.2M · proof points

Watch-outs

  • Rates, regulatory conduct (rollovers) and service operations.

Sourcing. Built from the account brief, outreach plans, tracked intel and the relationship file. Items without a source link come from model knowledge and are unverified, and deal ranges are estimates. Confirm names and roles before the meeting.