Joann Mazur Kielblock is a Vice President and Corporate Counsel supporting Prudential’s Group Insurance business unit. In this role, she is responsible for advising the Group Life Insurance operations, including the Office of Servicemember’s Group Life Insurance (OSGLI), and PruBenefit Funding (Prudential’s corporate-, bank- and trust-owned life insurance business) relating to the delivery of products, services and benefits to group customers and their covered employees or members. Joann’s career with Prudential began in 2001 as a Law Clerk in the Individual Insurance Law unit while attending law school as an evening student. Upon graduation in 2003, Joann engaged in private practice in New York and New Jersey. Joann rejoined Prudential in 2007, as a Director and Corporate Counsel in the Group Insurance Law unit, and was promoted to Vice President and Corporate Counsel in 2010. From 2015 to 2017, Joann performed a two-year rotational assignment within the Federal Regulatory Law unit to work on the firm’s Resolution and Recovery Plans pursuant to the firm’s non-bank systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation under Dodd-Frank. Immediately following her rotation, Joann worked in the Individual Life and Annuities law unit, advising the Individual Life and Annuities operations relating to the acquired blocks of business in individual life and variable annuities. In September 2017, Joann rejoined Group Insurance law. Joann is actively involved in Prudential’s inclusion and diversity efforts, including serving as Co-Chair of the Law, Compliance, Business Ethics and External Affairs (LCBE) Diversity and Inclusion Council from October 2012 to March 2015. Joann also participates in several pro bono clinics. For the past three years, Joann serves as Prudential’s liaison to the National LGBT Bar Association. Joann earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from New York University and has a law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law.