Corie Pauling, an industry thought leader and influential executive with TIAA, has been named the 11th president and CEO of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.

The Alumni Association’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to appoint Pauling during a meeting Sept. 15.

Pauling, a U-M alumna who currently serves as senior vice president, chief inclusion and diversity officer, and head of corporate social responsibility at TIAA, will start Oct. 19.

“We are so excited for our alumni to get to know Corie,” said Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, chair of the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors. “Her leadership skills and relationship-building expertise make her a perfect fit to lead the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan into the future.”

Pauling, 51, will be the first woman and first Black president and CEO of the Alumni Association.

She has been with TIAA since 2006 and in her current role since 2018. She was instrumental in starting the company’s inclusion, diversity and equity function more than 14 years ago and launched its “Be the Change” platform in 2020.

Pauling has also managed TIAA’s enterprise corporate social responsibility function, which led more than 160 volunteer projects and $13 million in corporate and workforce giving last year.

In her prior role at TIAA, she was senior director, associate general counsel. Pauling is also a former shareholder with the international employment law firm Littler Mendelson and a former partner with the...

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