Susan Schulze Kozik

Kozik, a 1979 Bates history graduate, is executive vice president and chief technology officer of TIAA-CREF, a financial services organization and leading provider of retirement security in the academic, medical and cultural fields. Kozik is in charge of company-wide technology direction and overseeing systems engineering and architecture, technology risk management, application portfolio management and data center operations. Kozik joined the company from Lucent Technologies, where she served as vice president of information technology operations and services. Previously, Kozik was senior vice president and chief technology officer at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. Kozik serves on the board of directors for the Charlotte (N.C.) Chamber of Commerce, the CIO Magazine advisory board, the University of Nebraska J.D. Edwards Honors Program and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte M.B.A. Mentoring Program. Kozik has been active in alumni activities at Bates and was the first recipient of its Distinguished Young Alumni Award in 1987.