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Stephanie Shields

Examiner · DISC type cs
Head of Employee Benefits at Equitable
📍 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Stephanie Shields leads the Employee Benefits business at Equitable, responsible for strategy, product development, and overall financial management. Her career includes senior leadership roles at Aflac and Cigna, focusing on broker sales and product innovation. She holds an MBA from Drexel Universitys LeBow College of Business.

Outside of her corporate role, Stephanie is committed to community service. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Southeast Division of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), an organization focused on helping communities and enriching lives through grants and volunteer work.

She is at the forefront of digital transformation in benefits, launching API integrations that reduce group setup from days to mere hours.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Head of Employee Benefits
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Personality Overview

How Stephanie shows up

Unexpressive
Process Oriented
Status Quo Seeker

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. Being observant comes to them naturally. They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach.

Priorities

Topics Stephanie cares about

Benefits Technology
Drives the modernization of benefits administration, launching API integrations with platforms like Employee Navigator to significantly speed up enrollment processes for brokers.
AI in Insurance
Actively promotes the use of AI to reshape the employee benefits experience, particularly in reimagining and improving the speed and support of the claims process.
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Career

Work history

5-2021
Head of Employee Benefits
Equitable
8-2018 - 5-2021
Senior Vice President, Broker Sales
Aflac
1-2018 - 5-2021
Vice President, Premier Broker Solutions
Aflac
12-2014 - 5-2021
VP, Product Innovation and Marketing
Aflac
2-2014 - 12-2014
VP, Voluntary Solutions
Cigna
In the press

Media appearances

Utilizing employee benefits to create innovative sales – Equitable Life with inSight (Podcast Episode). Featured in Apple Podcasts
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A Conversation With Stephanie Shields (PDF Interview). Featured in Equitable (PDF)
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Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Penn State University
2003 - 2009
MBA
Drexel University's LeBow College of Business
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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