Carla Rutigliano
New York Life’s SVP Is a Pro at Balancing Work and Family In her role as senior vice president and chief of staff to Ted Mathas, chairman and CEO of New York Life, Carla Rutigliano ensures the oversight and coordination of key strategic initiatives in the Office of the Chairman and CEO, and provides a link between the chairman’s office and all other business areas within the company, as well as with external organizations. In addition to these responsibilities, she provides senior executive oversight to the New York Life Foundation. Carla joined New York Life in 2001, as a member of the Office of Governmental Affairs, where she represented the company in state legislative and regulatory matters. After being promoted to roles of increasing responsibility during her first five years with the firm, she began reporting to Mr. Mathas—first, when he became chief operating officer and vice chairman of the board in 2006, and then, when he moved to the position of CEO in 2008. Prior to joining New York Life, Carla was an assistant attorney general in the New York State Office of the Attorney General, an assistant corporation counsel for the City of Syracuse Office of the Corporation Counsel, and an intern and staffer for New York state assemblyman Paul Harenberg. In 2014, Carla’s ability to maintain a healthy balance between her high-profile job and her family earned her a well-deserved place as one of Working Mother magazine’s Working Mothers of the Year. “Remembering that New York Life has been successful for over 170 years, most of that time without me, helps me retain my balance,” said Carla. “I don’t let what I do define who I am. I am a wife, mother, daughter, and friend.” PDJ
I DON’T LET WHAT I DO DEFINE WHO I AM.
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