Meet the writers and contributors behind MassMutual's blog ...

Allen Wastler
Head of Content and Blog Editor-in-Chief

Shelly Gigante
Senior Blog Writer and Deputy Editor

Daken Vanderburg, CFA
Head of Investments for Wealth Management

David Freitag, CLU, ChFC, CRPC
Financial planning consultant and Social Security expert.

Darin Florenz
Darin Florenz specializes in segment marketing for MassMutual.

Brian Trzcinski
Specialist in Business Market Development

Chris Byrd
Marketing consultant for MassMutual's retirement products marketing strategy.

Kathryn Wakefield
Director of Advanced Sales

Shefali Desai
Head of Worksite for Workplace Solutions

Michael Sharp
Marketing Consultant for Product Marketing Strategy

Dennis Duquette
Head of Community Responsibility and president of the MassMutual Foundation.

Lindsay Carey
Lindsay Carey is a communications consultant for MassMutual.

Kelly Kowalski
Portfolio manager responsible for investment and asset allocation decisions.

Ashli Stempel
Communications consultant for MassMutual.

Candy Chan
Asian Markets Director

Ian Cahill, FSA, MAAA, CERA
Head of Pension Risk Transfer for Institutional Solutions