Ann Kappler

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As executive vice president and general counsel at Prudential Financial, Ann Kappler is the head of Law, Compliance, Business Ethics and External Affairs. She was appointed in September 2020, after serving as the company’s deputy general counsel and head of external affairs for six years. In that role, Kappler oversaw Prudential’s corporate legal functions, including litigation, regulatory law, and corporate investigations.

She also led the company’s public policy advocacy, managing all federal, state and international government affairs activities. Before joining Prudential in 2009, Kappler was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Washington, D.C., where she focused on emerging issues at the intersection of regulation, legislation and litigation.

She has held a variety of other roles with expanded responsibilities, including as a litigation partner at Jenner & Block and as general counsel at Fannie Mae. Kappler serves on the boards of directors of the Pro Bono Partnership and the National Health Law Program, where she is chair, and serves as program co-chair for the Georgetown Law Corporate Counsel Institute. She has served on the boards of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs; Appleseed Foundation and Global Rights; and was a longtime member of the board of trustees of the Lowell School in Washington, D.C., where she served as chair.

Kappler is a member of the board of visitors of the Dartmouth College Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. She has earned several awards such as 2018 Executive Women of New Jersey Policymakers honoree.