Maria Ferrante-Schepis

Maria Ferrante-Schepis is EVP and Managing Principal of Insurance and Financial Services at Maddock Douglas, Inc, an innovation consultancy focused on helping large brands bring new ideas to market.

After more than 20 years as an executive in the insurance and financial services industry, Maria has joined the Maddock Douglas team to focus on the opportunities for innovation in the insurance and financial services industry, recognizing the significant public and government demand for change. Her mission is to enable like-minded executives to proactively shape their own change, versus having it shaped for them.

Maria’s most recent experience was as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Guardian, a New York-based Fortune 300 company specializing in insurance and investments, and the fourth largest mutual insurer in the U.S. Prior to that, Maria was Vice President of Marketing at Prudential in Newark, New Jersey, where she led a large marketing team dedicated to the support and communication about the importance of risk protection products. She was also spokesperson for the company’s studies in behavioral finance and retirement issues.

Maria holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing and a Master of Business Administration in Management from Hofstra University. She is an author and frequent speaker for the insurance industry. She has co-written an Amazon best selling business book, Flirting with the Uninterested; Innovating in a “Sold Not Bought” Category. Maria is also a monthly contributor to National Underwriter Magazine, who in 2015, selected her as one of the 20 Most Creative People in Insurance.