Teresa White Biography and Net Worth

Teresa White is a veteran in the financial services industry with two decades of experience. Currently serving as president of Aflac U.S., Teresa is a visionary leader with a proven track record of augmenting operations, driving revenue, ensuring equal pay for equal work, and fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. She has created effective business and leadership strategies across multiple organizations to achieve corporate targets and has extensive experience increasing operational efficiency, enhancing customer experience and utilizing technology to enable growth.

Recognized as an expert in her field, Teresa is responsible for creating the vision of Aflac U.S. and driving execution of long-term strategy while strengthening the growth and value proposition of Aflac U.S. Under Teresa’s leadership, Aflac U.S. is reshaping its internal processes to respond to the changing dynamics in the marketplace. She is leveraging technology innovation, strategic partnerships and corporate development to bring solutions, tools and services that consumers, employers, and brokers want and need.

Teresa is passionate about employee development, as she knows this is a cornerstone to her strategy for future growth. This is demonstrated in the investments Aflac U.S. is making into employee upskilling — talent assessments, partnerships with colleges and universities for skill certifications, and workspace enhancement such as agile spaces and data command centers. Through this holistic strategy, Teresa plans to both maintain Aflac’s culture and drive the organization to become more agile and efficient in a digital future.

Teresa is the recipient of a number of awards, including Savoy’s 2020 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America and New York Moves’ 2019 Power Women. She was named on Black Enterprise’s lists of the Most Powerful Women in Corporate America for the third consecutive year and the Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America for 2019. She also received the 2019 Courier Eco Latino Magazine’s Who’s Who in the African American and Hispanic Community of Columbus, Fort Benning and Phenix City. In 2018, she was included on the Technology Association of Georgia’s Financial Technology Game Changers list for the third consecutive year. She is also a past recipient of American Business Awards’ 2017 Bronze Stevie award; the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Texas at Arlington; Girls Inc. of Columbus’ 2017 Strong, Smart and Bold Award; Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2016 Women Who Mean Business list; Bizwomen's 2016 Women to Watch list; and the American Business Awards’ 2016 Stevie Award for Women in four categories: Gold Stevie in the Female Executive of the Year category, Silver Stevie in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year Social Media Focused category, and two Bronze Stevies in the Mentor or Coach of the Year and Women Helping Women business categories.

Teresa holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Arlington and a master's degree in management from Troy University. She is a fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI) and an alumna of Leadership Columbus. She serves on the board of Synovus Financial Corp and is the chair for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce for 2021.