Chief Communications Officer - Global Communications
Prudential Financial, Inc.

Robert DeFillippo is head of Global Communications at Prudential Financial. In this role, he is responsible for developing and implementing integrated public relations, including media relations, event marketing and internal communications strategies for one of the largest diversified financial institutions in the world. DeFillippo directs Prudential's communications activities in more than 30 countries. He serves as official company spokesperson on a wide array of issues and products, including insurance and investments and coordinates Prudential's crisis communications.

Prior to joining Prudential in January 1994, DeFillippo served as Director of Public Affairs for the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), the largest membership organization in the country, where he was in charge of media relations, speechwriting, advocacy advertising, and community outreach. Prior to that, he served as press secretary for the Hon. Hamilton Fish, Jr., U.S. House of Representatives, following a 10-year career as an award-winning reporter and editor for Gannett and other newspapers.

DeFillippo is a member of the Board of the Prudential Political Action Committee. He also serves on the Marketing and Public Relations Committee of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Board of Directors, the Board of Trustees of the Arthur W. Page Society, and the Board of Advisors for the Corporate Communications Institute, and serves on the Business and Professional Council of the Tourette Syndrome Association. In addition he is Vice President of Cento Amici, a community organization that provides scholarships for disadvantage students at area universities. He is also a member of the Public Relations Seminar, the New York Press Club, the National Press Club, the Wisemen Group, the Public Relations Society of America, and the Public Relations Council for the Newark Archdiocese. He is also a member of the board of trustees for the Advocate, the newspaper for the Newark Archdiocese.