Heather Nesle is president of the New York Life Foundation, the charitable foundation created by New York Life Insurance Company. In addition to her Foundation duties, she is senior vice president of New York Life’s Corporate Responsibility Department. The New York Life Foundation devotes the majority of its funding each year to educational enhancement in middle school, childhood bereavement, and social justice. Since its founding in 1979, the Foundation has made nearly $415 million in contributions to U.S.-based non-profit organizations. New York Life Corporate Responsibility initiatives include ESG reporting and strategy, disaster relief, and the award-winning Volunteers for Good progra