President
ING Employee Benefits

Ivan Gilreath serves as president of ING’s Employee Benefits business in the U.S. The business sells group life and disability insurance, stop-loss medical insurance, and a host of voluntary employee benefits to large and mid-sized corporations and institutions.

Gilreath joined ING as the Employee Benefits chief operating officer in July 2006. Prior to joining ING, he spent 20 years at Mutual of Omaha and four years with Xerox Corporation.

Gilreath serves on the board of counselors at University of Nebraska Medical Center and the national advisory board of the University of Nebraska-Omaha College. He is also a member of the board of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce. He has a long history of community leadership having served as a volunteer for numerous nonprofit organizations, including the board of the Urban League of Nebraska, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the YMCA Black Achievers, the Urban League Black Executive Exchange Program and Omaha Chamber of Commerce 21^st Century Steering Committee. He founded the Midwest Trailblazers mentoring and basketball organization, which provides opportunities for young men and women to develop leadership and social skills, while supporting athletic ability.

He graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree in marketing from the University of Nebraska in 1982, where he also played intercollegiate Division I basketball. In 1989, Gilreath earned a masters degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Gilreath was honored with the “Living the Dream” award from the City of Omaha, and in 2002, was given the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Distinguished Alumni award. In 2007, he was awarded the Whitney M. Young Leadership Award from the Urban League of Nebraska.