Kathryn V. Marinello
Board Member
Kathryn Marinello has been a member of the Thrivent Board of Directors since 2014. She serves as a member of the Investment committee.
Using her vast business leadership experience, Marinello helps ensure that Thrivent remains strong and stable so it can help people achieve financial clarity, enabling lives of meaning and gratitude.
Marinello is currently the chief executive officer of PODS, a moving and storage company, headquartered in Clearwater, Florida. Prior to joining PODS, she was the chief executive officer for Hertz Global in Estero, Florida, and before that she served as senior advisor for Ares Management Corporation as well as chairman, president and CEO of Stream Global Services. In addition, she has held management positions at Citigroup, Chemical Bank New York (now JPMorgan Chase & Co.), First Bank Systems, and First Data Corp. She previously was a division president of General Electric Financial Assurance Partnership, and marketing and division president for General Electric Fleet Services. She also was president, CEO and chairman of Ceridian.
Marinello earned a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Albany and a Master in Business Administration and a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. She now serves as a chair of Concentrix, a director of AB Volvo and has been actively involved in numerous industry associations, including the Business Roundtable and the Wall Street CEO Council.
About Thrivent
Thrivent is a Fortune 500 financial services company that helps build, grow and protect financial well-being through purpose-driven advice, investments, insurance, banking and generosity programs. Thrivent serves more than 2.4 million clients through thousands of financial advisors across the country and has more than $212 billion in assets under management/advisement (as of 12/31/25). Thrivent carries strong financial ratings from independent rating agencies - including AM Best, Moody's and S&P Global Ratings - which demonstrate the company’s financial strength, stability and ability to pay claims. Ratings don't apply to investment product performance and more information can be found on each rating agency's website. For more information about Thrivent, visit