Catherine Collinson is the founding CEO and President of nonprofit Transamerica Institute and its operating division Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. With more than two decades of retirement industry-related experience, Catherine is a nationally recognized voice on retirement trends. She has testified before Congress on matters related to employer-sponsored retirement plans among small business, which have featured the need to raise awareness of the Saver’s Credit among those who would benefit most from the important tax credit. She was named a 2018 Influencer in Aging by PBS’ Next Avenue. In 2016, she was honored with a Hero Award from Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER). In 2015, Catherine joined the Advisory Board Leadership Council of Milken Institute’s Center for the Future of Aging. She co-hosts the podcast ClearPath: Your Roadmap to Health and Wealth on WYPR, Baltimore’s NPR news station. Catherine earned her bachelor's degree in British and American literature at Scripps College, Claremont, California, and her Masters of Business Administration at the University of California, Irvine.
