Deanna Strable-Soethout
Deanna Dawnette Strable-Soethout is an American business executive and actuary who is the Chief executive officer and Executive Chair of the Board at Principal Financial Group since January 2025. Strable is an actuary who has served as a Chief operating officer and Chief financial officer.
Early life and education
Strable-Soethout was born in 1968 in Iowa and according to company biographies says she obtained a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.Career
Strable-Soethout joined Principal in 1990 as an actuarial associate and held a variety of leadership roles across the company's insurance and retirement businesses. She was named president of Benefits & Protection in 2015, served as chief financial officer from 2017 to 2024, and became president and chief operating officer in August 2024.On 11–12 November 2024, Principal announced that Strable-Soethout would become president and chief executive officer effective January 7, 2025 and join the company's board of directors. The board formalized the CEO appointment in a Form 8-K filing dated 14 November 2024.
On 19 August 2025, the company announced that Strable-Soethout had been elected chair of the board, effective 2 September 2025, succeeding executive chair Dan Houston.