Lacey is vice president and head of Stable Value within Prudential Retirement Strategies, a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

In her role, Lacey leads the cross-functional team responsible for new business, existing business, product development, risk management, client service and operations activities related to the Stable Value business.

Before her current role, Lockward was responsible for all aspects of Prudential Structured Settlements’ strategy and operations. Her responsibilities included advancing Prudential’s position as a top-tier provider of Structured Settlements solutions, deepening relationships with key intermediaries, optimizing Prudential’s new business product offering and in-force obligations and managing the servicing of existing customers and relationships.

Prior to her role leading Structured Settlements, Lockward was vice president of the Institutional Stable Value product team, where she led the team responsible for executing new business transactions, maintaining the in-force book of business and the development and implementation of new products. 
Prior to that, Lockward was the Director of the Stable Value risk monitoring group where she led the team responsible for the underwriting, investment portfolio compliance and risk metric reporting within Prudential’s Stable Value group.

Before joining Prudential Retirement in 2012, Lockward was second vice president at New York Life Investments. At New York Life Investments, she spent over 11 years working in the Guaranteed Products Division where she focused on various aspects of the business, including underwriting, product development, contracts and regulatory compliance.

Lockward earned a B.A. in Psychology and Communications from Muhlenberg College and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from Seton Hall University.