Alison Micucci is the CEO-elect of specialty fixed-income manager MacKay Shields. She will start her new role on January 1, 2025, and will be based in New York.

Alison has almost 35 years of experience across the asset management, securities and insurance industries. Her career began with senior roles at the SEC, PGIM, and GSAM. Since joining New York Life in 2002, Micucci has held various leadership roles, including Head of Institutional Annuities, New York Investments’ Chief Administrative Officer, and Head of New York Life’s Business Planning and Strategy team. Among her accomplishments were launching New York Life Ventures, driving transformation initiatives to enhance client operations and services, and helping to develop New York Life Investments' international asset management strategy.

She has been most recently serving as Head of New York Life Direct, a leader in direct-to-consumer life insurance, which serves approximately 2 million customers.

Alison earned bachelor’s degrees in political science and economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a J.D. from the Western New England College School of Law.