Colleen Tycz is SVP, Head of Retirement and Insurance Strategic Accounts and Insurance Distribution at Franklin Templeton, the industry’s sixth largest independent asset manager. In this role, she leads the team responsible for overseeing home office relationships and insurance field sales for the $152 billion division.
Prior to the integration of Franklin Templeton and Legg Mason in July 2020, Colleen served as Director, Co-Head of Legg Mason’s US Retirement Solutions Business, with direct leadership of the overall National Accounts team and growth strategy. Prior to this role, she was responsible for maintaining and developing strategic relationships for Legg Mason within the Insurance/Sub-Advisory and Defined Contribution Investment Only businesses and led the Institutional Channel Marketing team.

Colleen is a member of NAPA, served as Co-Chair of the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) Asset Management Leadership Committee, was awarded the 2024 IRI Leadership Award in recognition of commitment and leadership in the insured retirement industry and was named to IRI’s “Top Influential and Innovative Leaders Under 40” in 2017. Passionate about advancement in DE&I, Colleen was named as a 2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader with DICAA. She is an active member of the Dolan School of Business Advisory Board at Fairfield University where she earned her bachelor and MBA degrees.

Colleen lives in Fairfield, CT and loves being a mom to her 5-year-old twin girls.