Surya Kolluri is Head of TIAA Institute and is recognized as a thought leader in retirement and healthy aging research. The TIAA Institute is a think-tank celebrating its 25th Anniversary within TIAA and conducts cutting-edge research in the areas of financial and longevity literacy, lifetime income, retirement plan design and behavioral finance for higher education and the broader nonprofit sector.Surya sits on the board of the Wharton Pension Research Council, the advisory councils of Georgetown Center for Retirement Research, the Retirement Research Center of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA), the National Center to Reframe Aging (GSA) and the MA/NH Chapter of the U.S. Alzheimer’s Association. In 2021, Surya received The President’s Volunteer Service Award via AmeriCorps for his commitment to strengthen communities. Surya holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s in mechanical engineering from Drexel University. He lives with his family in Brookline, Massachusetts.
