Danielle Gladstone

Danielle is a Vice President of State Street Investment Management and the Head of Participant Engagement within the U.S. Retirement Team. In this role, she's responsible for helping to drive State Street's defined contribution business by providing high value thought leadership and differentiated communication and financial education tactics to retirement plan sponsors, advisors, and other intermediaries.

Danielle specializes in understanding investor behavior, gender gaps, education, financial literacy and wellness as it relates to retirement planning. Leveraging this expertise, she occasionally consults with non-partisan retirement policy task forces on financial communication and education initiatives.  Danielle has authored many thought leadership articles on engagement best practices and tactics and frequently participates on speaking panels at industry conferences across the country. She's been in the investment industry since 2005, having held previous positions at BNY Mellon and Fidelity Investments where she provided corporate governance and regulatory administration to mutual fund companies.

Danielle holds a B.A. in English, Communications and Media from Emmanuel College. 

She currently sits on the Executive Committee of the Defined Contribution Insitutional Investment Association and co-leads its Editorial and Communications Advisory Group.