Holly Morris
CIO
Thrivent

A native of Warren, Ohio, Holly Morris received her bachelor’s degree in classics from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. She earned her master’s and doctorate degrees in anthropology from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Morris joined Thrivent Financial as senior vice president, chief information officer in 2006 overseeing its information technology functions. Prior to joining Thrivent, Morris served as American Express’ senior vice president of technologies/global financial services, held senior leadership positions in technology at ING Financial Services/Reliastar Financial and served as chief information officer for the City of Minneapolis. Earlier in her career, she worked for Minneapolis-based Alliant Techsystems and Honeywell International.

Active in the community, Morris serves on two advisory councils at the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, and one advisory council at the University of St. Thomas. She also serves on the board of directors for two organizations: YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis ( Minneapolis, Minnesota) and Royal Cameron Corporation ( Cameron, Texas).

In her free time, Morris enjoys spending time with friends, worldwide travel, jazz and classical music and reading.