Sweitzer joins Trustmark as general counsel

LAKE FOREST - Kathleen Sweitzer has joined national employee benefits provider Trustmark as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.

Sweitzer will lead Trustmark's legal, compliance and government affairs functions.

"We are at an inflection point in employee benefits, as technology advances both shape customer expectations and influence the regulatory environment," said Kevin Slawin, Trustmark president and CEO. "Kathleen has experience at this intersection of health care and technology, providing strategic solutions to legal and business issues and building risk management and compliance programs that support innovation and drive growth. We are very pleased to welcome her to Trustmark."

Sweitzer succeeds Steve Auburn, who will retire at the end of April after eight years at Trustmark and a wide-ranging legal career spanning more than four decades.

Sweitzer's legal career of more than 25 years includes leadership roles at Maestro Health, where she served as chief legal officer and corporate secretary; at Aon, where she was associate general counsel, Health Solutions; and Tressler LLP, where she was a partner and built and served as co-chair of the firm's ERISA/Life and Health Practice Group.

Sweitzer earned her law degree from California Western School of Law and her bachelor's degree in business administration, with honors, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is admitted to the Bar in Hawaii and Illinois. Sweitzer has also published and presented on topics of health care law, ethics and professional development of women in law.