Lincoln Financial Group announced that Vince Garzarella has been named senior vice president, Retirement Plan Services Operations. In this role, Garzarella will be responsible for leading strategy development and execution for the Retirement Plan Services Operations function, which includes front-line customer service and plan administration. He will also serve as a champion for business transformation and change management initiatives, with a focus on developing, building and delivering new administrative capabilities that will continue to meet the evolving needs of plan sponsors and participants.

Garzarella will report to Ralph Ferraro, president of Retirement Plan Services, and will join the company's Corporate Leadership Group. Garzarella joined Lincoln in 2017 as vice president, Retirement Plan Services, head of tax-exempt markets, and most recently held the role of vice president, Retirement Plan Services, head of mid-large markets. Prior to Lincoln, he held senior leadership positions within both operations and administration at Vanguard during a 19-year tenure.

Garzarella earned a bachelor's in Sociology from Villanova University, an MBA from Saint Joseph's University, Haub School of Business, and is FINRA series 6 registered.