Executive leadership

Bud Graessle leads both the Distribution and Product Development teams for the Individual Life and Financial Services (ILFS) business at OneAmerica Financial, responsibilities he assumed in 2026. He is accountable for driving growth by integrating product strategy with distribution execution across all ILFS products and distribution channels. Graessle’s leadership focuses on strengthening market competitiveness, deepening distribution relationships and advancing solutions that support long-term sustainable growth.

Since joining the companies of OneAmerica Financial in 2015, Graessle has held several leadership roles. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of product and performance, overseeing all aspects of financial performance and underwriting, in addition to product strategy. Before that, he served as treasurer, controller and senior accounting officer. As part of his responsibilities within those roles, he led all aspects of corporate finance including corporate development, rating agency management, investor relations and financial planning.

Prior to joining the companies of OneAmerica Financial, Graessle spent nine years in the audit practice with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Indianapolis. As a senior manager, he served and advised public and private investment management and insurance company clients in the life, health and property, and casualty sectors.

Graessle serves on LIMRA’s Life Insurance Executive Advisory Board and is a member of the Ball State University Accounting Advisory Board. He has also served on the board of directors and finance committee for Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana since 2017. 

He lives in Fishers, Indiana, with his wife Julie and two children, Lucas and Lauren.