Nannette Castañeda Fosen is an Assistant Vice President & Counsel in the Law Department with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. She joined State Farm in 1996 and her prior responsibilities included managing class action, extra-contractual and other complex litigation on behalf of the Company. In 2013, she joined the Litigation Section’s leadership team as an Associate General Counsel, and in 2017, joined the leadership team that oversees the Company’s in-house staff counsel program. During her tenure, Nannette has led a wide variety of departmental projects and committees, including the Diversity & Inclusion and CLE committees, process improvement efforts, policy work, and attorney onboarding.
Nannette previously served as the 2011-2012 President of the McLean County Bar Association and has participated on the Advisory Council for the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms. She also served on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation from 2016-2022, rejoining the Board in 2024. Nannette received her bachelors and law degrees from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. She holds the Certified Life Underwriter (CLU) designation.