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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Director operating in the Insurance space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Andrew Inscore
Director Of Engineering of Doma
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About Doma: Doma is an insurtech platform that uses machine intelligence to remove friction from residential real estate transactions.
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Derek Ochs
Director Of Engineering of Root Insurance
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About Root Insurance: Root Insurance is a property casualty insurtech that offers personalized, affordable coverage in an app.
Greg Kruczek
Director of New Ventures and Corporate Strategy of Asurion
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About Asurion: Asurion helps people get the most out of their technology by providing expert help and product insurance and warranties.
Andrew Cecere
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of U.S. Bancorp
Mr. Andrew Cecere is Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Bancorp. Until that time, he served as Vice Chairman, Wealth Management and Securities Services of U.S. Bancorp since the merger of Firstar Corporation and U.S. Bancorp in February 2001. Previously, he had served as an executive officer of the former U.S. Bancorp, including as Chief Financial Officer from May 2000 through February 2001.
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About U.S. Bancorp, US Bank: U.S. Bancorp is a financial holding company, offers banking, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services and products for its clients
Karen S. Lynch
Director of U.S. Bancorp
President and Chief Executive Officer at CVS Health.
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About CVSHealth: U.S. Bancorp is a financial holding company, offers banking, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services and products for its clients
David B. O’Maley
Board Of Director of U.S. Bancorp
Business Experience: Mr. O’Maley, 69, is the retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ohio National Mutual Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary Ohio National Financial Services, Inc., an intermediate insurance holding company that markets insurance and financial products through its affiliates, including The Ohio National Life Insurance Company. Mr. O’Maley served as Executive Chairman of these companies from November 2010 to May 2012 after serving as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ohio National Mutual Holdings and Ohio National Financial Services from 1994 until November 2010. He joined Ohio National in 1992.
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About : U.S. Bancorp is a financial holding company, offers banking, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services and products for its clients
Tenno Tsai
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Mark Kelly
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
Mark Kelly is a Managing Director in H.I.G. Capital’s Chicago office. Since joining the firm in 2007 as a founding member of H.I.G. Europe, he has been responsible for all aspects of the investment process, including origination, transaction structuring, financing and execution of post-closing growth and operational strategies. Mark has more than 15 years of private equity experience leading investments in various industries including consumer products, food, media, distribution, business services and manufacturing. Prior to joining H.I.G., Mark was Group COO of Europe’s largest foodservice company Brakes Group (€3bn), and CEO of Pauley’s Foods. Previously, he was with Merrill Lynch Hg Capital and Bain & Company’s private equity group in San Francisco and London. Prior to that, Mark ran the manufacturing operations of a subsidiary of the Jefferson Smurfit Group plc., now Smurfit Kappa. Mark holds an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School and received a BSc (Hons.) and an MA from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
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About AR Metallizing, H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Aaron Tolson
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Rob Wolfson
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Kevin Van Culin
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
John Bolduc
Executive Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
John is Executive Managing Director of Bayside Capital. Since joining H.I.G. in 1993, he has been responsible for investment origination, transaction negotiation, and portfolio company oversight. John has more than twenty years experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and strategic consulting. He has led or participated in more than 50 successful middle market transactions with a combined aggregate value of more than $3 billion. Before joining H.I.G. Capital, John directed domestic and international assignments for Fortune 500 clients at Bain & Company, a leading worldwide management-consulting firm. His assignments focused on distribution strategy, manufacturing effectiveness and organizational design across a wide variety of industries. Prior to Bain & Company, John was the Assistant to the President of Chemed Corporation, (CHE, NYSE), a $500 million specialty chemical company. John received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
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About Bain & Company, Bayside Capital, H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Todd Ofenloch
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
Todd is a Principal in the Boston office of H.I.G. Capital. Since joining the firm in 2009, he has been responsible for evaluating and executing new investment opportunities, as well as working with certain existing portfolio companies. Todd has over 12 years of experience investing in middle market private equity transactions and has worked on investments in a broad range of industries, including building products, business services, food and consumer products, media and marketing services, environmental services and distribution/logistics. He currently serves on the boards of several H.I.G. portfolio companies. Prior to H.I.G., Todd was an investment professional at Parthenon Capital Partners, GTCR, and The Halifax Group. He began his career as an investment banker at Lazard Frères, specializing in mergers & acquisitions advisory services. Todd graduated with Bronze Tablet honors from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Accountancy (CPA) and received an M.B.A. with honors from Columbia Business School.
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
John Von Bargen
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Rahul Vinnakota
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Camilo Horvilleur
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Matthew Kretzman
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Elliot Maluth
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
Elliot is a Managing Director based in H.I.G.’s San Francisco office. He is responsible for all key aspects of the private investment transaction process including deal origination, transaction structuring and negotiating, and post-closing portfolio company oversight. Elliot is focused on building H.I.G.’s portfolio of investments in the western U.S. in business services and consumer goods and services. Elliot’s career spans more than 30 years, with over two decades of experience in the private equity industry, and prior experience in management consulting and sales management. He has been a Managing Director at H.I.G. since 2004. Prior to H.I.G., he was a Partner with the private equity firm Behrman Capital. Before that, he was an Associate at Golder Thoma Cressey Rauner (GTCR), a private equity firm in Chicago. At both firms, Elliot was responsible for sourcing, negotiating and closing buyouts and recapitalizations of privately held companies, and overseeing investments post-closing. Earlier in his career, he was a Manager in the Strategic Consulting Group of Price Waterhouse and a Sales Manager in the Beverage Division of Procter & Gamble. Elliot earned a B.B.A. from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
William Nolan
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Alok Sanghvi
Managing Director & Head of Middle-market Business Services Investments of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Jordan Peer
Managing Director & Global Head Capital Formation of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Andrew Freeman
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Jeremy Hart
Director of IT Professional Effectiveness of First American
Jeremy Hart is the Director of Continual Improvement at the First American Corporation. His background includes more than 15 years of hands-on experience in implementing best practices on an enterprise level. He is a passionate change agent and is frequently sought out to help identify and solve organization development challenges and to assist in the maturity of the IT organization, its effectiveness, and its business impact. For the last 5 years, Jeremy has been chartered with instituting initiatives, programs, and training classes to ensure IT personnel continue to develop the skills required to meet the ever-changing and challenging needs of the business.
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About First American, ITSM Academy, Moxie Institute: First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment.
Pete McGarahan
Senior Director, IT of First American
Pete McGarahan is the senior director of end users support for First American, as well as an industry expert and thought leader in global ITSM. With 30 years of business, IT, and service leadership experience, Pete enjoys sharing his lessons learned and career experiences through published articles and by presenting at industry conferences. He has received various industry awards and honors, including the HDI Team Excellence Award for his work with the Taco Bell support organization, the “Top 25 Professionals in the Service and Support Industry” from IT Support News, and “The Legend of the Year” (twice) at the STI Knowledge Symposium and Help Desk Professionals conference. Pete is well known in the support industry for his endless positive energy, leadership, mentoring, and advisory services. .
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About First American: First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment.
Mark Oman
Board of Director of First American
Mark Oman has been a director since March 2013. In 2011, he retired from Wells Fargo & Company, after serving it or its predecessors since 1979. At Wells Fargo he held numerous positions, including senior executive vice president (home and consumer finance) from 2005 until his retirement and group executive vice president (home and consumer finance) from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Oman also served as a director and the chief executive officer of Wachovia Preferred Funding Corp. from 2009 to 2011. He is currently involved with several private ventures. Mr. Oman brings to the Board important insights into the mortgage market and working with large mortgage lenders.
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About : First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment.
James L. Doti
Board of Director of First American
James L. Doti earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and his master’s and doctorate degrees in economics from the University of Chicago. Dr. Doti is the recipient of numerous awards for scholarship, teaching and writing. His articles have appeared in professional journals as well as The Wall Street Journal and Chronicle of Higher Education, and he has co-authored two econometrics texts and co-edited a collection of readings in private enterprise. He serves on the boards of several Southern California businesses and is a member of the Orange County Business Committee for the Arts.
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About : First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment.
Mary Cruse
Director – IT Customer Services of First American
Passionate about customer service, Mary Cruse has over 30 years’ experience with Fortune 500 companies in the airline, healthcare and financial industries. Mary has extensive experience leading both technical and non-technical customer service centers, focusing on contact center design and technology, customer service delivery, technology support, and team building and rebuilding. She holds multiple HDI Certifications, as well as the CIAC Call Center Operations Manager Certification, and she is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Help Desk Chapters, Inc.
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About First American: First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment.
Mary Cruse
Director – IT Customer Services of First American
Passionate about customer service, Mary Cruse has over 30 years’ experience with Fortune 500 companies in the airline, healthcare and financial industries. Mary has extensive experience leading both technical and non-technical customer service centers, focusing on contact center design and technology, customer service delivery, technology support, and team building and rebuilding. She holds multiple HDI Certifications, as well as the CIAC Call Center Operations Manager Certification, and she is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Help Desk Chapters, Inc.
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About First American: First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment.
Garth Appelt
Senior Managing Director of Mizuho Americas
Garth Appelt is a Managing Director, Head of Foreign Exchange Mizuho Americas. Prior to Mizuho, Appelt was President and Director of Markets for Marto Capital, an asset management and financial services firm. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank where he was the Global Head of Emerging Markets Trading and the Global Head of G10 Foreign Exchange Spot and Precious Metals Trading. Garth was a member of the FRC America’s Executive Committee and FRC Global Management Committee. He also served as a board member for the Emerging Markets Traders Association (EMTA). Prior to joining UBS, Appelt was a Portfolio Manager at Moore Capital Management specializing in emerging market directional and relative value strategies in foreign exchange, Interest Rates, Credit and Equities. Over a 25 year career, Appelt has also held positions at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan.
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About Mizuho Americas: Provides the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business.
Jason Fertig
Managing Director, Head of Healthcare Investment Banking of Mizuho Americas
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About Mizuho Americas: Provides the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business.
Osei Van Horne
Managing Director, Founding Member (Venture & Growth Equity Investor) of Wells Fargo
Managing Director and founding member of the Technology Division of Wells Fargo Strategic Capital (merchant bank), a multi-strategy growth capital and private equity investment vehicle, based in Palo Alto, California. In 2020, named a top 50 venture investor by Global Corporate Venturing. Operationally-oriented lean/6-sigma trained, private investment professional with over 15 years of transaction experience across multiple sub/asset classes including early-stage (Series A-B), growth equity (Series C-F), private equity (mid-market buyout), mezzanine debt and special situations. Experience across multiple market cycles, evaluating and executing deals in a variety of sectors including, PropTech, logistics tech, application software (AI/ML), broadcast and digital media, consumer electronics and packaged goods, as well as food and retail. Experience opening new offices as well as recruiting, building (0 – 20 FTEs), training, and managing cross-functional teams. Establishing and managing outbound and partnership-driven deal sourcing strategies, driving top quartile deal flow outcomes, per David Teten deal flow benchmarking research. Experience fundraising from institutional limited partners (U.S. public pensions, sovereign wealth funds, fund-of-funds investors, and North American family offices). Experience bidding on co-investment separate account programs.
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About Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Hope A. Hardison
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, and Human Resources Director of Wells Fargo
Hope A. Hardison, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), and Human Resources Director assumed her CAO role in September 2015. She has been HR Director since September 2010. As CAO, Hardison manages Human Resources, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Government & Community Relations, the Innovation Group, and Enterprise Data & Analytics, overseeing the company’s brand, communications, reputation management, and stakeholder engagement efforts. In her role as Human Resource Director, Hardison leads a team that develops and implements people strategies to support Wells Fargo’s business objectives, as well as the management of compensation and benefits, human resource service centers, systems and payroll, finance, team member relations and assistance, talent management, learning and development and diversity for more than 266,000 Wells Fargo team members. Hardison is a 22-year veteran of Wells Fargo. From 2008 to 2010, she served as the head of Compensation and Benefits and was responsible for managing benefits, executive and team member compensation and mergers and acquisitions. She also managed international team member compensation and benefit programs. She has held numerous finance, strategic planning and compensation roles since joining Wells Fargo in 1993. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Swarthmore College and has done graduate work in applied economics and statistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz
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About Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Sid Vyas
Managing Director – Head of Wealth and Trust Technology of Wells Fargo
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About Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Susan G. Swenson
Board of Director of Wells Fargo
Ms. Swenson has served as a director since June 2012, chair of the board of directors since April 2014, and chief executive officer since October 2015 of Novatel Wireless, Inc. She previously served as president and chief executive officer of Sage Software, Inc., the North American division of The Sage Group plc located in the United Kingdom, a business management software and services supplier, from March 2008 until her retirement in April 2011. Before joining Sage Software, Ms. Swenson held positions as the chief operating officer of Atrinsic, Inc. (formerly known as New Motion, Inc.), Amp’d Mobile, Inc., and T-Mobile USA, president and chief operating officer of Leap Wireless International, Inc., and president and chief executive officer of Cellular One. She also serves as a director of Harmonic Inc. and Spirent Communications plc, and as chair of the board of directors of the First Responder Network Authority.
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About : Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
April Frazer
Managing Director, Head of Banks, Financial Institutions Corporate and Investment Banking of Wells Fargo
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About Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Federico F. Peña
Board of Director of Wells Fargo
Mr. Peña has been a senior advisor of Vestar Capital Partners, a global private equity firm headquartered in New York, since January 2009, and previously served as a managing director of Vestar from 2000 to 2009. Since July 2014, he has also served as Senior Advisor to the Colorado Impact Fund. Prior to joining Vestar in 1998, he led the Department of Energy from 1997 to 1998 and the Department of Transportation from 1993 to 1997. He founded and was president and chief executive officer of Peña Investment Advisors, an asset management firm, from 1991 to 1993. Mr. Peña served as the mayor of the city and county of Denver, Colorado from 1983 to 1991 and in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1979 until 1983. He is a member of the board of directors of Sonic Corporation and a member of the board of trustees of the University of Denver. Mr. Peña earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas.
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About : Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Susan E. Engel
Board of Director of Wells Fargo
Ms. Engel served as chief executive officer of Portero, Inc., an online retailer of vintage pre-owned luxury personal accessories located in New York, New York, from July 2009 until June 2013 when the company was acquired. She served as chairwoman and chief executive officer of Lenox Group Inc. (the successor to Department 56, Inc.) from November 1996 until she retired in January 2007. Ms. Engel earned her undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1968, and her Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1976. Ms. Engel is also a director of Coolibar, Inc.
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About : Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Judith M. Runstad
Board of Director of Wells Fargo
Ms. Runstad is a former partner of, and has been Of Counsel since January 1997 to Foster Pepper PLLC, a law firm located in Seattle, Washington, practicing in the areas of real estate development and land use and environmental law for 41 years. Ms. Runstad is a former chairwoman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She is an emeritus member of the board of trustees of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
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About : Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Jesse Lee
Director of Wells Fargo
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About : Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Sarah Blair
Director of Advertising of Lincoln Financial Group
Sarah Blair is the Director of Advertising for Lincoln Financial Group. Sarah is responsible for managing Lincoln Financial’s consumer advertising campaign, Responsibility of Love, as well as all business-line paid advertising campaigns. In her role, Sarah works with Lincoln Financial’s advertising agencies to develop our consumer advertising campaign, driving brand awareness and engagement for Lincoln, our products and solutions. Sarah leads a team supporting Lincoln’s business-line paid advertising efforts, including analytics for measuring results and optimization for both consumer and business-line advertising.
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About Lincoln Financial Group: Lincoln Financial Group is a Fortune 500 company offering a diverse range of financial services and solutions.
Mindy Zhang
Director of Product Management of Oscar Health
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About First Round Fast Track, Oscar Health: Oscar is a health insurance company that offers individual and family plans, medicare advantages, and small group products.
Joshua Long
Director of Design of Oscar Health
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About Oscar Health: Oscar is a health insurance company that offers individual and family plans, medicare advantages, and small group products.
Sandeep Tyagi
Chairman and Managing Director of Estee Advisors
Tyagi is the Chairman and Managing Director of Estee Advisors, an investment management company focused on providing risk-optimized returns through predictive models and data analytics. Prior to Estee Advisors, Tyagi was the Founder and CEO of Inductis, a consulting and outsourcing firm that he founded in 2000. Its mix of world-class business consulting and state-of-the-science analytical capabilities & infrastructure assisted diversified financial services companies with marketing optimization and risk management. Inductis was merged with EXL Service in 2006. Prior to founding Inductis, he was a partner and the head of e-business and data analytics practices at the Mitchell Madison Group (MMG), a global strategy consulting firm. He serves as a Board Member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Delhi Chapter and also of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Excellence Foundation. He also received the 40 Under 40 Award in New Jersey in 2006.
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About Estee Advisors, Gulaq: Estee Advisors is a quant-based investment management and execution services provider.
Louise Patten
Non-Executive Director of Gallagher
Having started her career in corporate and investment banking, Louise moved into management consultancy and became board director for the Hilton Group. Since then she has served on a succession of multinational listed company boards for more than 20 years as a non-executive Director, senior independent director, chairman of remuneration committee and company chairman at companies including the retailers Marks & Spencer plc, GUS plc and Somerfield plc. Louise is currently a Non-Executive Director of the FTSE 100 property group Intu Properties plc, a senior advisor to Bain & Company and a Non-Executive Director to Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited. Louise’s highly recognised career in business with her extensive board and corporate governance experience brings Abcam the knowledge and proficiency required to support its strategic growth plans and, whilst doing this, ensures that the Abcam Board is led by a robust governance framework.
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About : Gallagher is an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm.
Scott Benton Parrish
Area Sr VP & Director of Loss Control Services of Gallagher
Scott Benton Parrish has for a few years now, found the time and has put major contributions to the success of programs in his local area. Parrish works well with youth leagues to support healthy, active children in his community. He recognizes the value in providing fun outdoor activities for youth in the community.
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About Gallagher: Gallagher is an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm.
Sunil Chintakindi
Director, Data Research and Product Innovation of Allstate
Sunil Chintakindi As Director of Product Engineering and Data Research, Sunil is spearheading Allstate’s deployment of Artificial Intelligence technologies and data analytics platforms geared towards Autonomous Vehicle/ADAS risk analytics, vehicle collision avoidance, risk pricing and loss modeling. His team played an instrumental role in combining peta byte scale High Fidelity Maps and Real time road traffic data with traditional accident, collision and claims datasets to forge some of the “first to the world” geospatial risk analytics algorithms and techniques. His team is now working on breaking through a new generation of underwriting algorithms and applications for autonomous and connected vehicle safety. Previously, Sunil spent close to ten years at HERE Maps/NAVTEQ where he last served as Director of Solutions Engineering and Head of Real Time Map Data Analytics team. He led teams that launched global products related to Connected Cars and Location Intelligence.
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About Allstate: Allstate offers a protection product through multiple brands & diverse distribution channels, including auto, home, life & other insurance.
Jacques Perold
Board of Directors of Allstate
Jacques directs and manages the CapShift team. Prior to CapShift, he was president of Fidelity Management & Research Company, the investment advisor for Fidelity’s family of mutual funds, until his retirement in 2014. From 2001 to 2009, Jacques was a founder and president of Geode Capital Management, LLC, a sub-advisor to Fidelity. He currently serves as an independent director on the boards of Allstate Insurance and MSCI Inc, and as trustee of New York Life Insurance Company’s MainStay mutual funds. He also serves as a trustee of Partners in Health. Jacques is a graduate of the University of Cape Town in So. Africa, and was a senior fellow at the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University.
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About CapShift: Allstate offers a protection product through multiple brands & diverse distribution channels, including auto, home, life & other insurance.
Lizzie Schreier
Director Digital Engagement of Allstate
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About Allstate: Allstate offers a protection product through multiple brands & diverse distribution channels, including auto, home, life & other insurance.
John White
Director – Divisional CIO – Allstate Business Insurance of Allstate
John is the Divisional CIO for Allstate Business Insurance, a division of Allstate with $400M and growing of direct written premium. Allstate business insurance is revitalizing and reinventing insurance for small and medium businesses with product innovations, and new user experiences to make the selling and servicing of a complicated product simpler for our agents. In this role, John is accountable for the operations of the policy, billing, claims, and customer systems that support business insurance. Prior to his current role, John was the Chief IT architect for Allstate’s Sales, marketing, and customer experience organization, as well as Chief Architect for Allstate’s product organization.
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About Allstate: Allstate offers a protection product through multiple brands & diverse distribution channels, including auto, home, life & other insurance.
Brady Jensen
Senior Director & Head of Global Human Resource Operations of Willis Towers Watson
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About Willis Towers Watson: Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Claudia Piccirilli
Product Director, Cyber Analytics of Willis Towers Watson
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About Willis Towers Watson: Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Linda Rabbitt
Board of Director of Willis Towers Watson
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About : Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Ravin Jesuthasan
Managing Director of Willis Towers Watson
Ravin Jesuthasan is a recognized global thought leader and author on the future of work and human capital. He has led numerous research efforts on the global workforce, the emerging digital economy, the rise of artificial intelligence, and the transformation of work. He has also led research projects for the World Economic Forum, including its ground-breaking study “Shaping the Future Implications of Digital Media for Society” and the recently launched “Creating a Shared Vision for Talent in the 4th Industrial Revolution.” He is a regular participant and presenter at the World Economic Forum’s annual meetings in Davos and Dalian/Tianjin and is a member of the forum’s Steering Committee on Work and Employment. He has been recognized as one of the top 25 most influential consultants in the world by Consulting magazine. He is the author of “Transformative HR, Lead The Work: Navigating a World Beyond Employment,” and “Reinventing Jobs: A 4-Step Approach to Applying Automation to Work.”
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About Willis Towers Watson: Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Chris Keys
Director, HR Software of Willis Towers Watson
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About Willis Towers Watson: Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Gary L. Perlin
Board of Director of State Farm Insurance
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About : State Farm is a insurance company that offers insurance and financial services.
Allan R. Landon
Board of Director of State Farm Insurance
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About : State Farm is a insurance company that offers insurance and financial services.
Rodney McMullen
Board Of Director of Cincinnati Financial
Rodney McMullen is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Kroger Co.,
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About Kroger: Cincinnati Financial Corporation offers property and casualty insurance, its main business, through The Cincinnati Insurance Company.
Gregory Bier
Board Of Director of Cincinnati Financial
Gregory T. Bier, CPA (Ret.), age 69, has been a director of the company since 2006. He is a member of the audit, compensation and investment committees and a director on our insurance subsidiary boards. As a former lead partner for a respected independent registered public accounting firm, Mr. Bier brings to our board relevant experience with accounting and financial reporting, SEC filings, complex corporate transactions and mergers and acquisitions for public companies, including Fifth Third Bancorp, The Procter & Gamble Company, The Midland Company, Cincinnati Financial Corporation and The E.W. Scripps Company. Mr. Bier was the managing partner of the Cincinnati office of Deloitte LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, from 1998 to 2002. He retired in 2002 after 23 years as a partner of the firm and 35 years of service, beginning in 1967 when he joined Haskins & Sells, which later became part of Deloitte. In 2008, he became a director of LifePoint Health Inc., a public company with $5 billion of revenues, which is a leading provider of healthcare services in nonurban communities in 21 states. He chairs LifePoint’s audit and compliance committees and is a member of its compensation, corporate governance and nominating, and quality committees. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Bier was an audit committee member for Catholic Healthcare Partners (now Mercy Health), one of the largest not for-profit health systems in the United States. A graduate of Xavier University, he became a CPA in 1970 and is a member with retired status of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants. His activities have included leadership and service on nonprofit community boards and foundations benefiting several high schools, colleges, social services and civic organizations.
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About : Cincinnati Financial Corporation offers property and casualty insurance, its main business, through The Cincinnati Insurance Company.
John Steele, Jr.
Board Of Director of Cincinnati Financial
John F. Steele, Jr., age 62, has been a company director since 2005 and is a member of our audit and executive committees. He is a director on our property casualty insurance subsidiary boards. Mr. Steele has provided his firm with corporate oversight and strategic direction of all aspects of business ownership, operations and customer relationships. He brings to our board a policyholder perspective, including intimate knowledge of family-run corporations and the construction industry, which is the source of 36 percent of our commercial general liability insurance premiums. Mr. Steele is chairman since 2004, chief executive officer since 1994 and a director since 1985 of Hilltop Basic Resources Inc., a privately owned, Cincinnati-based aggregates and ready mixed concrete supplier to the construction industry. He started his career at Hilltop in 1978 in sales and assumed responsibility for operations over time, becoming president in 1991 and holding that title until 2004. Prior to joining Hilltop, he was a sales executive for William Powell Company, a privately owned, industrial valve manufacturer for which he has been a director since 2004. In 2015, Mr. Steele joined the board of advisers of Down-Lite International, a privately held manufacturer of down and feather bedding. He is a member of the board of advisers of Lykins Companies Inc., a privately owned full-service oil company, since 2012. He was a director for privately owned Smook Bros. Inc., a Canadian construction company from 2006 to 2010. He has served on professional boards including the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, the Ohio Aggregates Association and the Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association. Mr. Steele has a Master of Business Administration from Xavier University and a Bachelor of Arts from Rollins College. His activities have included leadership and service on nonprofit boards for a youth mentoring organization, a university center for the study of family businesses and a community college.
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About : Cincinnati Financial Corporation offers property and casualty insurance, its main business, through The Cincinnati Insurance Company.
Larry Webb
Board Of Director of Cincinnati Financial
Larry R. Webb, CPCU, age 60, has been a director of the company since 1979 and is a member of our executive and investment committees. He is a director on our property casualty insurance subsidiary boards. Mr. Webb brings to our board his insights as a principal owner of an independent insurance agency, with duties in financial management and accounting oversight, information technology, human resources, sales and marketing, risk management and relationship development with insurance companies and clients. His long tenure on our board and as a large shareholder, as well as his agency’s representation of our products and services since 1951, brings the board deep institutional knowledge, promoting continuity of the agent-centered mission and values essential to our business model. His agency does not advise the company on our insurance needs or sell insurance products or services to the company. Mr. Webb has been president since 1994 and director since 1980 of Webb Insurance Agency Inc., a privately owned, independent insurance agency based in Lima, Ohio. Prior to becoming president, he was treasurer of the agency from 1981 to 1994. He has been a licensed insurance agent since 1977. He is a director since 2010 of SWD Corporation, a privately owned wholesaler serving small business owners. A graduate of Ohio University, Mr. Webb earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation in 1982 and served as president from 1987 to 1988 and director from 1986 to 1992 of the Grand Lake Chapter of CPCU. His activities have included leadership and service to nonprofit community boards that support business ethics, cancer research, an airport authority and cultural organizations.
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About : Cincinnati Financial Corporation offers property and casualty insurance, its main business, through The Cincinnati Insurance Company.
Rehan Ashroff
Director Innovation Lab of Farmers Insurance Group
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About Farmers Insurance Group: Farmers Insurance Group is an insurer group of automobiles, homes, and small businesses.
Kim Root
Director of Software Asset Management of Farmers Insurance Group
Kim Root is Director of Software Asset Management for a global insurance company, responsible to manage a multi-million dollar software budget, with expertise in influencing IT groups with her software licensing guidance to minimize expenditures while maintaining compliance.
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About Farmers Insurance Group: Farmers Insurance Group is an insurer group of automobiles, homes, and small businesses.
Arik Crissi
Director of Operations of Elefund
Arik Crissi carries the entrepreneurial spirit and conceptually draws out the values and embedded principles of sustainability in business; from economics to social and environmental traits. Arik takes a hand on approach to analysis by literally dissecting gizmos and business models seeking fundamental principles and competitive advantages of innovative technologies and approaches.
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About Elefund: Elefund is a thesis-driven, micro venture capital focused on investments in early-stage technology companies.
Fred Singer
Director of Intact Financial Corporation
Frederick Singer is an online pioneer who has funded and led digital companies over the past twenty years. Mr. Singer is CEO of Echo360, an educational software company that provides automated classroom capture and distance learning to over 500 institutions in 30 countries. Mr. Singer is the founder and CEO of 960 Media, a company focused on providing leadership, medical and support services for returning veterans via the internet. Previously, Singer was at the forefront of emerging video technologies as personal advisor to Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank Corporation/ Yahoo Japan. He has also held the positions of COO of America Online Interactive Services, founder of Washingtonpost.com and strategy consultant with Bain & Company. Mr. Singer has sat, or currently sits, on the boards of DoubleClick, Motley Fool, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (International), The Langley School, Queen’s University School of Business and Upper Canada College in Toronto. He is active in funding pioneering work on Autism spectrum disorder with the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC. Mr. Singer holds an MBA from Harvard and an LLB, MA Philosophy, BA Philosophy with Distinction and B. Commerce with Honours from Queen’s University in Canada. He lives in Great Falls, VA with his wife Elizabeth and their 3 boys.
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About Echo360, Intact Financial Corporation: Intact Financial Corporation isa provider of property and casualty insurance in Canada.
Mary Zagorski
Director – Business Intelligence, Portfolio Mgmt, Independent Agt Technology /Ease of Doing Business of Encompass
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About Allstate, Encompass: Encompass is a national insurance company providing high quality personal insurance.
John Constantine
Co-Founder & Director of KindHealth
John Constantine is Co-Founder of Sozo Global, Inc. John Constantine has 18 years of Network Marketing experience as a top Distributor, owner, and board member of successful Network Marketing companies. He is also Co-Founder of five successful companies in the fields of Direct Sales, Insurance and Healthcare. John Constantine serves as a Director of Sozo Global, Inc.
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About KindHealth: The Digital Platform that simplifies Health Insurance Management.
Paul Weaver
Board of Director of WellCare Health Plans
Weaver has over 30 years of experience in providing accounting, audit and business advisory advice and services. He was with PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1972 to 2006, serving as the firm’s Vice Chairman from 1994 to 1999 and as Chairman of its Global Technology and Infocomm practice from 1999 to 2006. Weaver is currently a director of AMN Healthcare, Inc. and WellCare Health Plans, Inc. He also served as a director of Gateway, Inc. from 2006 to 2007 and as a director of Idearc Media from 2006 to 2009. Weaver has served as a director of Unisys since 2010 and is Chairman of the Board and chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. Weaver’s experience in leadership and governance roles within PricewaterhouseCoopers, his position as head of the firm’s global technology practice and his years of experience providing audit and advisory services to a number of the world’s largest multinational companies make him particularly suited to be Chairman of Unisys and chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. In addition, his service on other boards and committees, including as chairman of the audit committees of AMN Healthcare and WellCare Health Plans, and as a member of the compensation committee of WellCare, gives him valuable knowledge and perspective.
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About : WellCare provides government-sponsored managed care services to families, seniors, and those with complex medical needs.
Richard C. Breon
Board of Director of WellCare Health Plans
Richard C. Breon has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum Health System, a non-profit integrated health care organization based in West Michigan, since 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Breon served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mission Health System Inc., a member of Ascension Health, and St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana from 1995 to August 2000. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa from 1989 to 1995. He has been a director since 2013.
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About : WellCare provides government-sponsored managed care services to families, seniors, and those with complex medical needs.
Roel C. Campos
Board of Director of WellCare Health Plans
Roel C. Campos has served as a partner in the law firm of Locke Lord LLP since 2011. Mr. Campos is a former Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, serving as the Vice Chairman of the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissioners and Chairman of the Monitoring Group. In 2010, President Obama appointed Mr. Campos to the Presidential Intelligence Advisory Board. Mr. Campos is a founding member of the New America Alliance, an organization that promotes the economic advancement of the American Latino community. He also serves as a director of Regional Management Corp. and is on the advisory board for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. He has been a director since 2013.
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About : WellCare provides government-sponsored managed care services to families, seniors, and those with complex medical needs.
David Long
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Liberty Mutual Insurance
David Long is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group. He was elected President in June 2010, became Chief Executive Officer in June 2011, and was elected Chairman in June 2013. Long has been a member of the Board of Directors of Liberty Mutual since 2010. Long began his career at Liberty Mutual in 1985, and he has held positions of increasing responsibility in the company’s International Operations, Commercial Markets, Underwriting and Financial, and Mergers and Acquisitions.
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About Liberty Mutual Insurance, Liberty Mutual Insurance: Liberty Mutual Insurance provides a broad range of insurance products and services.
Jaclyn Epstein
Director, Acquisition Marketing of Liberty Mutual Insurance
Jaclyn began her career at Liberty Mutual in 2008, and is currently managing Acquisition Direct Mail and Email strategy for the P&C business unit. Her team is responsible for growing Inside List and Outside List campaigns. During her tenure she has held various roles within Acquisition Marketing, always focused on efficient growth and innovating marketing tactics. Jaclyn graduated from the University of Hartford with a degree in Communications.
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About Liberty Mutual Insurance: Liberty Mutual Insurance provides a broad range of insurance products and services.
James Cupps
Senior Director of Liberty Mutual Insurance
Jim Cupps is the SAFe enterprise architect for Liberty Mutual Insurance and is responsible for strategy planning and architecture for Identity transition to the cloud. Former roles include Director of IT Operations for Liberty Mutual Investments, BISO Exploration and Production at BP and CISO at SAPPI.
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About Fannie Mae, Liberty Mutual Insurance: Liberty Mutual Insurance provides a broad range of insurance products and services.
Russell MacTough
Managing Director, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures of Liberty Mutual Insurance
Russell MacTough is a Managing Director with Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures. Prior to joining Liberty Mutual, he was a Vice President with Morgan Partners, a fintech-focused middle market investment bank, where he led M&A transactions primarily in the insurance technology sector. Before that, Russell worked at Silicon Valley Bank in the San Francisco Bay Area. At SVB, he helped build the Bank’s advisory services group, SVB Analytics, as one of its earliest employees and technology sector lead. MacTough also launched SVB Analytics’ corporate VC practice, and served as an advisor to corporate VCs looking to invest in the start-up ecosystem. Early in his career, Russell MacTough worked at FactSet Research System as a self-taught object-oriented programmer and database designer building a hosted platform for quantitative money managers. He is a graduate of Boston College, holds an MBA from Babson College, and is a CFA charter holder.
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About Liberty Mutual Insurance: Liberty Mutual Insurance provides a broad range of insurance products and services.
Christopher Kristian
Executive Vice President and Managing Director of The Westport Group, LLC
Chris has been specializing in the analysis and planning of supplemental benefits for the last 22 years. He has a keen knowledge of the issues that surround supplemental benefit plans, as well as an uncanny understanding of the inner workings of the various insurance products. This allows him the ability to tailor the products to best meet the goals of his clients. Chris was the designer of Westport’s proprietary high-limit disability product, which was the first guaranteed issue multi-life high limit disability product ever offered for sale in the United States. Since launching the Executive Income Assurance Plan® (EIAP®), Chris and his team have developed a number of additional “first-of-its-kind” product offerings to meet the specific disability needs of their clients. Prior to co-founding The Westport Group, Chris was in private practice, working with executives, professional athletes and corporations to provide them access to high quality wealth preservation and intergenerational wealth transfer strategies. Chris has been the recipient of numerous industry awards and has presented many lectures on the uses of Executive Benefits to trade and professional groups. He has also been a featured guest on financial talk shows and has been recognized by Boston Magazine, for numerous years, as a Five Star Advisor. Chris has also been quoted in national and local publications including the Wall Street Journal, Providence Journal Bulletin, The Atlanta Constitution, and The Denver Post. Chris has authored numerous articles on a variety of subjects that pertain to all aspects of the insurance industry. Prior to the financial services industry, Chris had a successful career as a US Army Infantry Officer, serving in some of the Army’s most elite units, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. The qualities of honesty and integrity that allowed him access to these elite units has provided him with the ability to objectively create appropriate products and strategies for his clients. Chris holds a certificate in Leadership and Management from The Sloane School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition, he holds a Master’s degree and a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Mathematics and Science, Norwich University. He is also a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College. Personal: Chris is married to Martha with two adult children, Nicole and Jack. Enjoys learning, coaching, sailing, rugby, and watching virtually any sport. Both Chris and his wife are active in a number of charities.
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About The Westport Group, LLC: The Westport Group is an insurance firm working in the high-limit disability and multi-life insurance markets.
Alex Rice
Sales and Marketing Director North America of dacadoo
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About dacadoo: dacadoo is a Switzerland-based company that provides digital mobile lifestyle solutions through mobile apps.
Violeta Furculita
Director, Financial Products Innovation of Prudential Financial
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About Prudential Financial: Prudential Financial specializes in the fields of investment management, life insurance, and retirement benefits.
Gerry Pambo-Awich
Director, Strategic Initiatives & Impact Investments of Prudential Financial
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About Prudential Financial: Prudential Financial specializes in the fields of investment management, life insurance, and retirement benefits.
Diane Hettinger
Director Health and Wellness of Prudential Financial
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About Prudential Financial: Prudential Financial specializes in the fields of investment management, life insurance, and retirement benefits.
Douglas Calegari
Director – Architecture and Strategic Development of Travelers Insurance
Douglas Calegari is the director of architecture and strategic development with Travelers. In a career that has spanned several decades, Doug has worked for multiple startup companies, insurance, and financial services institutions.
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About Travelers Insurance: Travelers Insurance is an insurance company, committed to keeping pace with the ever-changing needs of its customers.
Jeff Carpenter
Director, Travelers Marketplace of Travelers Insurance
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About Travelers Insurance: Travelers Insurance is an insurance company, committed to keeping pace with the ever-changing needs of its customers.
Adi Divgi
Head of Alternative Investments & Director of Portfolio Management of Catalina Holdings
Adi Divgi has been President and CIO of EA Global, his family investment vehicle, since its 2005 inception. He is also Head of Alternative Investments at Catalina, a $3+bn AUM reinsurer. From 2011-14, Mr. Divgi oversaw the Opportunistic Fixed Income investment program at the New York City Bureau of Asset Management. With approval from the 4 participating Boards of Trustees, he executed $3.6 billion in capital commitments. Mr. Divgi is a graduate of the Huntsman Program, with a BA in International Studies (Spanish minor) from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Economics and MBA in Finance from Wharton.
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About Catalina Holdings: Catalina Holdings acquires and manages non-life insurance and reinsurance companies and portfolios in run-off.
Chuck Wallace
Independent Director of Clearsurance
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About High Definition Vehicle Insurance: Clearsurance is an insurance marketplace for people to find companies and products to meet their needs and unique buying preferences.
Justin Mansfield
Director, Business Development & Customer Success of Clearsurance
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About Clearsurance: Clearsurance is an insurance marketplace for people to find companies and products to meet their needs and unique buying preferences.
Andrew K. Glaub
Senior Vice President & Director of Sales of Aflac
Andy Glaub, senior vice president; director of Sales, began his career with Aflac in 1985 as an associate. In 1987, he was promoted to district sales coordinator in northern Indiana, and later that year was promoted to regional sales coordinator in southwest Michigan. In 1990, Andy took over Michigan South as state sales coordinator prior to Michigan being joined together again as one state under his leadership. He subsequently progressed through the ranks, serving 22 years as a state sales coordinator before assuming the role of vice president; North territory director in 2005. In July 2015, he became deputy director of Aflac U.S. Sales before being promoted to the role of senior vice president and director of Aflac U.S. Sales. In this role, Andy is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the sales force, developing programs and initiatives to enhance U.S. sales strategies and advance Aflac’s sales throughout the United States. Throughout his career with Aflac, Andy has consistently met and exceeded his sales goals and earned nearly 60 of Aflac’s most prestigious accolades and awards. Andy attended Hanover College in Southern Indiana.
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About Aflac: Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Thomas J. Kenny
Board Of Director of Aflac
Thomas J. Kenny has served as a TIAA-CREF Trustee since December 2011. He also currently serves as the chair of the TIAA-CREF Funds Investment Committees as well as the TIAA-CREF Funds Operations Committees. Prior to his role at TIAA-CREF, Mr. Kenny held a variety of leadership positions at Goldman Sachs for 12 years, most recently serving as partner and advisory director. He also held the position of co-head of Global Cash and Fixed Income Portfolio team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was responsible for overseeing the management of more than $600 billion in assets across multiple strategies with teams in London, Tokyo and New York. Before joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Kenny spent 13 years at Franklin Templeton. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s degree in finance from Golden Gate University. He is a CFA charter holder. Mr. Kenny’s extensive experience in investment management and financial markets provide the Board with valuable insight and expertise.
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About : Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Robert B. Johnson
Board Of Director of Aflac
Robert B. Johnson retired from Porter Novelli PR in 2014, at which he had been a senior advisor of since 2003. Until 2008, he served as Chairman and CEO of the One America Foundation, an organization that promotes dialogue and solidarity among Americans of all races and provides education, grants and technical equipment to disadvantaged youth of all races. Prior to this, he served in President Clinton’s White House as an assistant to the President and director of the President’s initiative for One America. In 2003, the Democratic National Committee (“DNC”) named him Deputy Chairman, where he advised the DNC Chairman in many key areas, including political and media strategic planning and community involvement. He served two years in the Carter Administration and was one of the 30 staff members to serve the entire eight years in the Clinton White House, achieving the distinction of being one of the longest-serving African-Americans in White House history. Following his service in the Carter White House, Mr. Johnson was the Business Regulations Administrator for Washington, DC. Promotion of diversity is important to the Company, an area that Mr. Johnson provides extensive experience to the Board. Additionally, Mr. Johnson’s significant public relations experience provides the Board with valuable expertise in conducting the Company’s public relations.
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About : Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Teresa Q. McTague
Managing Director; Chief Investment Officer, Global Investments of Aflac
Teresa McTague joined Aflac in May 2013 as director and chief investment officer of Aflac U.S. She assumed her current position in January 2015 where she is responsible for managing and monitoring the company’s U.S. investment portfolios, as well as developing asset allocation and asset liability management strategies. Teresa has three decades of experience in portfolio management and portfolio strategy and implementation to Aflac. She most recently served as client strategist/portfolio manager at General Re-New England Asset Management, where she was responsible for managing and investing unaffiliated assets for insurance clients in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to that, Teresa held management leadership positions at Gen Re Corporation, Johnson & Higgins, and Alexander & Alexander. She received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley and a master of business administration degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Aflac: Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Joseph L. Moskowitz
Board Of Director of Aflac
Joseph L. Moskowitz retired from Primerica, Inc. in November 2014, at which, from 2009 until 2014, he served as Executive Vice President, where he led the Product Economics and Financial Analysis Group. Since joining Primerica in 1988, he served in various capacities, including managing the group responsible for financial budgeting, capital management support, earnings analysis, financial supplement, and analyst and stockholder communications support. He served as Chief Actuary from 1999 to 2004. Prior to joining Primerica, Mr. Moskowitz was Vice President of Sun Life Insurance Company from 1985 to 1988 and was a senior manager at KPMG from 1979 to 1985. He received his Bachelor of Science, Industrial Management, from Georgia Institute of Technology while jointly enrolled at Georgia State University, where he completed coursework in Actuarial Science. Mr. Moskowitz is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. With 40 years of actuarial experience and leadership roles in the financial services industry, Mr. Moskowitz provides insight into the analysis and evaluation of actuarial and financial models, which form the basis of various aspects of corporate planning, financial reporting, and risk assessment, to the Board.
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About : Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Barbara K. Rimer
Board Of Director of Aflac
Barbara K. Rimer has been Dean of the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC since June 2005 and Alumni Distinguished Professor Gillings School of Global Public Health since 2003. Previously, she was director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute. She is a former director of Cancer Control Research and Professor of Community and Family Medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine and was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2008. In 2012, Dr. Rimer was appointed Chairman of the President’s Cancer Panel. She earned both her bachelor of arts in English and master of Public Health from the University of Michigan, and her doctorate of public health (DrPH) from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. The mission of the Gillings School of Public Health is to improve public health, promote individual wellbeing, and eliminate health disparities across North Carolina and around the world. Dr. Rimer’s insight and leadership are extremely relevant to the Company’s business and operations in light of her particular health care experience and knowledge.
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About : Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
W. Paul Bowers
Board Of Director of Aflac
W. Paul Bowers is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Power Company, the largest subsidiary of Southern Company. Prior to assuming his current role in January 2011, Mr. Bowers served as Chief Financial Officer of Southern Company from January 2008 to August 2010. Previously, he served in various senior executive leadership positions across Southern Company in Southern Company Generation, Southern Power and the company’s former U.K. subsidiary, where he was President and Chief Executive Officer of South Western Electricity LLC/Western Power Distribution. Mr. Bowers also currently serves on the board of Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited and is a member of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank energy advisory board. He is a graduate of the University of West Florida and also holds a master’s degree in management from Troy University. In addition, he completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Mr. Bowers brings to the Board a valuable and unique perspective from his considerable financial knowledge as a former chief financial officer and national and international business experience in a highly regulated industry.
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About : Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Elizabeth Hudson
Board Of Director of Aflac
Elizabeth Hudson is the Chief Communications Officer of the National Geographic Society since April 2014 and previously served as the senior communications executive since 2000. She oversees philanthropic development and is responsible for all communications and public affairs initiatives undertaken by the National Geographic Society and its subsidiaries, including media and public relations, community engagement and social media, brand stewardship, employee communications, and related marketing-communications activities. She earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations from the University of Georgia and received an honorary doctorate in commercial science from St. John’s University. She has more than 40 years of experience serving on the executive management teams of several national and international organizations, including publicly traded entities and one of the world’s largest scientific and research organizations. She brings extensive experience in strategic corporate communications, including financial and crisis communications management. She also co-chairs the Washington Chapter of Women Corporate Directors. Ms. Hudson’s extensive experience in communication and marketing initiatives combined with her knowledge of, exposure to and expertise in, developing and articulating sustainability programs is relevant to her role as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.
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About : Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Douglas W. Johnson
Board Of Director of Aflac
Douglas W. Johnson is a certified public accountant and a retired Ernst & Young LLP audit partner since 2003. He began auditing insurance companies in 1972 and spent the majority of his career focusing on companies in the life, health and property/casualty segments of the insurance industry. During Mr. Johnson’s 30-year tenure with Ernst & Young and its predecessor firms, he was coordinating partner of several large multinational insurance companies and for the firm’s largest American insurance client. His work experience includes extensive coordination with the audit committees of publicly held companies. Mr. Johnson holds a bachelor of science degree from Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Johnson’s finance experience and leadership skills enable him to make valuable contributions to our Audit Committee, where he serves as its financial expert.
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About : Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Charles B. Knapp
Board Of Director of Aflac
Charles B. Knapp is President Emeritus of the University of Georgia. During his tenure as President of the University of Georgia from 1987 to 1997, the academic reputation of the University of Georgia rose dramatically; over $400 million in new construction was completed; there was an increased emphasis on minority recruitment; and a major fund raising campaign was successfully concluded. Dr. Knapp was president of the Aspen Institute from 1997 to 1999, and from 2000 to 2004 was a Partner with the executive search firm Heidrick and Struggles. From 2004 to 2011 he was Director of Educational Development for the CF Foundation, and from 2006 to 2011 was Chairman of the East Lake Foundation, the organization responsible for leading the revitalization of the East Lake community in Atlanta. Earlier in his career, Dr. Knapp served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Tulane University and as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor in the Carter Administration. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Knapp’s experience and knowledge provide the Board with valuable insight into the areas of finance, investments, and management.
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About : Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Koji Ariyoshi
EVP; Director of Sales & Marketing of Aflac
Koji Ariyoshi graduated from Ritsumeikan University in 1978. He joined Aflac as senior vice president responsible for sales planning in October 2008. From January through March 2009, he was directly in charge of the Retail Marketing, Alliance Management and Hojinkai Promotion Departments, and from April through December 2009, he oversaw all the marketing and sales departments as deputy director of Sales and Marketing. He was promoted to first senior vice president and director of Sales and Marketing in January 2010. He was promoted to his current position in January 2012. Before joining Aflac, he worked for Alico Japan as vice president and AXA Life Insurance as senior vice president.
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About Aflac: Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Takuro Yoshida
Board Of Director of Aflac
Takuro Yoshida has been the Chairman of Nippon Tochi-Tatemono Co., Ltd., a residential and commercial real estate development company in Japan, since November 2014. He was most recently President of Nippon-Tatemono Co., Ltd from January 2010 through October 2014 and served as that company’s executive vice president and operating officer from May 2009 through December 2009. From 2005 through April of 2009, Mr. Yoshida held various positions which include executive director, senior operating officer, and central branch manager and operating officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd., part of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., which was formed in a merger between his former employer, Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd., and two other banks. He held various positions at Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd., which he joined in 1976. Mr. Yoshida graduated from the Faculty of Law, Tokyo University. Mr. Yoshida is also a representative of one of the Company’s largest shareholders in Japan. Mr. Yoshida’s extensive Japan financial and managerial experience provides the Board with valuable insight and expertise relevant to the Company’s Japanese business.
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About : Aflac is a company that offers individuals and companies supplemental disability insurance.
Michael Carmen
Senior Managing Director, Partner, Private Equity Lead Portfolio Manager and Equity Portfolio Mgr of Wellington Management
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About Wellington Management: Wellington Management focuses on investment management by applying its full resources to meet the needs of institutional clients they serve.
Erik Tumasz
Managing Director and Fixed Income Trading Technology of Wellington Management
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About Wellington Management: Wellington Management focuses on investment management by applying its full resources to meet the needs of institutional clients they serve.
Blake Folgado
Product Director of Cuvva
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About Cuvva: Radically better insurance, fit for the future.
David McLaughlin
Director, Global Developer Ecosystem, Developer Relations of Google Launchpad Accelerator
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About Google Launchpad Accelerator: Launchpad Accelerator helps startups from around the world in developing the world’s greatest apps.
Frank Herringer
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Transamerica
Herringer, age 72, has been Chairman of the Board of Transamerica Corporation, a financial services company, since 1996. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Transamerica from 1991 to 1999 and President from 1986 to 1999, when Transamerica was acquired by AEGON N.V. From the date of the acquisition until 2000, Mr. Herringer served on the Executive Board of AEGON N.V. and as Chairman of the Board of AEGON USA, Inc. Mr. Herringer is also a director of AEGON U.S. Corporation, the holding company for AEGON N.V.’s operations in the United States, Amgen Inc., a biotechnology company, and Cardax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company.
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About : Transamerica is a private holding company that provides services for various life insurance companies and investment firms.
