Advisory
Board
Our Advisory Board is comprised of industry executives who share a passion for diversity and the future success of the insurance industry.
Abel Travis
Senior Vice President Affiliate Operations at Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company
Alex Punsalan
Global Chief Claims Officer at Assurant
Alona Croteau
Chief Claims Officer - Specialty & Surety at CapSpecialty
Angela Noble
Director, Behavioral Insurance, Strategic Planning & Initiatives at John Hancock
Becky Hudzik Presson
Chief Claims Officer at Church Mutual Insurance Company
Brian Armstrong
Membership Director at NICB
Brian Pozzi
Vice President, Office of General Counsel & Corporate Claims Officer at The Auto Club Group
Charmaine Rice
VP, Global Learning, Development & Diversity at AmTrust Financial
Chris Greene
SVP & COO at Canal Insurance Company
Christopher Linke
AVP at Travelers Insurance
Dale Sherman
Vice President at PURE Insurance
Danny Colon
Chief Administrative Officer at United Automobile Insurance Group
Dave Vanalek
SVP, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at Richmond National
Ken Bunn
VP Claims at Builders Mutual Insurance Company
Matt McColley
EVP Operations at KW Specialty Insurance Company
Meg Weist
SVP, Chief Claims Officer at EMC Insurance Companies
Melissa Hill
SVP, Head of Workers Compensation Claims at Sompo International
Michelle Raue
Senior Vice President – Head of Claims at Preferred Mutual Insurance Company
Patrick Nails
Executive Vice President & Chief Claims Officer at Arch Insurance
Rani Christie
Regional Head of Distribution, Sales and Marketing, N. A. at Allianz
Robert Bowers
Chief Claims and Customer Service Officer at Westfield
Strategic Planning
Board
The Strategic Planning Board is comprised of RISE members working hand in hand with the leadership team and Advisory Board to create and manage initiatives and execute against our long term goals. The vision for our group is to create a pipeline of high achievers who will guide RISE and contribute to our success.
Awais Farooq
SVP, Strategy & Transformation, Crawford & Company
Bailey Harr
Fleet Renewal Manager, Canal Insurance Company
Caitlin McPhillips
Senior Complex Claims Specialist, Vela Insurance Services
Chris Cutrer
SIU Field Supervisor, GEICO
Dr. Claire Muselman
Professor of Practice in the Zimpleman College of Business & Co-Director of the Master of Science in Leadership program at Drake University; COO at WorkersCompensation.com; Founder at DCM
Ema Roloff
Co-Founder and Principal Consultant, Roloff Consulting
Jarrod Zea
Settlement Consutlant, Ringler
Khalid Brammer-Blackman
Settlement Consultant Vice President - Retail Excess Construction Lead, Arch Insurance Group
Lael Chappell
Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer, Desq
Mary Calmer
Commercial Agribusiness Underwriter, Crum & Forster
Mohamad ElHelaly
Concrete Plus, Operations Director
Nicole Velino
Claims Adjuster, Falvey Insurance Group
Owie Agbontaen
AVP, Business Development, Sompo International
Pamela Goerlich Findley
Sr Product Manager, RLI
Petyah Triche
Assistant Manager - Workers' Comp Division, Broward Sheriff's Office
Rachel Jenkins
Chief Operating Officer, XN Captial
Raisa Lyons
Underwriter, Bass Underwriters
Scott Francis
Vice President, Strategic Accounts, Ethos Risk
Tania Sanfiel
Director, P&C Claims, Assurant
Taylor Jones
Vice President, Business Development, Questpro Consultants
Walter Davenport II
Head of Process Coordination & Strategic Data Analytics, Allianz
Ambassadors
Alicia Silver Santocki
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary
Sara Govero
Executive Committee
The Defense Collaborative
Chelsea Buzer
Head Of Recruitment
Insure National Staffing
Caryn Siebert
Vice President
Carrier Practice
Gallagher Bassett
Rich Dowd
Vice President
ATRMS
(American Transit Risk Management Services)
Jon Broder
CEO
Vortexlegal
Bryan Falchuk
Founder and Managing Partner
Insurance Evolution Partners
Jim Abbott
President/CEO
Jma Global
Michael Lafond
Director Of Claims Litigation
Pekin Insurance
