Leadership Team

Amy Cooper

Founder & CEO

Tori Snoddy

Director of Operations

Desiree Bennett

Director of Corporate Programs

Nicole Greenhouse

Operations and Program Manager

Whitney Durrance

Community Manager

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

Aimee Venn

Chief Claims Officer at Richmond National

Ania Caruso

National Casualty President at RPS

Becky Hudzik Presson

SVP, Chief Claims Officer at American National Insurance

Brian Pozzi

Vice President, Office of General Counsel & Corporate Claims Officer at The Auto Club Group

Charmaine Rice

SVP, Global Learning, Development & Diversity at AmTrust Financial

Dale Sherman

SVP, Claims Counsel at PURE Insurance

Dan Landers

President & CEO at A.I.M. Mutual

Jackie Turpak

SVP, Claim at ERIE Insurance

Ken Bunn

VP Claims at Builders Mutual Insurance Company

Lauren Dieterich

Chief Operating Officer at Arch Insurance

Leanne Berry

Chief Distribution Officer at Vantage Risk

Matt McColley

EVP Operations at KW Specialty Insurance Company

Meg Weist

C-Suite Executive

Melissa Hill

Head of Claims, North America at Allianz

Michelle Raue

Senior Vice President – Head of Claims at Preferred Mutual Insurance Company

Rani Christie

SVP, Business Development at Captive Resources

Robert Bowers

Chief Claims and Customer Service Officer at Westfield

Robert Jacobson

President & CEO at Rockford Mutual

Sherry Merber

Chief Claims Officer at Palms Insurance

Victoria Turchetti

Director, Business Development at Intact Speciaty Insurance

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

Head of Digital Claim Solutions, CAT & Contractor Connection – Canada, Crawford & Company

Bri Allen

Casualty Broker, McGill and Partners

Chelsey Boyle

Associate Claims Specialist, Tokio Marine HCC

Chris Cutrer

SIU Field Supervisor, GEICO

Dr. Claire Muselman

Director of the MS in Leadership Program, Drake University

Cody Pavlat

Manager, Content Design & Knowledge Management, AF Group

DJ Gargano

Senior Client Services Manager, CNA

Ema Roloff

Co-Founder and Principal Consultant, Roloff Consulting

Gracemarie Mende

Director of Auto, Claims, Arch Insurance Group

Jenna Contreras

National Market Relations Manager, Risk Placement Services

Kaitlyn Dudzinski

Vice President - Environmental, Westfield Specialty

Kayla Pigeon

AVP, MSP Compliance, Sanderson Firm PLLC

Krista Scott

AVP Territory Leader, Zurich North America

Kyle Matthews

Managing Director, The Hartford

Lael Chappell

Wholesale Broker, American Eagle Underwriting Managers

Lindsay Tanner

Auto Unit Manager, Westfield Insurance

Pamela Goerlich Findley

Sr Product Manager, RLI

Quron Berry

Auto Litigation Supervisor, Utica National Insurance Group

Rachel Jenkins

Co-Founder of Luzern Risk

Ryann Foelker

Strategy Design Director, American Family Insurance

Walter Davenport II

SPB Advisor

Scott Francis

SPB Advisor

Ambassadors

find your local ambassadaor

PHOENIX

Andrea Morin, Thomas Rubin & Kelley PC
Matthew Bandi, Nationwide E&S Specialty

GREATER LA

Jarrod Zea, Ringler

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Connor Kennedy, Ringler
Evelyn Eury, Crum & Forester

HARTFORD

Alona Croteau, Berkley Management Protection 

Angela Cerini, Great American Insurance Group

CENTRAL FLORIDA

Emily Antinucci-Perry, Custard Insurance Adjusters/Riverwood TPA
Patricia Walker Tower, Hill Insurance Group

SOUTH FLORIDA

Adam Greenspan, Burton Claim Service, Inc.

TAMPA BAY

Meghan Fountain, Velocity Risk Underwriters
Hector Cano, Frank Winston Crum Insurance

ATLANTA

Jon Thomas, WTW
Tony Canas, Insurance Nerds
Walter Jordan, State Farm

CENTRAL IL

Maggi Wettstein, Freeman Mathis & Gary

CHICAGO 

Scott Francis, Ethos

INDIANAPOLIS

Michael Brannigan, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance

DES MOINE

Maren Mooney, Turner Surety and Insurance Brokerage

BATON ROUGE

Natalie Arroyave, Davies

GREATER BOSTON

Jamie Warner, Plymouth Rock Assurance

NYC METRO

Alicia Santocki, BMS Re
Rachel Jenkins, XN Capital

CHARLOTTE

Leesa Rice, Sanderson Firm

COLUMBUS

Molly Niswander, Westfield
Chris Cutrer, GEICO

PHILADELPHIA

Tracy Yaun, AXA XL
Margo Meta, Grange Insurance Company

DALLAS

Corinne Booth, Ontellus
Taylor Jones, Questpro Consultants

HOUSTON

Shante Delgado, American Benefits Specialists
Raisa Lyons, Bass Underwriters

Sarah Bier, Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions

MILWAUKEE

Leslie DiMaggio, West Bend Insurance Company
Natalie Torres, The Kingstree Group
Sarah Stadler, SECURA Insurance Companies