2020 Topics and Presenters

KEYNOTE: Managing Through the Blindspots: Lessons I Have Learned

Jane Tutoki
Director, Sedgwick Board
Sedgwick

Discussing the Use of Quotas to Increase the Numbers

of Women in C-Suite Positions and Boards

Moderator: Mercedes Colwin
Founding Partner, New York Office
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP.

Maria Fazzolari, Esq.
Associate Vice President
Management Liability and Specialty Claims
Nationwide

Michele Fenice
Vice President, EPL Claims
Chubb

Ann Walker Marchant
Founder and CEO
The Walker Marchant Group

Aileen Reilly Wilson
Vice President and Associate Group General Counsel, Claim
Bond & Specialty Insurance
Travelers

Queen Me – The Checkerboard of Success and How to Be Heard During the Game

Moderator: Christina M. Rieker
Partner
Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg, LLP

Jennifer L. Odrobina, Esq.
Vice President, Technical Specialist
Sompo International

Aisling Jumper
Vice President
Sedgwick

Lyndie Hunt, CIC, CRM
Underwriting Supervisor, IronPro
Architects, Engineers and Construction Professional Liability
Liberty Mutual Insurance

Deborah A Mathias
Claim Supervisor, East Regional Claims
Markel

Gender Parity: Beyond Pay

Moderator: Dove A.E. Burns
Partner
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Susan Pateras
Chief Operating Officer
Liberty Specialty Markets

Elaine A. Caprio
President
Executive Sisterhood Inc.

Gia C. Guzman
AVP Shared Services Claims
Arch Insurance Company

Invest in Yourself First

Moderator: Jennifer Ward
Managing Partner
Ward Law, LLC

Kylie McNally Tomas
Vice President, Head of Financial Institutions Claims
Sompo International

Rebekah R. Humphrey
Director, Insurance Research
Conning

Chastiti N. Horne
Partner
Horne Rota Moos LLP

Stacy Parker, Esq.

Managing Director – Financial Services Group
Commercial Risk Solutions
Aon

Preventing the Unintended Consequences of #MeToo

Moderator: Misty D. Marris
Partner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP.

Laura R. Lapidus , Esq.
Management Liability Risk Control Director
CNA

Shari D. Mattis
Senior Manager, Professional Liability
Sedgwick

Michelle Gordon, Esq.
Manager, Management Liability Claims
Markel

Heidi Darling
Group Claims – Executive Risk
Beazley Group

Women and Compensation: A Frank Discussion About the Realities of the Gender Pay Gap and Strategies for Addressing the Gap in the Insurance and Legal Industries

Moderator: Michelle Arbitrio
Partner
Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP

Barbara Serafini
Assistant Vice President
Western Litigation

Kristina Barcia, Esq.
Assistant Vice President-Claims
Axis

Martyna Smielewska Lovely
Complex Claims - Life Sciences
Ironshore

Antoinette Parker
Claims Director
Berkley Professional Liability, a Berkley Company

Diversity: Facts, Fiction & Factors

Moderator: Stacey L. Pitcher
Partner
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP.

Dwight Geddes
Owner
Metro Claims & Risk Mgmt

Diane R. McNally
Senior Vice President and Principal
Segal

Trudy A. Hardin, Esq.
Sr. Vice President Claims Counsel - Financial Services Group
Commercial Risk Solutions
Aon

Kate Gookin
Director of Underwriting Operations
Starr Companies

How to Stop Saying "Sorry"

Moderator: Stephanie M. Panico

VP, Assistant General Counsel – Business Unit Support
Legal, Regulatory and Compliance | North America
QBE North America

Carrie Brodzinski
Head of Global Underwriting Management
AXA XL

Wendy Katherine Von Wald, Esq.
Fiduciary Product Manager, Bond and Specialty Insurance
Travelers

Melissa S. Demmon
Vice President, Claims Counsel, Professional Liability
Sompo International

Men are Tools: Engaging Men in the Conversation about Women in Leadership

Rob Vendramin
Sr. Consultant, Special Projects
Membership Committee , Nationwide's All Women Associate Resource Group
Nationwide Insurance