2025 Topics and Presenters:
Keynote:
Women, Power, and Status:
Elevating Your Presence to Harness Authentic Power
Dr. Claire Muselman
DCM
Networking & Career Advancement –
Senior Leadership’s Advice – Claims, Brokering and Risk Management
Moderator: Jacqueline Gallagher
Partner
O’Hagan Meyer PLLC
Michelle Klein
SVP - Chief Claims Officer
Berkley Professional Liability
Janet B. Dreifuss, Esq.
Senior Vice President-Chief Claims Officer
ARC Excess & Surplus, LLC
Japhet Boutin
Senior Vice President, Head of Technical Claims
Zurich North America
Beth Goldberg, MBA
VP, Chief Risk Officer
Northwell Health
A Cross-Generational Discussion of Women in the Workplace
Moderator: Nancy M. Reimer
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP
Adrienne C. Baffa, Esq.
Technical Director
Coverage and Litigation Management
Commercial and E&S/Specialty Claim Technical Team
Nationwide
Stacy Parker
Managing Director
Aon
Eden Stark, Esq.
Vice President, Financial Lines Claims
QBE
Alex Minto
National Account Executive
Tri State Insurance Adjusters
DEI is not Dead: Upholding and Implementing DEI Initiatives
Moderator: Dove A. E. Burns
Partner
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP
Joanne Varias
President
ClaimsFirst Services
Carrie L. Graziani, JD, AIC, RPLU
AVP Specialty Liability
Head of Management and Professional Liability Claims
The Hanover Insurance Group
Alyssa Nobile Pianelli, Esq.
Vice-President, Financial Services Group – Legal and Claims
Commercial Risk Solutions
Aon
Kim Noble
Vice President, LPL and APL
Applied Financial Lines
Resilience and Reinvention:
Lessons from Women Who Overcame Challenges
Moderator: Christina M. Rieker
Partner
Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg, LLP
Dawn F. Konigsberg, Esq.
AVP, PL Claims & Litigation
Healthcare Risk Advisors, The Doctors Company
Gail Arkin
SVP & General Counsel
Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions
Berkley Select
Aisling Jumper
VP, Head of Global Underwriting Operations
TransRe
Lisa Z. Jacobson, Esq.
VP, Head of Management Liability & Financial Institutions Claims
Sompo
Work Life Balance – A Myth, Mystery or a Must?
Moderator: Mary Jo Barry
Co-Managing Partner, New York City Office
Kaufman Dolowich LLP
Jessica Zimmerman
Senior Claims Examiner, Professional Liability Claims
Arch Insurance
Sarah Y. Cho
Senior Claim Consultant | Management Liability
Woodruff Sawyer
Shantel Dixon
Senior Claims Specialist
Markel Service Corp
Wendy Mellk
Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Branding Yourself for Continued Success
Melisa C. Zwilling
Shareholder
Carr Allison
Lee Vuu
Founder & President
MRIA, Multicultural Reinsurance Insurance Association
Chastiti N. Horne
Partner
Horne Rota Moos LLP
Joni F. Mason
Partner | SVP, National Practice Leader-Claims
Executive and Professional Risk Solutions (EPS)
USI Insurance Services
Caryn L. Lilling
Partner
Mauro Lilling Naparty LLP
Negotiate Like a Girl:
Asking for Power, Asking for Money, and Other Strategies for Mitigating Bias
and Maximizing Success from the Office to the Court House
Moderator: Michelle Arbitrio
Partner
Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP
Misty Anderson, J.D., CPCU, AIC
Assistant Vice President Professional Liability
Skyward Specialty Insurance
Brittany L. Primavera
Partner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP.
Iwona McCollor
Counsel of E&O Claims
Bowhead Specialty Underwriters, Inc.
Kathleen V. Buck, Esq.
Vice President, Claims
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Harnessing Technology for Advancement - Tools for Maximizing Efficiencies
Jennifer L. Ward, Esq.
Managing Partner
Ward Law, LLC
Kelley Larson, RPLU, CPLP, ExecPLP
Assistant Vice President
Thompson Flanagan
Lynn Mirabella
Senior Vice President/Partner
ARC Excess & Surplus, LLC
Marisa DeMartini
Vice President, Management Liability Claims Manager
Ascot Group
Jessenia Vazcones-Yagual. Esq.
Senior Claims Counsel, CML
Sompo
Recruitment, Retention & Responsibility
Tammy Bouker
National Director of Client Services and Development
Vernis & Bowling
Donna MacConnell, Esq., ACP
SVP, Managing Director, Claims - Contractual Risk
IMA Corp
Kendra Johnson, Esq.
Senior Counsel/Manager, Management Liability Claims
Claims Division
Markel®
Laura Zaroski, JD, RPLU
Managing Director | Law Firms Practice
Gallagher
Jacqueline Voronov
Partner
Hall Booth Smith, P.C.
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