2023 Topics and Presenters Are Below

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Women Demand Leadership Positions - Why the Pushback?

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

Aisling Jumper
Vice President, Claims Manager
Fair American Insurance and Reinsurance Company

Heidi Darling
Claims Manager | Executive Risk Claims
Third Party Claims – Large Risk and Middle Market
Beazley

Caryn M. Silverman
Senior Vice President, Claims Counsel
Sompo International

Redefining 9 to 5 – Fleeing, Flexibility and Remoteness

Moderator: Wendy Mellk
Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Christine A. Samuels
Vice President Claims
Berkley Healthcare

Ruth A. Ragan, Esq.
Director, Management Liability and Specialty | Claims
Nationwide

Alyssa Farruggia
Assistant Vice President, Financial Lines Claims
Ascot Group

Carrie Graziani
Assistant Vice President Specialty Claims Management and Executive Liability
The Hanover Insurance Group

Women in Insurance Leadership Roles –

We Have Arrived, But Are We Going?e arrived, but are we going?

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

Marchelle M. Houston
Senior Vice President, Claim - Bond & Specialty Insurance
Travelers

Laura Zaroski, JD, RPLU
Managing Director | Law Firms Practice
Gallagher Insurance

Haralyn H. Isaac
Vice President-Claim
Executive Liability Division
Great American Insurance Group

Aileen Wilson
Associate Group General Counsel, Bond & Specialty Ins. Claim
Travelers Insurance

The Power of Communication

Moderator: Brittany Primavera
Partner
Gordon Rees

Michelle Klein
SVP - Chief Claims Officer
Berkley Professional Liability, a Berkley Company

Michele L. Fenice

Vice President
EPL Claim Leader,  Chubb North America Financial Lines Claims
Chubb

Japhet Boutin
VP - Director Financial Lines Claims
Zurich North America

Eden Stark, Esq.
Vice President, Financial Lines Claims
QBE

Empowered Women Empower Women –

What You Are and Can Be Doing to Raise Up Other Women? 

Eileen R. Fullerton
Managing Partner
Fullerton Beck LLP

Kim Noble
Vice President, LPL and APL
Applied Financial Lines

Kim Moody
VP of Claims
Golden Bear

Carla Silva
Senior Manager, Professional Liability
Sedgwick

Joni F. Mason
Partner | SVP, National Practice Leader-Claims
Executive and Professional Risk Solutions (EPS)
USI Insurance Services

84 Cents on the Dollar: A Slow Path to Progress

Moderator: Jacqueline Voronov
Partner
Hall Booth Smith, P.C.

Jessica Zimmerman
Senior Claims Examiner, Professional Liability Claims
Arch Insurance Group Inc.

Stacey L. Pitcher
Partner
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Laura Westfall Casey
Assistant Vice President, Claim Manager, Employment Practices Claims,
North American Financial Lines Claims
Chubb

Heidi Roll
Regional Claims Manager
Starr Adjustment Services

De-Escalation Techniques: How to Manage Conflicts in Claims and Mediations

Moderator: Catherine Bednar
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

Jane Lee, Esq.
Senior Claims Examiner, Management Liability Claims
Markel

Elizabeth Walker
Complex Claims Director
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance

Gia C. Guzman
Vice President, Shared Services Claims
Arch Insurance Group Inc.

Joanne Varias  
President
ClaimsFirst

Confidence Gap or Ambition Tax?

Being Your Own Best Advocate for Raises, Promotions and Career Opportunities

Moderator: Michelle Arbitrio
Partner
Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP

Joanne Lloyd-Bragg, Esq.
Director, Management Liability Legal & Claims
BRP Management Liability Practice

Kristina Barcia, Esq.
Assistant Vice President, Specialty Claims
Westfield Specialty

Kathryn S. Patel

Specialty Claims Manager
Management Liability
The Hanover Insurance Group

Lara Taibi
Senior Technical Claims Specialist
Argo Group US

I am Not Your Superwoman - Boundaries Lead to Bounty

Donna MacConnell, Esq., ACP
SVP, Managing Director, Claims - Contractual Risk
IMA Corp

Lyndsay M. Ganz, Esq.
Senior Claims Specialist /Counsel, Management Liability Claims
Markel

Sandra M. Bevans, J.D.
Division Claims Manager & National COVID Litigation Coordinator
MedPro Group

Jennifer L. Ward, Esq.
Managing Partner
Ward Law, LLC

Lucy Mendieta
Vice President
Multicultural Reinsurance Insurance Association (MRIA)

Where Have All the Employees Gone?

Christina M. Rieker, Esq.
Partner
Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg, LLP

Kristen S. Swift
Partner
Weber Gallagher

Jennifer L. Odrobina, ARM, Esq.
VP, Financial Lines Managing Director
Sompo International

Kate Walas
Chief Underwriting Officer
Indigo Specialty Underwriters

Jessica Kish Kennedy
Of Counsel
O'Hagan Meyer