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

Marisa DeMartini
Vice President, Management Liability Claims Manager
Ascot Group

Jessenia Vazcones-Yagual. Esq.
Senior Claims Counsel, CML
Sompo

Monique Ferraro, CISSP, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Counsel Cyber Practice
The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company

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.