EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kris Thomas, Chair
Central States Life and Health
Omaha, NE
Mike Ferris, Vice-Chair
Fortegra Financial
Jacksonville, FL
Laura Foster, Member-at-Large
Protective Asset Protection
Chesterfield, MO
Emilee Kuhn, Ex-Officio
Arch Insurance Company
Kansas City, MO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vedad Arslanagic (2027)
President & COO
Aon Integramark
Email: vedad.arslanagic@aon.com
Joan Cleveland (2028)
President and CEO
SWBC Life Insurance Company
Email: jcleveland@swbc.com
Robert Cole (2026)
EVP
National Risk Brokerage
Email: coler@nationalriskbrokerage.com
Anthony Cox (2026)
P&C Product Manager
Securian Casualty Co.
Email: anthony.cox@securian.com
Mike Ferris (2026)
Senior Vice President – Credit Protection
Fortegra Financial
Email: mferris@fortegra.com
Laura Foster (2028)
Vice President, Senior Counsel
Protective
Email: laura.foster@protective.com
Keith Gilroy (2028)
President
Overby-Seawell
Email: kgilroy@oicis.com
Diane Greene (2027)
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
GSFS Group
Email: greene@gsfsgroup.com
Lee-Ann Hollister (2027)
Senior Vice President of Sales
Miniter Group
Email: lhollister@miniter.com
Michael E. Jones (2027)
President & CEO
Trans-City Life Insurance Company
Email: mjones@transcityins.com
Emilee Kuhn(2027)
EVP
Arch Insurance
Email: ekuhn@archinsurance.com
Marco Leyte-Vidal (2028)
Head of Government Affairs
Assurant, Inc.
Email: marco.leyte-vidal@assurant.com
Brent Lochbaum (2028)
Associate Director
OneMain Financial
Email: lochbaumb@omf.com
Corrine Maier (2028)
Vice President, Lending Business Segment
TruStage
Email:corrin.maier@trustage.com
Kevin Moore (2026)
VP, Sales
Core Specialty
Email: kevin.moore@corespecialty.com
Kris Thomas (2027)
Vice President and General Counsel
Central States Health & Life Co. of Omaha
Email: kthomas@cso.com
Damon Wiener (2028)
Vice President & General Counsel
Safe-Guard Products International, LLC
Email: dwiener@sgintl.com
Dick Williams (2028)
President/CEO
The Plateau Group Inc.
Email: dick.williams@800plateau.com
