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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mike Ferris, Chair
Fortegra Financial
Jacksonville, FL

Laura Foster, Vice-Chair
Protective Asset Protection
Chesterfield, MO

Robert Cole, Member-at-Large
National Risk Brokerage
Birmingham, AL

Anthony Cox, Member-at-Large
Securian Financial
Macon, GA

Kris Thomas, Ex-Officio
Central States Life and Health
Omaha, NE

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 (2029)
EVP
National Risk Brokerage
Email: coler@nationalriskbrokerage.com

Anthony Cox (2027)
P&C Product Manager
Securian Casualty Co.
Email: anthony.cox@securian.com

Mike Ferris (2029)
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

Bill Irwin (2027)
President & CEO
Trans-City 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 (2029)
VP, Sales
Core Specialty
Email: kevin.moore@corespecialty.com

Jeffrey Phillips (2029)
VP
Assurant
Email: jeffrey.phillips@assurant.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