Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)
Prior to serving in the Senate, Reed was a three-term Member of the U.S.
House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District.
During his tenure in the House, Reed championed child health care, public
libraries, and campaign finance reform. He also helped strengthen our
national defense and found innovative ways to promote Rhode Island's
economy. Reed has been described by the Boston Globe as "a relentless
advocate for his home state."
A member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, which controls the
purse strings of Congress, Reed continues to work tirelessly to secure
federal funding for the Ocean State, such as mass transit funding and community development
projects.
As a senior member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Reed's key
economic priorities include promoting responsible budgets, bringing business to Rhode Island
and creating high-paying, sustainable jobs, and strengthening the national economy.
Congressman Blaine Leutkemeyer (R-MO)
As the Congressman from the 3rd Congressional District of Missouri,
Leutkemeyer is committed to representing the interests of the hardworking people by being a strong voice for them in Washington, D.C.
Along with his strong agriculture background, he was also a small
businessman, having been in the banking and insurance business.
Leutkemeyer has also served as a bank regulator for the state of Missouri
earlier in his career.
From 1999 to 2005, Leutkemeyer was a Missouri State Representative and
served as Chairman of the Financial Services Committee and was elected by his colleagues to
serve as the House Republican Caucus Chairman.
Building on his experience as a bank examiner, small businessman and community
banker, Leutkemeyer serves as vice chairman of the House Small Business Committee where he
also serves on the House Small Business Subcommittees on Health and Technology and
Agriculture, Energy and Trade. Leutkemeyer also serves on the House Financial Services
Committee where he also serves on the panel's Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and
Consumer Credit Committee and is vice chairman of the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee.
Daniel J. Bradley
Daniel J. Bradley became Indiana State's eleventh president on July 31,
2008. Bradley served as the president of Fairmont State University,
located in Fairmont, W.Va., from 2001 until 2008. He previously held a
variety of positions at Montana Tech of the University of Montana,
including vice chancellor for academic affairs and research, dean of
engineering and head of the petroleum engineering department.
A veteran of the US Army, Bradley holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry
from Michigan State University, a master's degree in petroleum
engineering from the University of Tulsa and a bachelor's degree in
petroleum engineering from Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology. During
graduate studies, he spent two years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory performing his research.
After graduate school, he was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley in
the Chemistry Department before joining the faculty at Montana Tech.
David Cummins
Dr. J. David Cummins is the Joseph E. Boettner Professor of Risk
Management, Insurance and Financial Institutions. He also serves as the
Director of the Advanta Center for Financial Institutions, and as a member
of the Research Roundtable.
Cummins’ research focuses on insurance economics; financial risk
management; productivity and efficiency; and securitization. He has
published numerous articles in the premier Risk and Insurance journals,
including: the Journal of Risk and Insurance, Geneva Papers, North
American Actuarial Review, and Insurance, Mathematics and Economics.
Cummins has organized many conferences, and has been a panelist, discussant, moderator, and
chair of many sessions in Risk and Insurance conferences. He is currently the co-editor of the
Journal of Banking and Finance, the Associate Editor of eight journals in Risk & Insurance and
Finance. Additionally, Dr. Cummins has served as President of the American Risk and Insurance
Association.
Kimberly O. Dorgan
Kimberly Olson Dorgan is the Senior Executive Vice President, Public
Policy of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). As Senior Executive
Vice President, Dorgan has overall responsibility for developing public
policy and implementing legislative strategy for all of ACLI's federal
legislative goals and overseeing ACLI lobbyists and PAC activities.
Prior to joining ACLI in 1999, Dorgan had her own government relations
business representing such non-profit clients as the Children's Television
Workshop, the National Captioning Institute, and America's Public
Television Stations. In 1991, she won the American Society of Association
Executive's Government Relations Award of Excellence as part of a team representing America's
Public Television Stations.
Dorgan is a native of Washington State. She has a MA in International Affairs from the George
Washington University and a BA in History from Washington State University.
Martin Grace
Dr. Martin F. Grace is currently the Associate Director and Research
Associate at the Center for Risk Management and Insurance Research
Georgia State University. He is also an Associate in the Andrew Young
School of Policy Studies, Fiscal Policy Center. Dr. Grace’s research has
been published in various journals in economics and insurance
concerning the economics and public policy aspects of regulation and
taxation. In particular, Dr. Grace has studied various aspects of the
regulation and taxation of the insurance industry. Dr. Grace is a former
President of The Risk Theory Society and he is a current associate editor
of the Journal of Risk and Insurance.
Dr. Grace earned both a Ph.D. in economics and a J.D. from the University of Florida in 1987. He
joined the faculty of the Department of Risk Management and Insurance as an Assistant
Professor of Legal Studies in the fall of 1987. In 1993 Dr. Grace was promoted to Associate
Professor with appointments in both Legal Studies and Risk Management and Insurance. In
1998 Dr. Grace was promoted to Professor of Legal Studies and Risk Management and
Insurance and in 2002, Professor Grace was named the James S. Kemper Professor of Risk
Management.
Brady Kelley
Since September 2011, Brady R. Kelley has been the Executive Director
for the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Ltd.
(NAPSLO); he is responsible for the overall management of the
Association’s staff activities, services to members and business
operations. Prior to joining NAPSLO, Kelley was the Chief Financial and
Business Strategy Officer for the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners (NAIC), responsible for all financial management and
reporting, business strategy, risk management and compliance activities.
During his 13 years with the NAIC, Kelley also served as the Director of
Financial Services. His previous positions include Senior Vice President of Finance for the
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation and Senior Accountant in the Kansas City office of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Kelley received his bachelor’s degree from the University of
Missouri–Columbia and also completed the Mini-MBA Program from Kansas University and
Wichita State University. He received the designation of Certified Public Accountant in
November 1995 and has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants. Kelley is a member of the
American Society of Association Executives.
Monica Lindeen
Monica J. Lindeen was elected Commissioner of Securities and Insurance,
Montana State Auditor, in November 2008 and reelected in 2012. Her
mission is to protect securities and insurance consumers through
education, fairness and transparency. During her tenure, her office has
returned more than $200 million to investors and insurance consumers
throughout the state.
Lindeen was elected the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
(NAIC) Vice President in November 2012. She was also appointed to the
Federal Insurance Office Advisory Board, is a member of the System for
Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF) Board and the National Insurance Producer Registry
(NIPR) Board of Directors.
In 1999, Lindeen began her career in public service representing a rural district in the Montana
House of Representatives, serving four terms (1999–2006).
Prior to public service, Lindeen founded Montana Communications Network (MCN), one of the
first Montana-based Internet providers. From 1994 to 1996, she was a part-time faculty
member in the Montana State University–Billings English Department and taught as a graduate
assistant in the MSU–Billings Department of Educational Foundations.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in education, specializing in English and history. She completed
graduate coursework in educational foundations at MSU–Billings.
Leigh Ann Pusey
Leigh Ann Pusey is the president and CEO of the American Insurance
Association (AIA). She oversees the organization's operations and works
directly with AIA’s Board of Directors to develop and guide the strategic
mission of the association. AIA is the leading property-casualty insurance
trade organization, representing 300 insurers that write more than $117
billion in premiums each year.
A veteran of the insurance industry, Ms. Pusey joined AIA in December
1996 and was elevated to president and CEO on February 2009. Previously
she served as chief operating officer and senior vice president of
government affairs where she was responsible for the association’s government affairs
department and AIA’s interests before Congress and state legislatures on all matters of
importance to the property-casualty industry. She began her tenure with the association as
senior vice president for public affairs.
Recognizing her prominence and leadership within the industry, Business Insurance Magazine
has listed Ms. Pusey among their “Women to Watch.” In addition, Ms. Pusey is consistently
recognized by The Hill publication as one of the top lobbyists in Washington, D.C. She is
frequently quoted in the news media and consulted by policy makers and Wall Street for her
views on issues facing the property-casualty industry.
Charles T. Richardson
Charles T. Richardson is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the
law firm of Baker & Daniels LLP with other offices in Indiana and China.
He chairs the Firm's Insurance and Financial Services Practice Group.
Charlie concentrates his practice in both corporate/regulatory and
insolvency areas of the insurance practice. In the corporate/regulatory
arena, Charlie assists insurance companies with change in control
proceedings, all types of regulatory, agent, policy approval, accounting,
mergers and acquisitions, market conduct and reinsurance. He practices
in the area of insurance company rehabilitations and liquidations,
including representation of the National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty
Associations and serves on NOLHGA's Legal Committee. He is a Qualified Independent Assessor
of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association.
Charlie is a frequent speaker and author on insurance subjects and has been active in
committees and working groups of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. He is
on the Advisory Board of Networks Financial Institute of Indiana State University and is a past
Vice President and Director of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel and Chairs its Admissions
Committee. Charlie is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Indiana
University.
Elizabeth (Beth) Sammis
Elizabeth (Beth) Sammis is a Senior Insurance Regulatory Policy Analyst at the Federal Insurance
Office. Prior to joining the Federal Insurance Office in December, she held various executive
positions with three health insurers and various positions in Maryland state government,
including as Deputy Insurance Commissioner and Acting Insurance Commissioner. Beth has a BA
in Sociology from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA.
David A. Sampson
David A. Sampson is the president and chief executive officer of the
Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), which
represents more than 1,000 homeowners, auto and business
insurance companies that write 38.3 percent of the nation's property
and casualty insurance.
As president of PCI and its affiliates, Sampson is responsible for
leading PCI's strategic advocacy efforts on state, federal and
international issues affecting the insurance industry. Sampson has
enhanced PCI's contributions of credible, reliable data and thought
leadership to policymakers at the state and federal levels. Through his
counsel during the recent economic crisis, PCI provided data to
differentiate the property casualty industry from other financial services sectors and
highlighted the strength and stability of the industry.
As a respected industry voice and proponent of private markets, Sampson is a frequent keynote
speaker at industry and business events. Sampson is a regular guest on Fox News and Fox
Business Network and has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times,
Dow Jones, Bloomberg, Politico, The Hill and the property casualty trade press.
Brien Smith
Brien Smith is dean of the Scott College of Business at Indiana State
University and Acting Executive Director of Networks Financial Institute.
He was previously associate dean for the Miller College of Business at
Ball State University. Smith attained his PhD in industrial/organizational
psychology in 1989 from Auburn University. He has 20 years of
administrative experience in higher education and has actively
participated in university governance.
Smith previously served as the chair for the Department of Marketing and
Management, assistant to the dean for graduate programs, and vice
chairperson of the Department of Management. Smith published numerous articles in refereed
proceedings and journals, including some of the best journals in the field: Journal of Applied
Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Group and Organization Management, and
Journal of Business and Psychology.
He has delivered presentations and speeches at national and international conferences. He has
10 years of leadership experience in the Ball State University Senate, including senate chair
(twice) and faculty council chair. He is a coauthor of the current Ball State University Senate
Constitution (Senate Reorganization Committee), teaches courses in human resource
management, and was named the 1994-1995 Ball State University Teaching Professor (now
known as the Excellence in Teaching Award).
Mary A. Weiss
Mary A. Weiss, Ph.D. is Deaver Professor of Risk, Insurance, and
Healthcare Management at the Fox School of Business and Management
of Temple University and President of the prestigious Risk Theory Society.
She is a Past President of the premier insurance academic organization in
the U.S., the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA).
Weiss is Editor of Risk Management and Insurance Review and a CoEditor for the Journal of Risk and Insurance. Her research, consisting of
over 30 articles, has focused on financial services conglomeration,
efficiency measurement of insurers, no-fault automobile insurance,
reinsurance, regulation, and underwriting cycles. Her research has appeared in the Journal of
Law and Economics, Journal of Business, Management Science, The Journal of Financial
Intermediation, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Geneva
Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory, and Contingencies.
Weiss obtained her Ph.D. degree at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and
has been on the faculty of Temple University since 1986. She was a Visiting Scholar at the
Wharton School (2004-2006) and was selected as 2004 Distinguished Huebner Alumnus,
Huebner Foundation, Wharton School. She served as a Distinguished Scholar at the NAIC’s
Center for Insurance Policy & Research (a think tank) in 2009-2010.