Ex-Officio Board Members · Committee and Task Force Chairs
Email contact information is available from the Online Membership Directory.
Officers
President
Karen Crooks
FMLI, AIRC, CCP, AAPA, ACS
OneAmerica
One American Square
Indianapolis, IN 46606
(317) 285-1288
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Doug Simino, ACP, ACS
Transamerica Employee Benefits
PO Box 8063
Little Rock, AR 72203-8063
(501) 227-1037
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Secretary
Dawn Murphy
The Hanover Insurance Group
440 Lincoln Street
Worcester, MA 01653
(508) 855-2491
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Doug Geraci
Symetra Financial
777 108th avenue NE
Suite 1200
Bellevue, WA 98004-5135
(425) 256-6335
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Past-President
Nicholas J. Marrangoni
CPCU, MCM, ARC, CCP, ACS, AIS, API, AINS
Liberty Mutual Group
175 Berkeley St
Mail Stop 04G/H
Boston, MA 02116-5066
(617) 654-3646
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Regional Directors
Great Lakes Chapter
Jerie Olson
National Guardian Life Insurance Company
Two East Gilman St.
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 443-5244
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Gulf States Chapter
Roger Osgood
(770) 744-6531
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Sean Cox, HIA, MHP
First Consulting & Administration, Inc.
1020 Central
Kansas City, MO 64105
(816) 391-2731
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Charles Lynch, JD
Attorney/Consultant
601 East 20th St., #9H
New York, NY 10010
(973) 948-1177
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Scott Whitaker
Nationwide Insurance Company
One Nationwide Plaza
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 249-6742
BioNew England Chapter
Julie Levine, JD
CIGNA
Wilde Building, A4COL
Bloomfield, CT 06002
(860) 226-9019
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Erica Brownell, AIS
Washington Surveying & Rating Bureau
2101 4th Ave.
Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 273-7167
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Diane Higdon, CCP, CE#1, CC#2
American Health & Life Insurance Company
3001 Meacham Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76137
(817) 348-7535
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Carol Heard, MBA, BS
California Casualty Management Company
1900 Alameda De Las Pulgas
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 572-4697
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Other Board Members
General Counsel
Rich Fidei
Colodny, Fass, Talendfeld, Karlinsky & Abate, P.A.
1 Financial Plaza
100 SE 3rd Ave, 23rd Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394
(954) 492-4010 x1900
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Executive Director
Rick Guggolz
Drohan Management Group
12100 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 130
Reston, VA 20190
(703) 437-4377 x 4070
Committee Chairpersons
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ByLaws
Rich Fidei
Colodny, Fass, Talendfeld, Karlinsky & Abate, P.A.
1 Financial Plaza
100 SE 3rd Ave, 23rd Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394
(954) 492-4010 x1900Conference Planning
Peggy Schwartz, ACP, AIRC, ALHC, CCP, FLMI
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
120 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021-1028
(781) 770-0423Conference Planning
Nancy French
Compliance Research Services, LLC
10921 Reed Hartman Highway, #334
Cincinnati, OH 45242
(513) 984-6050Education
Mike Fioto
Everest National Insurance Company
477 Martinsville Road
Liberty Corner, NJ 07938
(908) 604-3328Maryana Grodnova-Ware
Nebraska Department of Insurance
941 "O" Street, Suite 400
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 471-4802Finance
Doug Geraci, ACP, CPCU
Symetra Financial
777 108th Avenue NE, Suite 1200
Bellevue, WA 98004-5135
(425) 256-6335Government & Industry Relations
Roger Osgood
(770) 744-6531Carol Heard
California Casualty Management Company
1900 Alameda De Las Pulgas
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 572-4697Marketing
Bill Douglas
AAPA, ACS, AIRC, APA, CCP, FFSI, FLMI, CE#8
Standard Insurance Company
1100 SW 6th Ave (P6A)
Portland, OR 97204
(971) 321-7427Andrea Roedel
Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company
1730 Minor Ave #1800
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 343-6796Membership
Lea Stokes, ACS, AIAA, AIRC, HLHC,CCP, HIA
American Family Insurance Group
6000 American Parkway
Madison, WI 53783-0001
(608) 249-2111 x36003Florence Marafatsos, HIA, MHP, PAHM
Fortress Insurance Company
6133 N River Rd. #650
Rosemont, IL 60018
(847) 653-8466Nominating
Nicholas J. Marrangoni
CPCU, MCM, ARC, CCP, ACS, AIS, API, AINS
Liberty Mutual Group
175 Berkeley St
Mail Stop 04G/H
Boston, MA 02116-5066
(617) 654-3646Publications
Karen Yotis, Co-Chair
LexisNexis Corporation
4634 Central Avenue
Western Springs, IL 60558
(708) 288-2074![]()
Cindi Burleson, BS, CIC
American Management Corp.
1809 Crossbrook Rd.
Columbia, SC 29212
(501) 450-7400 x6803Website
Elaine Douglas
Red Shield Insurance Company
1411 SW Morrison Street
Suite 400
Portland, OR 97205-1945
(503) 226-4146 x190Katie Gurnett
AAPA, AIRC, APA, BA, CCP, CE#2, CLU, CPCU, FLMI, HIA, HIPAAP, LTCP, MBA
Physicians Mutual Insurance Company
2600 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68131
(402) 633-1188





























