<p> Bringing 20 years of experience to CNA, Lea most recently served as AIG's Senior Vice President, Midwest Professional Liability Manager in the company's Financial Lines Division. <br/><br/> Lea holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy/Geography from Clark University, a Master of Business Administration from Hofstra University and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA's School of Public Policy and Social Research. </p>

<p> Ayesha West is the Head of Cyber Liability underwriting for Everest Insurance where she oversees all aspects of underwriting, strategy, and partnership development. Ayesha has kept Everest on the leading edge of innovation in coverage and services, as well as in harnessing the benefits of big data in risk selection, risk mitigation and portfolio modeling. <br/><br/> Ayesha obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the Fordham University School of Law and earned a B.B.A (cum laude) from the American University in Dubai with concentrations in Accounting and Finance. <br/><br/> Ayesha West is an experienced cyber underwriter with over a decade of insurance expertise, specializing in Cyber Security & Privacy Liability and Technology E&O. She is responsible for driving growth within the cyber and technology segment and managing the global cyber underwriting team in her current role. <br/><br/> Ms. West is actively involved in a number of professional associations including serving as a current board member of the Eastern Chapter of PLUS. She is a co-founder and current board member of the Water Street Club- an insurance focused diversity association. She sits on Everest’s DEI Council and is a frequent speaker at industry events. </p>

<p> Christopher Dilenno is a founding partner of Mullen Coughlin. He focuses his practice on assisting clients in Data Privacy and Network Security matters, with a particular focus on responding to data breaches and related data exposure events. When a healthcare provider is faced with the loss of a laptop containing names and social security numbers, or a retailer is hacked and credit card information is stolen, he assists these clients in identifying appropriate and required next steps to comply with the various state, federal and international data breach notification and privacy laws, to comply with business-to-business contract duties, and to regain customer and client confidence. These steps can include engaging forensics experts, notification printing and mailing providers, call center and identity protection providers, demonstrating compliance to regulators, responding to requests for information, and defending clients confronted with regulatory actions and litigation initiated by affected individuals and business partners. <br/><br/> <strong>Education</strong><br/> Temple University<br/> Beasley School of Law<br/> Juris Doctor, 2007<br/><br/> Villanova University<br/> Bachelor of Arts, 1991<br/><br/> <strong>Admission</strong> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>Pennsylvania</li> <li>New Jersey</li> </ul> </p>

<p> Deuayne Crawford iscurrentlythe Head of Cyber, Northeast region at Axa XL, a division of Axa SA. He has over 16years of experience in financial services. Prior to joiningAxa XL in August 2022, Mr.Crawford spent over 6 years at Ironshore (a Liberty Mutual company)managing underwriting for cyber, media, technology and miscellaneous professional liability insurance for mid-cap and large-cap clientswithin a Northeast, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic wholesale and retail broker distribution network within the United States.Beforethat,hespent over 7years at American International Group underwriting thesame suite of financial linesinsuranceproductspredominately for large-cap clients. Prior to working in insurance,Mr.Crawford worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley.Mr. Crawford wasadualmajor inundergraduate(Financial Economics and English)atBinghamton University.He hasaMaster of Science in Insurance Management from Boston University. He holds CPCU (Charter Property Casualty Underwriter) and RPLU+ (Registered Professional Liability Underwriter+) designations. </p>

<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p> Erica Davis is Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Cyber at Guy Carpenter. Erica joined the Guy Carpenter team through the 2019 Marsh and McLennan acquisition of JLT Group, where she led the Cyber and E&O practice for JLT Re in North America. Erica serves clients by utilizing years of cyber, professional and multi-line underwriting expertise to design new products for emerging affirmative and non-affirmative cyber risks. Erica joined JLT Re from Zurich, where  she was senior vice president and Head of Cyber & Professional Liability for Zurich North America. Erica had national oversight of the Professional Liability, Security & Privacy and Employed Lawyers lines of business, with a specialization and thought leadership position in network security and privacy risk transfer solutions. <br/><br/> Erica is a key contributor to the public sector dialogue around cyber insurance and has provided testimony to the House Small Business Committee as an expert witness in cyber security insurance. As a prominent leader in understanding cyber risk at an enterprise level, she has presented at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and has contributed to several publications, events, articles and interviews in the industry. </p>

<p> Evgueni Erchov is the Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence and Ransomware SME at Arete, focused on leading a global team, in US, EMEA, and Asia related to emerging trends, and best practices to counter the impacts of Ransomware. Evgueni has more than 20 years of professional experience in application development, IT security, cybercrime investigations, computer forensics, cryptocurrency blockchain technology and cyber threat intelligence analysis/fusion in both federal and private sectors. <br/><br/> <strong>Certifications</strong> <ul style="list-style-type:disc;"> <li>Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)</li> <li>DCITA Digital Media Collector (DMC)</li> <li>DCITA Digital Forensics Examiner (DFE)</li> <li>Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)</li> <li>US Army Cyber Operations Planner (ACOP)</li> <li>Project Management Professional (PMP)</li> </ul> <br/> <strong>Education</strong><br/> Evgueni earned his Bachelor of Science in Information Systems and Technologies from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, and his Master’s with IT Management concentration from George Washington University. Currently, he is pursuing his PhD in Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence at George Mason University. </p>

<p> I am a cyber security and data protection professional with over 30 years experience within the industry. I have been in my current role as Deputy CISO and Data Protection Officer at Markel Corporation for almost 12 years. Prior to joining Markel, I have worked in many different industry sectors including Accountancy, Legal, Finance & Consulting. I hold several industry qualifications including ISC2 CISSP. Outside of work I am a keen golfer and enjoy travelling the world. </p>

<p> In his role as Director for Global Cyber Claims and Underwriting, Joe oversees Markel’s administration and evaluation of cyber claims for a wide spectrum of industries and product lines, while also being a point of contact for cyber risk management, incident response, thought leadership and claim advocacy. Additionally, Joe assists in the development of Markel’s cyber underwriting strategy and portfolio management of cyber insurance products. <br/><br/> Joe has spoken on various topics including digital supply-chain losses, regulatory investigations and cross-border breach response. <br/><br/> Prior to joining Markel in 2016, Joe practiced law as an insurance defense attorney and subsequently began handling insurance claims, with an emphasis on Miscellaneous E&O/Professional Liability matters including lawyers and insurance agents and brokers’ liability. <br/><br/> Joe is a board member of CLM’s Cyber, Management & Professional Liability Community, as well as a representative of the NetDiligence Cyber Claims Advisory Group. Joe is licensed to practice law in the State of New York and earned his Juris Doctor at New York Law School. He is based in Markel’s Midtown Manhattan office. </p>

John has extensive experience in insurance law, regularly advising insurers on liability and insurance issues concerning professional and directors' and officers' liability, transactional liability, privacy and cybersecurity and media liability. He frequently assists insurers in drafting insurance policies including director and officer liability, professional libility and cyber and technology liability insurance. John speaks and writes frequently on legal and insurance issues involving privacy and information security. John co-authored the chapter on information security in the Revised Internet Law for the Business Lawyer (2d ed. 2012)(ABA), and RFID, Near Field Communications and Mobile Payments - A Guide for Lawyers (2013)(ABA). He recently co-authored the insurance chapter for the recent ABA book, The Directors' Technology Handbook. John is a member of the IAPP, holding a CIPP/US certification, and is co-chair of the ABA Cyber insurance subcommittee within the Cyberspace Law Committee. Since 2019 he has regularly presented at Plus Cyber University on issues of silent cyber.

<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p> Molly McGinnis Stine, a partner in Locke Lord’s Chicago office, represents insurers and reinsurers with cyber, technology, media, data security, professional liability, D&O, E&O, and financial liability policies and risks. She advises insurers developing or revising a variety of types of policy wording. Molly also has experience with more than 1,400 first-party and third-party cybersecurity and privacy claims. In addition, she works with insurance and non-insurance clients to create and implement programs and procedures for cybersecurity and privacy risk preparedness and compliance and for incident response. Molly graduated from Macalester College and the University of Michigan Law School. </p>

<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p> Molly McGinnis Stine, a partner in Locke Lord’s Chicago office, represents insurers and reinsurers with cyber, technology, media, data security, professional liability, D&O, E&O, and financial liability policies and risks. She advises insurers developing or revising a variety of types of policy wording. Molly also has experience with more than 1,400 first-party and third-party cybersecurity and privacy claims. In addition, she works with insurance and non-insurance clients to create and implement programs and procedures for cybersecurity and privacy risk preparedness and compliance and for incident response. Molly graduated from Macalester College and the University of Michigan Law School. </p>

<p> Shehla Qureshi is a Claims Manager for AXA XL’s Cyber, Technology, and Media Liability claims group. Shehla originally joined AXA XL as a Senior Claims Specialist in July 2021 before moving to her current role in December 2021. Prior to AXA XL, Shehla worked at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty as the Cyber Claims Practice Leader handling complex cyber, technology and media matters for several years. Prior to that, Shehla worked at Allianz and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company handling errors and omissions claims. Shehla also worked at Lancer Claims Services in California working on errors and omissions claims. Shehla obtained her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her bachelor’s degree from Emory University majoring in History and Biology. Shehla is admitted to the California and West Virginia State Bar Associations. She is currently based out of AXA XL’s Atlanta office. </p>

<p> Steve Robinson is the Area President and National Cyber Practice Leader for Risk Placement Services, Inc. The RPS team has specific expertise in cyber insurance program development for businesses and organizations in numerous verticals such as financial services, education, healthcare, retail, hospitality, religious and nonprofit and education. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Steve has been with RPS since 1995 and his public speaking engagements have included the national Advisen Cyber Liability Insights Conference, the ACI Cyber and Data Risk Insurance Litigation Conference, the national Cyber Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, and a panelist discussing cyber risk insurance trends before the Federal Insurance Office at the United States Treasury. Steve has published numerous articles on cyber risk insurance, authored white papers relative to information risk exposures that organizations face, and trained insurance agent groups throughout the United States on matters of cyber risk insurance, both through webinars and continuing education certification. Steve can be reached in the Cambridge, Maryland office at 410-901-0704 or via email at Steven_Robinson@RPSins.com. </p>