<p> Alexander Grijalva is New York-Presbyterian’s senior information security risk analyst. He is responsible for the information security risk analyses and technical vulnerability assessments of the hospital’s information assets. Previously, he was the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s information security compliance manager. He has over 20 years of experience in information security and information technology across various industry sectors. He has a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from New York University. He holds CISA, CISM, CISSP, COBIT 5, and PRINCE2 certifications. </p>

<p> Alice has been with CNA for about 30 years providing a variety of services to both underwriters and insureds. Current responsibilities include Risk Control Director for the National Allied Healthcare Facilities Practice. As such she participates in the development and provision of strategic appetite and underwriting direction. She collaborates with underwriters, actuaries, claims professionals, analytic staff and marketing to forecast, advise and support business development, risk identification and selection, rate adequacy, loss analysis, coverage enhancements and market opportunities. Alice has served as a hospital administrator and nursing home administrator and provided clinical care in surgery and emergency medicine. Alice developed and managed ECRI's inaugural national healthcare facilities risk management consultation service and subscription publication. A retired hospital administrator officer with the US Army Reserves, she received a Master of Science in Hospital and Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Professional designations include Charter Diplomat of the American Board of Risk Management, Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management and Fellow of the National Association of HealthCare Quality. She was named as one of 200 Women Leaders to Know in the ASC Industry by Becker’s Healthcare. </p>

<p> <strong>Responsibilities</strong> <br/> As a member of the Healthcare team in Aon Bermuda, Amy is responsible for a portfolio of healthcare risks placed into the Bermuda market. These risks include for profit and not for profit multi-hospital systems, university teaching hospitals, long term care, assisted living, medical malpractice, hospital physicians liability, managed care E&O, pharmacies and medical product manufacturers. Amy also places professional liability reinsurance with Bermudan reinsurers for physicians and hospital captives. <br/><br/> <strong>Background</strong> <br/> Amy has 14 years experience in the insurance industry, working with middle market through Fortune 1000 clients. Prior to joining Aon in January 2010, Amy was a broker at Arthur J Gallagher in Bermuda for 5 years, working on professional liability, casualty, and property placements into the Bermuda marketplace. There she placed hospital professional liability for large hospital systems and long term care facilities on both an insurance and reinsurance basis. Ms. Wolfinger started her insurance career in Boston Massachusetts, working with both Liberty Mutual and St Paul Travelers insurance companies. Amy worked on a wide range of insurance products spanning large workers compensation loss sensitive programs to medical device errors and omissions coverage. <br/><br/> <strong>Professional Designations</strong> <br/> Amy graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelors of Science in Financial Management. She earned the designations Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) in 2005 and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) in 2007. She is currently the President of Bermuda Society for Healthcare Risk Management (BSHRM) and a member on the Executive Board of the Bermuda CPCU Society. </p>

<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p> A Healthcare Professional Liability (HCPL) Underwriting executive with 30 years of experience, Brenda has developed expertise in underwriting across all aspects of the HCPL industry. Throughout her career, Brenda has served in Executive Level leadership roles and as a Chief Underwriting Officer, maintaining focus on underwriting discipline, profitability and the implementation of underwriting strategies in line with the changing healthcare environment. Today, Brenda serves as Chief Strategy Officer at MedPro Group - the nation’s first provider of HCPL insurance - contributing her extensive industry experience to help guide the company’s vision for the future. </p>

<p> Dr. Esters is an Assistant Professor with South College School of Pharmacy. His primary practice area is Medication Safety at Methodist Medical Center in Oakridge, Tennessee. Dr. Esters received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy in 2003. Prior to joining faculty at South College Dr. Esters was a Director of Pharmacy in the Knoxville, Tennessee market where he began a medication safety program. Dr. Esters is Certified Professional in Patient Safety. He is a member of Tennessee Pharmacist Association, Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacist, American Society of Health-System Pharmacy, Medication Safety Officer Society, and American Society of Patient Safety Professionals. Dr. Esters is also a charter member of the Tennessee Pharmacist Coalition for Medication Use Safety Innovation Community (MUSIC). Dr. Esters’ areas of interest include human factors and system design, quality and risk strategies, and glycemic control in the acute care setting. </p>

Brad Ash currently serves as Senior Vice-President, Underwriting & Sales, for ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company & ISMIE Indemnity Insurance Company (collectively "ISMIE"). ISMIE provides physician MPL and other healthcare professional liability products and services on an admitted and excess & surplus lines basis. Prior to joining ISMIE, Mr. Ash had the privilege of serving many of the finest medical liability carriers in the industry including The Doctors Company, COPIC, The Medical Protective Company, & ProAssurance. Mr. Ash received his Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation in 2005 and his Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) designation in 2002. He has presented at national industry conferences for organizations such as PLUS, Medical Professional Liability Association (MPLA), the Hospital Insurance Forum, and Crittenden. He also represented COPIC on the MPLA Underwriting Section from 2004-2012. Mr. Ash is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and holds a bachelor's degree in Government. In addition, he earned his MBA in Health Administration from the University of Colorado at Denver.

<p> Debra Goldberg, JD, MPH, RPLU serves as Underwriting Counsel for Validus Specialty Underwriting Services, an AIG Company. Prior insurance roles include Chief Underwriting Officer of Sapphire Blue, an MGU specializing in long term care and allied healthcare risks and Managing Director of Medical Underwriting for Markel Services Incorporated, where she was responsible for growth and profitability of the company’s medical professional liability business including allied health care, medical facility, and physician, surgeon and dentist professional liability. Deb began her career as a medical malpractice defense attorney representing hospitals and healthcare providers in Cook County, Illinois, and the surrounding area. She worked as an insurance coverage attorney with a focus on professional liability E&O coverage and reinsurance. Deb received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis and holds a Juris Doctorate from the George Washington University School of Law and a Master's Degree in Public Health from the George Washington University School of Public Health. She is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) and has earned the organization's RPLU designation. Deb has been a frequent speaker at medical professional liability industry events on underwriting trends, has conducted continuing education courses on medical professional liability, has published articles on national healthcare legislation and its impact on insurance coverage, and has previously served as the instructor on Medical Professional Liability at PLUS University. </p>

<p> Dr. Gundersen is a graduate of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, Texas where she received her Medical Degree in 1989. She completed residency training in Adult Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado in 1993. She is also board certified in Forensic Psychiatry. Dr. Gundersen is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado where she teaches medical students, residents and fellows. She maintains a private practice specializing in general adult and forensic psychiatry. Dr. Gundersen has maintained an interest in physician health since 2000 when she became an Associate Medical Director at the Colorado Physician Health Program. She is currently serving as Medical Director for the organization. Dr. Gundersen is the current President for the Federation of State Physician Health Programs. She has a Colorado Supreme Court appointment to the Attorney Regulatory Committee. She is a past president of the Colorado Psychiatric Society. She is an active member in the Colorado Medical Society, serving as chair of the Physician Wellness Committee. </p>

<p>Fran O’Connell, RN, MBA Fran is well known in the industry and has been underwriting medical professional business for over 25years. Most recently she served as Markel’s Managing Direct for the Healthcare Practice Group and prior to that product line leader for medical professional liability. In her previous position as Managing Director-Medical Professional Liability for Markel Corporation, Fran was responsible for underwriting Allied Medical Professional risks, including hospitals and long term care facilities, as well as of Physicians and Surgeons groups and individual providers with specific coverage needs. <br/><br/> Fran is known not only as an has author of articles that have appeared in Best’s and Medical Group Management Journal as well as other healthcare magazines, She has presented Continuing Education Seminars to broker groups and various state Surplus Lines Associations around the country on various aspects of medical professional liability coverage and She also has presented at Healthcare related Symposia including Crittenden, Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), Louisiana State University, and Troy State University. <br/><br/> Fran received her undergraduate, graduate and nursing degree at Northwestern University. </p>

<p> Gerry Lewis-Jenkins has been with COPIC since 1991 and held various positions before being named Executive Vice President in 2007. She oversees a number of department and business units essential to COPIC’s overall image including Underwriting and Policyholder Service, Sales, Corporate Marketing and Communications, Information Technology, and Public Affairs. <br/><br/> Ms. Lewis-Jenkins also oversees COPIC Financial Service Group, an independent insurance brokerage and consulting firm that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of COPIC. In addition, she is responsible for the business that COPIC writes in Nebraska and assesses new products, expansions, and possible acquisitions. <br/><br/> Before coming to COPIC, Ms. Lewis-Jenkins served as Executive Director of Humana Health Plans of Colorado. She also has a background as a registered nurse, with more than 15 years of experience in clinical and hospital management. <br/><br/> Ms. Lewis Jenkins was recently appointed to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Committee on Governance—a specialty committee to the AHA Board of Trustees that is responsible for providing input for policy development, leading involvement of hospital trustees in grassroots advocacy, providing advice on AHA’s trustee initiatives, and enhancing communication with and involvement of trustees. <br/><br/> Ms. Lewis-Jenkins is the immediate past chair of the board of directors for the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, a nonprofit dedicated to improving health care for all Coloradans through health information exchange, and she serves on the board of the Platte Valley Medical Center, a community-owned, nonprofit hospital. She is also a Colorado Trustee Representative on the Western Regional Trustee Symposium Planning Committee. <br/><br/> Ms. Lewis-Jenkins recently became a Fellow of the Physicians Insurers Association of America and serves on the board of its Marketing Committee and Activities Committee. In addition, she is part of the Advisory Board for the Regis University Health Services Administration Graduate Program. <br/><br/> Previously, Ms. Lewis-Jenkins served on the Advisory Board of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado, and the boards of Think About It Colorado, a public awareness campaign focused on patient safety, and Shared Health, a subsidiary of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee. <br/><br/> Ms. Lewis-Jenkins earned a degree in Healthcare Administration and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Regis University. She also participates on the Susan G. Komen Alumni Committee. </p>

<p> Mr. Chrin has over 17 years of industry experience, including the past fourteen in consulting. Greg is currently the chairperson of American Academy of Actuaries Medical Professional Liability Subcommittee.  He also manages Deloitte’s Medical Professional Liability practice.  His clients include insurance companies, risk retention groups, reinsurers, hospitals, captive insurance companies, and private equity firms both domestic and international.  Mr. Chrin recently co-authored an article titled Transparency: Changing the World We Live In, for the Better (PIAA Inside Medical Liability Magazine, 3rd Quarter 2014) <br/><br/> Mr. Chrin’s unique role at Deloitte, which involves working for the insurance consumer, insurance department and the insurance/reinsurance industry, has given him a unique perspective on trends affecting all sides of the insurance purchasing decision.  His diverse work experience has contributed to his appetite for research and development of training classes and presentations addressing key issues affecting insurance buyers and sellers.   Greg specializes in M&A transactions, captive feasibility studies, and actuarial reserving and pricing studies. He recently returned from a medical tourism project overseas focused on recommending an MPL insurance structure to benefit patients, providers, doctors, insurers, and the public. </p>

<p> Greg is a Vice President for Healthcare Professional Liability underwriting for Berkshire Hathaway. He is responsible for building and managing the company's professional liability book of Physician, Outpatient and Institutional healthcare accounts. He is also responsible for developing many of the company's policy forms and endorsements. <br/><br/> Prior to joining Berkshire Hathaway in 2013, Greg worked in healthcare underwriting at Zurich Insurance for 15 years and AIG for 4 years. </p>

<p> In 1986, Hoppy Stauffer began managing physician offices. This included OB/GYN, Anesthesiology, Pain Management and Chiropractic. She continued this for approximately 10 years. In 1996, Ms. Stauffer began working for Zurich-American Insurance in their Agency Accounting Department handling approximately 400 plus agents. From there, she moved over to underwriting in a support staff role in Excess Casualty and then, when the Healthcare Department opened up, moved back into the Healthcare venue. Ms. Stauffer became an Associate Underwriter and thoroughly enjoyed this aspect of the industry. In the spring of 2000, the Zurich Healthcare Department closed on the West Coast, so Ms. Stauffer went over to the Wholesale side, staying in the Healthcare niche. Other than a brief 5 month stint at Aon as the Southwest Relationship Manager for Healthcare, she has been on the Wholesale side ever since. Ms. Stauffer currently works at Worldwide Facilities in the position of National Practice Leader for Healthcare and loves every minute of it. Over the years, she has had some excellent mentors which include Fran O’Connell, whom Ms. Stauffer worked with at Zurich during her brief break from Markel. </p>

<p> Jonathan S. Ziss is a partner in Goldberg Segalla’s Philadelphia office. He chairs the firm’s Professional Liability Practice Group, a team of more than 50 lawyers encompassing a wealth of experience handling all manner of professional liability claims and cases. <br/><br/> Jonathan devotes much of his practice to the representation of professionals, including accountants, attorneys, bankers, design professionals, insurance agents/brokers, and fiduciaries, in administrative and civil proceedings. He has represented many local, regional and national accounting firms in a wide variety of matters and in a number of forums, including all forms of ADR. In professional negligence matters, he has represented accountants in lawsuits brought by former clients; by purchasers or sellers in disputes arising out of business combinations; by factors, banks, and other lenders; by creditors in bankruptcy and bankruptcy trustees; and by other affiliated professionals. In addition, Jonathan is frequently called upon to represent accountants in investigations by federal, state, and local authorities, including the Internal Revenue Service, the FBI, and the Department of Labor, as well as investigations by bankruptcy trustees and creditors’ committees. He has worked with accounting firms preparing for grand jury appearances. Outside of the E&O arena, Jonathan has counseled and represented accountants, architects, attorneys, wealth insurance agents/brokers, physicians, TPAs, and wealth managers on matters relating to covenants not to compete, employment liability, and other business and internal matters. <br/><br/> Jonathan is a past chair of the PLUS Mid-Atlantic Steering Committee. He is the immediate-past president of the Professional Liability Defense Federation (PLDF) and past lead chair of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Professional Liability Committee. Jonathan has written articles on the subject of fiduciary responsibility, professional standards, and professional liability risk, and he frequently lectures on topics related to professional risk and claims management. </p>

<p> Ms. Shostek is Vice President of Health Care Risk Management with Sedgwick. She is an industry recognized patient safety and risk management professional with over 25 years of experience. She provides consultative services to improve and enhance risk management and patient safety programs. An emphasis is placed on risk reduction techniques and innovative approaches to improve patient safety and reduce preventable harm. <br/><br/> The experience that Ms. Shostek brings is extensive. This includes risk management leadership at the acute care level and corporate multispecialty physician group practice. As a TeamSTEPPS master trainer, Kathy works with healthcare organization leaders to engage providers and staff in learning to use communication and teamwork strategies that improve working relationships, enhance patient safety, and reduce the risk of error. Other responsibilities included development of risk management and patient safety programs, co-management of claims, and traditional risk assessment and mitigation activities. Kathy has extensive consultative experience with national medical malpractice insurance companies, hospitals, and physician practices. Significant accomplishments include leading expert teams in conducting patient safety assessments, establishing action goals and interventions tied to qualitative and quantitative measures for benchmarking, tools for implementing best practices, and delivering continuing medical education (CME) programs. She has a clinical nursing and management background is in emergency, critical care, and surgery. <br/><br/> Ms. Shostek is a national speaker on topics related to patient safety and risk management strategies in healthcare. She is the author of content for ECRI’s Healthcare Risk Control System and had articles published in journals such as the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, Health Executive, and Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, and she has been quoted in Bests Review and Risk & Insurance; she co-authored a chapter with Peter Pronovost, MD in ASRHM’s Risk Management Handbook for Healthcare Organizations, 5th edition. <br/><br/> Kathy received a degree in Business Administration from Wilkes University and is a graduate student in the MBA-Health Systems Management program at DeSales University, Center Valley, PA. She earned her Nursing degree from Community Medical Center School of Nursing/Marywood University, Scranton, PA. Kathy has achieved the ARM, CPHRM, and FASHRM designations and is a certified professional in patient safety (CPPS). </p>

<div style="text-align:center;font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"><span style="font-family:'Calibri';font-size:11.00pt;"> <p> Based in St. Paul, Minnesota Kevin joined Arch in 2003 and has worked in the insurance industry since 1986, during which time he has focused exclusively on medical professional liability. Kevin spent sixteen years with the St. Paul’s Global Healthcare Division in several positions of increasing responsibility with his last position being Practice Leader for physicians’ professional liability. Prior to joining Arch he was the Product Line Manager for miscellaneous facilities with AIG Healthcare. Before accepting his current position, Kevin was responsible for the miscellaneous facility product group, the program/association product group and the field staff dedicated to these business segments for Arch Healthcare. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Sciences from St. John’s University in Minnesota. </p>

<p> Michael F. Barrett is a personal injury attorney who focuses on medical malpractice, professional negligence, pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices products liability, civil rights and a broad spectrum of other civil litigation cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia. A champion of medical malpractice victims, Mr. Barrett is committed to raising the level of care provided by healthcare providers. He has achieved numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and confidential settlements for Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky clients. Mr. Barrett is considered one of Pennsylvania’s best medical malpractice attorneys. He has been a member of Philadelphia magazine’s peer-selected, top 5 percent Super Lawyers of Pennsylvania every year since 2005. In 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 the same publication named him one of the 100 best lawyers in both Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. In 2013, Mr. Barrett was selected as one of the Top 100 Litigation Lawyers in America by Best Lawyers, the U.S. legal profession’s oldest peer-review publication. He has received an AV rating, the highest possible rating, from Martindale-Hubbell as well as being named one of their Top Rated Lawyers in Medical Malpractice Law for 2014. He was also selected by Legal Leaders magazine as one of Philadelphia’ Top Rated Lawyers of 2014. In 2015, the American Society of Legal Advocates selected him as a Top 100 Litigation Lawyer in Pennsylvania. In 2015, the National Association of Distinguished Counsel selected him as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent. In 2006, Mr. Barrett received the President’s Award from the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Barrett graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and holds a J.D. law degree from the Villanova University School of Law. Mr. Barrett is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, is a Certified Civil Pre-Trial and Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocates, is a Fellow of the Advisory Board of Litigation Counsel of America and is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Mr. Barrett regularly lectures lawyers, law students and other professional groups on such topics as personal injury law, handling delayed diagnosis of cancer cases and selecting jury members and expert witnesses. Mr. Barrett’s services to the legal profession include: President, President-Elect, Vice President and Board Member, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; Hearing Committee Chairman, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Board of Governors, Pennsylvania Association for Justice; Co-Chairman, Medico-legal Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association; Chair, Brennan Award Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association; Board of Directors, Philadelphia Bar Foundation; Co-Chairperson, Philadelphia Bar Association State Civil Litigation Section; and Group Captain and Master, Villanova University School of Law Inns of Court. Mr. Barrett is Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Louis D. Brandeis Law Society Foundation. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, where he formerly served as legal counsel. </p>

<p> Mr. Reynolds is a Claims Director and Director of Government Relations for ProAssurance Corporation. He is responsible for managing litigation and appellate files in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Nebraska and California. In addition to his litigation and appellate responsibilities, Mr. Reynolds is responsible for governmental relations in Michigan and is an Executive Board member with the Insurance Institute of Michigan. <br/><br/> Prior to joining ProAssurance, Mr. Reynolds was in private practice in the Detroit area specializing in products liability defense. </p>

<p> Patricia Marzella-Graubart, R.N., J.D., is senior reinsurance specialist, with medical, legal and insurance experience. She is currently working as a Senior Professional Liability Treaty Underwriter with Swiss Re America in Armonk, NY. Her areas of specialization include Medical Professional Liability & Errors & Omissions. Within Swiss Re, Ms. Graubart supports the global Medical Professional Liability Center of Competence. Prior to joining Swiss Re in 1997 Ms. Graubart's work experience included positions as a Health Care Risk Manager, Claim & Litigation Manager and Registered Nurse. Ms. Graubart received a Bachelors Degree of Science, Nursing from Pace University in 1986. She received her Juris Doctor from Pace University in 1991. She is a member of PLUS and ASHRM. </p>

<p> Paul recently joined Marsh & McLennan Agency to build out their Senior Care practice group. <br/><br/> Paul Marshall has over 20 years experience in the insurance and risk management industry with a strong focus on Senior Care / Healthcare Professional Liability. Having direct experience as retail agency sales, large client risk management and insurance placement along with carrier operations; program management, distribution, underwriting, loss prevention, claims and alternative risk programs. <br/><br/> A Dayton Ohio resident for 48 years; Married to wife Victoria; celebrating 25th anniversary in 2015, Six children; currently two attending High School and three in college. Paul was a collegiate Div I Wrestler at Miami University, Founded the Eagle Youth Wrestling Program in 1990, a program for "at risk" inner city youth, serving over 1,200 kids to date. </p>

<p> Dr. Peter Perdik, MD,MMM, is a Pulmonary and Internal Medicine physician at the AdvantageCare Physicians practice in New York City. He has been President and CEO of the Physicians Proactive Protection, RRG since 2006. Dr. Perdik has an interest in improving patient care through risk management, and creating value through utilizing the professional liability program. In addition to an MD degree, he also has an executive MBA in Medical Management. </p>

<p> In 2019, Mr. Blasio was named the Managing Director of GB Specialty, a new operating division of Gallagher Bassett with concentrations in high-risk liability areas, including healthcare; professional liability; product liability; transportation; cyber and construction. Under his leadership GB Specialty has continued to grow. <br/><br/> Prior to his role as Managing Director of GB Specialty, Mr. Blasio founded Western Litigation (“WL”) in 1994 and was responsible for strategically growing the company into an industry leader in the management of claims and risk for the professional liability industry. WL now operates as GB Healthcare a practice area within Gallagher Bassett Services (“GB”). <br/><br/> Prior to founding WL, Mr. Blasio was engaged in private legal practice in Chicago for eight years, where he specialized in the defense of physicians and hospitals in professional negligence matters and in the defense of insurers in insurance coverage disputes. Mr. Blasio graduated cum laude from Lawrence University in 1981 and he received his Juris Doctorate, with Honors, from The George Washington University in 1984. </p>

<p> Scott Crockett represents insurers and healthcare providers with respect to healthcare and medical malpractice litigation exposures. Scott evaluates, manages and negotiates high exposure litigation on behalf of clients and assists clients in claim evaluation, policy drafting, coverage disputes, and auditing. <br/><br/> Scott received his BA from Washburn University and his law degree from the University of Kansas. In private practice Scott represented hospitals and physicians in medical negligence cases. In 1987 he became in-house counsel to Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC) where he enjoyed a 15 year career. Scott was Vice President in charge of all medical malpractice claims matters and supervised a staff of over 100 attorneys and adjusters. He has personally mediated or negotiated hundreds of catastrophic injury medical malpractice cases. <br/><br/> In 2004 Scott joined Wagstaff & Cartmell, a Kansas City, Missouri law firm that specializes in the defense of medical malpractice cases. Scott is a member of the Kansas and Missouri Bar Associations and the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and a frequent speaker at insurance industry, hospital and healthcare related conferences. </p>

<p> Dr. Syzek completed his M.D. degree and residency training in Ohio. He is an ABEM certified emergency physician, a member of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, and a fellow in the American College of Emergency Physicians. His experience includes 33 years in clinical practice and more than 25 years as a medical-legal consultant. <br/><br/> Dr. Syzek served as the Executive VP of Risk Management for Premier Physician Services, an emergency physician group practice with more than 400 physicians. He also served as President and Director of Pinnacle Medical Protective, SPC, a physician liability captive insurance company in Georgetown, Grand Cayman. <br/><br/> Dr. Syzek is currently the VP of E-Learning Solutions for The Sullivan Group, a company that provides system solutions that reduce medical errors and improve patient safety. <br/><br/> Dr. Syzek is a frequent author and speaker on the topics of patient safety, risk reduction, litigation support, physician group risk management, peer review, and physician liability insurance. </p>

Valoree J. Celona, President of Allied Health and Programs for Coverys Group, has over 30 years of casualty & professional liability underwriting experience. Valoree received her B. A. in Economics from Fordham University and earned her CPCU designation early in her career. Valoree began her career in insurance as an underwriting trainee in Medical Professional Liability (MPL) at Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company (MLMIC). After her promotion to underwriter, Valoree joined AIG Healthcare where she underwrote various classes of Commercial MPL. Valoree was then asked to join the LPL division of CNA with former colleagues who had left AIG. At CNA she underwrote LPL across CNA’s large nationwide platform. After some time, Valoree returned to AIG Healthcare working as senior underwriter and then assistant regional manager for the NY Region. In the early 2000’s along with some colleagues from AIG, Valoree joined the facultative team at Employers Reinsurance where she underwrote D&O, E&O exclusively. Valoree remained in the reinsurance world working at both Odyssey Re and Converium Re as both Facultative and Treaty underwriter. In 2005, Valoree was recruited to join Ernst and Young’s Business Risk Consulting group, focusing on best practice reviews and anti-money laundering within the Financial Services Industry. There she became a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and worked on some of the largest financial crime remediation projects in the USA. When the financial crisis hit in September 2008, Valoree was recruited back to AIG Healthcare and held positions of increasing responsibility for programs in both the US & Canada. After 5 years, Valoree was approached by a former AIG colleague and hired as division executive and Senior Vice President for the MPL initiative at LIU. Valoree held the role of Senior Vice President over programs and physicians following the merger of Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) and Ironshore. After 5 successful years, Valoree recently joined Coverys as President of Coverys Programs and Allied Health. In this role she is focused on strategically expanding and diversifying the Coverys corporate footprint within the professional liability arena and overseeing the allied health portfolio.

<p> Managing Principal , Executive Broker <br/> National Healthcare Practice, Boston, MA <br/><br/> More than 25 years of experience in risk management consulting and risk financing design for healthcare clients, including integrated delivery systems, physician groups, managed care organizations and clinics. <br/><br/> <strong>Current Responsibilities</strong> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>Develop and implement risk financing programs that support clients’ business objectives.</li> <li>Develop and implement evidence based risk management programs that integrate seamlessly with client operations.</li> <li>Ensure that clients receive excellent service from teams with deep healthcare industry knowledge. </li> <li>Provide consulting and advisory services to healthcare clients with primary focus on alternative risk financing, professional liability management and loss prevention.</li> </ul> <strong>Experience</strong> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>1983-1985: Asst Director Data Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital</li> <li>1985-1988: Senior Consultant, Harvard Risk Management Foundation, Cambridge, MA</li> <li>1988-1992: Corporate Director, Risk Management, St. Vincent Healthcare, MA</li> <li>1992-2006: Managing Director and National Practice Leader, Healthcare Risk Management Consulting, National Healthcare Practice, Marsh, Inc.</li> <li>2006 – present: Managing Principal, Executive Broker, Integro Insurance Brokers</li> </ul> <strong>Education</strong> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>Doctor of Philosophy (ABD), Health Law and Policy, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.</li> <li>Masters in Public Administrative Health, Suffolk University, Boston, Mass.</li> <li>Certificate in Advanced Financial Management, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA</li> <li>Bachelors of Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida</li> </ul> </p>