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Alan Schnitzer

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Travelers

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Alexandra Mueller

PhD, Research Scientist, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

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Judge Allegra Collins

North Carolina Court of Appeals 

Part 4 only

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Amanda Mezerewski

Vice President, Personal Insurance Auto Product, Travelers

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Andy Cox

Forensic Specialist, Risk Control Lab, Travelers

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Angela Orbann

National Property Lead, Vice President, Personal Insurance, Travelers

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Anne D. Cope, Ph.D., P.E.

Chief Engineer, IBHS

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Annemarie Donegan

Senior Analyst, Custom Research, PitchBook Data 

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April Koh

Co-Founder and CEO, Spring Health

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Ashaunta A. Epps

CEO/Founder, A Perfect Swing, Inc., LPGA Class A Member, Top 50 Best Teacher

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Barbara A. Perry

Gerald L. Baliles Professor of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center

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Brian Gerritsen

Assistant Vice President, Middle Market Manufacturing Segment Leader, Travelers

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Dr. Brian Zachry

Senior Director, Catastrophe Risk Management, Travelers

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Bruce Soltys

Vice President, Emerging Talent, Travelers

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Bryan Reimer, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Center for Transportation and Logistics and MIT AgeLab; Founder and Co-Director, Advanced Vehicle Technology Consortium; Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Byron Loflin

Global Head of Board Advisory and Founder, Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence; Author of CEO Ready: What You Need to Know to Earn the Job and Keep the Job

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Charles Symington

President and Chief Executive Officer, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (The Big “I”)

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Chris Day

Assistant Vice President, Catastrophe Claim, Travelers

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Chris Rollins

Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Creator of Ripple Effect Leadership

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Chris Sanders

Research Project Scientist, IBHS

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Chris Williams

AVP Executive Liability, EPL Product Manager, Bond & Specialty Insurance, Travelers

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Christine Mapes

Managing Director & Counsel, Bond & Specialty Insurance Claim, Travelers

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Claude Howard

Vice President, Workers Compensation Claim, Travelers

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Cory Johnson

U.S. Army Veteran, Co-Chair of the Military/Veterans and Allies Diversity Network at Travelers, School Board Chairperson

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Curtis Dubay

Chief Economist, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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Dan DiMugno

Assistant Vice President, Risk Management, Personal Insurance, Travelers

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Dan Helfrich

Principal and former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Consulting LLP

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David Kruse

Director, Insurance Alliances, Arctic Wolf

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Denise Perlman

Chief Executive Officer, Middle Market, Aon

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Diana Sanchez

Manager, Economic & Public Policy Insights, Travelers Institute; Graduate, Product Management Development Program, Travelers; and EDGE® Alumna, Travelers

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Ellen Gustafson

Executive Director and Co-Founder of We the Veterans and Military Families

Welcoming remarks

Emily Stein

President, Safe Roads Alliance

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Erika Fleig

Vice President Learning & Effectiveness, Claim, Travelers

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Erin Loos Cutraro

CEO and Founder, She Should Run

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Evan Reiser

Founder and CEO Abnormal Security

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Faraz Hedayati, Ph.D.

Lead Research engineer, IBHS

Host

Ginny Brzezinski

Assistant Vice President, Public Policy Initiatives, Travelers

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Grace Grant

Executive Director, Gamma Iota Sigma

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Greg Landmark

Senior Vice President, Total Rewards and People Analytics, Travelers

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Heidi Christensen

Director, Center for Workplace Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association Foundation

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Ian Reagan

PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

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Jacqui Heidelberger

Assistant Vice President of Enterprise Market Research, Travelers

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Jad Daley

President and Chief Executive Officer, American Forests

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James Standish

Vice President and National Practice Leader Technology & Life Sciences, Travelers 

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Jamie Rhome

Deputy Director, National Hurricane Center

Host

Janice Brunner

Group General Counsel, Head of Civic Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Travelers

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Janice Brunner

Group General Counsel, Head of Civic Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Travelers

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Javeed Sukhera, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC  

Chair of Psychiatry, Institute of Living; Chief of Psychiatry, Hartford Hospital

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Jeff Greene

Former Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA); Former Chief of Cyber Response and Policy on the National Security Council; Distinguished Fellow, Aspen Institute; Founder, Civira Partners

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Jennifer Ampulski

Life Sciences Practice Lead, Travelers

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Jennifer Coughlin

Partner, Mullen Coughlin

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Jennifer Fries

Director, Risk Control Analytical Lab, Travelers

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Dr. Jennifer Jurado

Chief Resilience Officer, Broward County, Florida

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Jessica Jermakian

Ph.D., Vice President, Vehicle Research, IIHS

Host

Jessica Kearney

Vice President, Public Policy, Travelers Institute

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Joan Blades

Joan Blades, Co-Founder, LivingRoomConversations.org

Host

Joan Woodward

President, Travelers Institute; Executive Vice President, Public Policy, Travelers

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Joanne Carmody

Vice President, Catastrophe Management, Travelers

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Joe Balog

AVP, Workforce Management, Catastrophe Claim, Travelers

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John Gable

CEO and Co-Founder, AllSides

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Johnathon P. Ehsani, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Keynote address
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Kathryn Mueller, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of Colorado; Former Medical Director, Colorado Division of Workers Compensation

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Kathryn Mueller, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of Colorado; Former Medical Director, Colorado Division of Workers Compensation

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Keith Lewis

Vice President of Operations, Verisk CargoNet

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Kit Delgado, M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, and Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

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Lamelle Williams

Senior Learning Facilitator, Claim University, Travelers

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Laura Cox Kaplan

Host/Creator, She Said/She Said Media & Podcast

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Lauren Winchester

Head of Cyber Risk Services, Travelers

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Lindsay Jurist-Rosner

Co-Founder & CEO, Wellthy

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Les Kertay, Ph.D, ABPP

Clinical Psychologist; Chief Medical Officer, Ascellus; Adjunct Professor of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Lisa Seminara

Connecticut State Senator

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Louise Dubé

Executive Director, iCivics 

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Madhu Tadikonda

Former CEO of Corvus and Head of the Specialty Cyber Business Unit, Travelers 

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Major Ramsey

AVP, Claim Management, Catastrophe Claim, Travelers

Keynote address
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Marcos Iglesias, M.D.

Vice President, Chief Medical Director, Travelers

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Marcos Iglesias, M.D.

Vice President, Chief Medical Director, Travelers

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Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD

President and CEO, ECRI

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Dr. Mark R. Rosekind

Chief Safety Innovation Officer, Zoox; Former Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

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Mark T. Esper

27th U.S. Secretary of Defense

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Mary Sarah Bilder

Founders Professor of Law at Boston College

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Dr. Matt Walker

Professor of Neuroscience, UC Berkeley

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Melinda Vaughn

Deputy Director, Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School

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Michael F. Klein

Executive Vice President; President, Personal Insurance, Travelers

 

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Michael F. Klein

Executive Vice President; President, Personal Insurance, Travelers, Board of Trustees Member, Gamma Iota Sigma

 

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Michelle Rafeld

Executive Director, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud

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Dr. Mo Pickens

Sports Psychologist and Golf Coach

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Mojgan Lefebvre

EVP and Chief Technology & Operations Officer, Travelers

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Myles Gibbons 

Executive Vice President & President, Middle Market and National Property, Travelers

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Pam Sherman

Actor, Writer, Leadership Consultant, Author

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Judge Paul Grimm

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (retired) 

Part 4 only

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Pete Herron

Senior Vice President, Management Liability, Bond and Specialty Insurance Travelers

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Peter Miller, MBA, CPCU

President and Chief Executive Officer, The Institutes

Opening remarks

Peter “PC” Carter

President, Colorado Chapter, National African American Insurance Association (NAAIA)

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Pranay Mittal

Vice President, Travelers Investigative Services 

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Raul Arbelaez

Vice President, Vehicle Research Center, IIHS

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Rebecca Pacheco

Yoga and Meditation Teacher  
Author, Still Life: The Myths and Magic of Mindful Living

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Reese Cann

Assistant Vice President, Risk Control, Travelers   

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Renee Wynn

Former Chief Information Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Rich Ives

Senior Vice President, Business Insurance Claim, Travelers 

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Richard Haass

President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Counselor, Centerview Partners

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Richard S. Richard Jr.

CISM, CCISO, Chief of Cybersecurity, Region 2, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

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Robert Hartwig, Ph.D., CPCU

Associate Clinical Professor of Finance and Director of the Risk and Uncertainty Management Center, University of South Carolina 

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Roy Wright

President and CEO, IBHS

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Rustin Silverstein

President and Founder, X Ante

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Ryan Hebert

Business Information Security Officer, New York Stock Exchange

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Ryan McMahon

Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, Cambridge Mobile Telematics

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Saam Motamedi

General Partner, Greylock Partners

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Sarah Skubas

Attorney at Law, Jackson Lewis

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Scott Cornell

Vice President National Practice Lead-Transportation, Inland Marine, Travelers 

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Sean Ramalho  

Executive Vice President, Enterprise Distribution Management, Travelers

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Shawn VanDerziel

President and CEO, National Association of Colleges and Employers

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Stef Zielezienski

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, APCIA

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Tami Pyfer

Chief Impact Officer, UNITE, and Co-Founder of The Dignity Index

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Tim Bailey

Director of Curriculum Development and Instructional Design, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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Tim Corrigan

Vice President, Risk Control Lab, Travelers 

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Tim Francis

Vice President, Enterprise Cyber Lead, Travelers

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Todd L. Mattiello

Vice President, Client Services Group, National Accounts, Travelers  

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Todd Wolfe

General Counsel, Arrive Logistics

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Tony Collings

Cybersecurity State Coordinator for Illinois, Region 5, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

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Tony Giannone

Vice President, Multinational Accounts, Travelers 

Keynote address

Valerie Cofield

Chief Strategy Officer, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

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Lt. Gen. (Ret.)  William “Dave” Beydler

Former Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy, U.S. Central Command
Former Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, U.S. Central Command 

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Yafit Cohn

Chief Sustainability Officer, Travelers