Meet The Presenters

Rob Galbraith, CPCU

Rob Galbraith has been called “the patron saint of insurtech”, “a global insurtech thought leader”, “a wonderful motivation”, “an inspiration”, “a mentor to many in the insurance industry”, “the most interesting man in insurance”, “the prophet” and “the WD40 of insurance” for his versatile skills and ability to solve all manners of problems.

Megan Watt

Megan Watt is Executive Vice President, Head of North America Claims at Chubb. She lead all aspects of Chubb North America claims management, service and administration for the commercial and personal insurance businesses.

Ms. Watt has close to three decades of insurance experience and has served in a variety of leadership capacities.

Patricia Saporito, CPCU

Pat is a data analytics consultant; she is founder and principal consultant at Saporito & Associates, LLC where she helps companies innovate and grow their businesses through data and analytics. Previously, she led the global analytics strategy program at SAP across all industries and was their insurance industry analytics expert.

Amy C. Waninger, CPCU

Amy C. Waninger is advancing diversity and inclusive leadership throughout the insurance ecosystem and beyond. Companies across the country hire Amy to help them build inclusive cultures and diverse leadership bench strength through keynotes, training, and consulting services. She is the author of multiple books including Network Beyond Bias: Making Diversity a Competitive Advantage for Your Career.

Matthew A. Struck, CPCU

Matthew A. Struck, CPCU, ARM, MBA, Partner & Co-founder at Treadstone Risk Management (www.treadstonerisk.com) is an entrepreneur in the Insurance & Risk Management Brokerage field. Matthew contributes to online blogs and articles frequently as well as being the main author for TRM Risk Manager (blog.treadstonerisk.com). Matthew has over 15 years of experience in the personal, commercial, and public entity Insurance & Risk Management field.

Abi Clough, MBA, CPCU

Abi Potter Clough, MBA, CPCU, is a keynote speaker, author, and business consultant focused on leadership and strategy, personal branding, insurtech, and risk management. She has over 15 years of experience at a Fortune 500 company with operational leadership, lean management consulting, and digital communications and insurtech expertise. Abi is CEO of AbiLeads. For more information and to book Abi, go to www.AbiLeads.com or email at Abi1Leads@gmail.com.

Carol Vorhees, CPCU, PMP

Carol Voorhees has served as Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer since April 2018.

Carol joined NJM in 1996 as a systems analyst. During the next decade, she held positions of increasing responsibility in the Information Technology Department. She led major technology initiatives across all lines of business in support of the company’s strategic goals.

Christine Prendergast

Christine Prendergast is Head of Claims of the US P&C Operations, Senior Vice President of Munich Re America Services, Inc. and Chief Claims Officer of Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

In her role, she leads the Reinsurance and Insurance Claims teams in the US P&C region across several business units, including Claims Runoff Solutions and Operations, Analytics and Reporting.

Christine is a member of the bar and holds a law degree from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany.

Rita Williams-Bogar, MBA

Rita provides consultative services to businesses and individuals in the areas of leadership development, emotional intelligence, ethics, diversity, strategic thinking & planning, professional growth, and insurance technical education. She is a keynote speaker for insurance industry and professional associations. Using a client-centered approach, Rita provides workshops custom tailored to her clients’ needs. Her mission is to share strategies to help people reach their potential.

Bryan Falchuk

Bryan Falchuk overcame adversity, lost nearly 100 pounds, ran a marathon
and created an approach to help others live a better life, every day. He
learned the secret to overcoming any individual challenge and creating a life
of achievement and happiness he can share at your next event.
He is a best-selling author, acclaimed public speaker, C-level executive,
multiple-TEDx presenter, and has been featured in many top publications
like Inc. Magazine, The LA Times, Chicago Tribune and more.

Brett Kahn

Brett Kahn litigates in multiple practice areas, and he seasons his practice by consulting with
clients on day-to-day and strategic business transactions. He concentrates his practice on
contractual and commercial litigation matters arising in state and federal court, and in domestic and international arbitrations. Brett specializes in contract disputes – in particular insurance coverage matters on behalf of policyholders-but he has successfully represented
clients in litigation involving many different subject matters, including real estate,
construction, services contracts, product liability, employment, benefits and title insurance.

James J. Venezia, CPCU

Jim is an insurance and risk management professional who began his career in 1985 after graduating from Villanova University with a degree in Accountancy. He is a Broker with Phoenix Insurance Group Inc.
He creates, evaluates, improves and manages insurance programs (from simple to highly complex) which help innovative, entrepreneurial, and disruptive organizations, executives and professionals manage risk and add value to their operations. Jim is a student of insurance as well as a student of his client’s business operations, translating knowledge into superior decision making. His unique value in achieving consistently excellent outcomes is based upon his level of fitness, experience, network and ability to simplify and communicate complex insurance and risk management matters.

Patrick Kelahan

Serves as Building Consultant for H2M architects + engineering, a Long Island, NY firm recognized as a regional expert in public sector, commercial, firematics, and forensic engineering. In this role Patrick serves as an insurance carrier subject matter expert for the firm, advising and interacting with staff in ensuring carrier needs are met. Additionally, Patrick is charged with observing and anticipating ‘what comes next’ in the insurance carrier world.

As a passionate follower of the global insurance innovation initiatives, Pat interacts with the industry as the ‘Insurance Elephant’. He composes a weekly InsurTech column for the Daily Fintech, has initiated a start-up firm known as the Ten C’s Project that is pursuing parametric options for pandemics and other systemic risks.

Chief Rating Officer. Stefan is currently responsible for the agency’s global ratings coverage.

Experience:

Served in variety of roles at AM Best, both in the United States and overseas, including most recently in the role of Managing Director, Analytics, where Stefan managed a London-based team covering the European, Middle Eastern and African insurance markets.
Prior to joining AM Best, Stefan was Audit Manager at the Jefferson Insurance Group (a specialty lines subsidiary of Allianz SE).

Professional Designations:

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC)