2025 Topics & Presenters:

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
U.S. Department of Labor Update
Current Initiatives, Emerging Trends & Lessons Learned

Courtney E. Walter
Senior Counselor, Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Labor

Moderator: Mercedes Colwin
Founding Partner of New York Offices
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

EPL Underwriting Trends

Moderator: Seth B. Brickman, CPCU, RPLU
Managing Director
Business Risk Partners

Mary Anne Mullin
SVP, Fiduciary and EPL Product Leader
Financial Lines
QBE North America

Sandra M. Tata
VP Product Manager Lead Specialty Liability
Hartford Steam Boiler

Christopher Williams
Assistant Vice President
Travelers

Chris Lavelle
Vice President/EPL Underwriting Leader
Underwriter, Professional Lines
USLI

EPL Claims Trends

Moderator: Dove A. E. Burns
Managing Partner, Connecticut Offices
Kaufman Dolowich LLP

Andrea E. Williams, Esq. 
Assistant Vice President and Counsel, 
Company Employee Adjuster
Bond & Specialty Insurance

Travelers

Heidi Roll Weir

Claims Consultant, U.S. Management Liability
Intact Insurance Management Liability 

Joanne Varias
President
ClaimsFirst Services

Zohar Lushe, Esq. 
Senior Claims Counsel, EPL
Sompo International

The Disappearing Hybrid Work Environment- Pros, Cons and Potential Pitfalls

Robyn Silvermintz
Partner
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Corrie Hurm
VP, Head of Claims
Embroker

Marisa DeMartini 
Vice President, Management Liability Claims Manager
Ascot

Tracy Ellis
Professional Liability Claims Manager
Sedgwick

Adam M. Guttin
EPL Regional Claims Manager
Starr Adjustment Services – A Member of Starr Companies

ADA in the Post-COVID Workplace

and the Impact of the SCOTUS Decision in Stanley v. City of Sanford

Laura Lapidus 
Management Liability (EPL) Risk Control Director
CNA

Kristi E. Mackin Galletti
Assistant Vice President - Professional Claims
AXA XL

Chloe C. Zidian
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

Dean Falavolito
Partner
O’Hagan Meyer PLLC

Hillary J. Raimondi
Partner
Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP

Emerging Technology and Resulting Emerging Employer Liability

Brian D. Smith, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Gallagher Bassett 

Julie A. Moore
Partner
Bowles Rice LLP
 
Michael J. Mazurczak
Member
Melick & Porter, LLP

Thomas M. Sheffield 
Executive Vice President, Practice Leader
Professional & Executive Risks - ProEx
HUB International Northeast Limited

Dianna D. McCarthy
Partner
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

Employer Leave Limbo - Avoiding Liability 
 
Magdalen Blessey Bickford
Member
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC.

Kristi Fiduccia, CCLS, MLIS 
Senior Specialty Claims Consultant 
Claims| Management Liability
The Hanover Insurance Group

Ryan J. Kohler
Attorney at Law
COLLINS + COLLINS LLP

David Singh
Partner
Margolis Edelstein

Patrick N. Corrado
CPCU, AIC-M, AINS, ARe, ARM, ASLI, AU, RPLU
Managing Claims Attorney
Executive Liability Division
Great American Insurance Group

Reverse Discrimination - SCOTUS Decision in Ames and DEI crackdown
 
Moderator: Stacey Pitcher
Partner
Kaufman Dolowich LLP

Eden Stark, Esq. 
Vice President, Financial Lines Claims 
QBE

Joseph M. Gagliardo
Managing Partner
Laner, Muchin, Ltd

Jaclyn Vogt
Claims Manager
Counterpart, Inc.

Gloria Mejia-Repp, Esq.
Senior Claims Examiner /Counsel 
Management Liability Claims
Markel

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - Future of Protections in Question

Wendy Mellk
Partner
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Stephanie F. Jones
Partner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

Moire L. Morón, Esq.
Vice President
Management, Cyber and Professional Liability Claims Advocacy
NFP, an Aon company

Renee Harris
Associate
Ward Law, LLC

Monica Sparks, MLIS
Specialty Claims Consultant
Claims - Management Liability
The Hanover Insurance Company

Wage Transparency Trending - Employer Liability and Practical Advice

Adam I. Kleinberg
Partner
Chair, Litigation Department
Guercio & Guercio LLP

Jeffrey M. Koonankeil
Chief Claims Officer
Encore Fiduciary

Christopher J. Casciani, Esq.
Senior Claims Examiner
Management Liability
Claims Division
Markel

Todd DeStefano
Senior Vice President, Head of Claims
Coaction

Camille D. Barnett, J.D. 
Team Manager
Financial Lines Claims
Zurich North America

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