2026 Topics and Presenters & Topics:

When the Clubhouse Becomes a Courtroom: Emerging D&O Exposures in Community Association Management

Alyssa Farruggia 
Assistant Vice President
Financial & Professional Liability Claims
Ascot Group

Catherine K. Champigny
Underwriting Director
Bond & Specialty Insurance
Travelers 

Michael Abdulahad
Senior Vice President
Head of Management Liability
Skyward Specialty Insurance

Mission Interrupted:

Navigating Policy Shifts, Budget Shocks, and Fiduciary Pressure

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

Gary Alaka, RPLU
Product Manager
Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Brian Clifford
President, West Region
High Street Insurance

Mission, Money and Mismanagement: 

The New Governance Balancing Act in Education

Justin S. Kudler
Senior Vice President and Senior Claims Counsel
ARC Excess & Surplus, LLC

Emil Soskin, Esq.
Director of Coverage
Management Liability & Specialty
Nationwide

Tariffs, Tight Credit, and Transparency:

The Next Frontier in Private and Non Profit Governance Risk
 
Sarah Abrams
Executive Vice President
RT ProExec 

Claudette Kellner
Vice President – D&O Management Professional Liability
Core Specialty

ESG: It’s not Dead, It’s Evolving

Moderator: Dove A. E. Burns
Regional Managing Partner, California Offices
& Managing Partner, New Haven Office
Kaufman Dolowich LLP.

Kieran P. Hughes
EVP,  National Head of Claims
Executive Risk Advisory
McGriff

The Whistleblower Economy:

Managing Retaliation, Reporting, and Reputational Risk

Moderator, Mercedes Colwin
Founding Partner of New York Offices
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP.
 
Theresa Panensky
Director, Senior Client Advocate
WTW

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

Beyond the Binder:

Reinventing D&O Risk Management for a New Era

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

When the Entity Can’t Pay:  The New Reality of Side-A Exposure

Marisa DeMartini 
Senior Vice President
Head of AscotEXEC Claims

Ascot Group

Anna Kibbe
Vice President, phD, 
North American Private/NFP D&O Division
Allied World Assurance Company

Jay Clinton
Claims Counsel, CML
Sompo

Sharon S. Fry
Partner
Robinson & Cole LLP

From Smart Tools to Silent Exposure:

Understanding AI’s Unseen Impact on D&O Risk

Jonathan Meer
Partner
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Kristine L. D’Amato
National Claims Counsel
USI - Executive and Professional Risk Solutions (EPS)

Ari Magedoff
Senior Vice President, Head of Financial Lines Claims
Westfield Specialty

Cracking Crypto: 

Tokens, Deregulation & Hidden Exposures –

Next Frontier of D&O Risk
 
A. Neil Hartzell
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

Keith Lavigne, CPA

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