The 2022 NLC-RISC Staff Conference was held in Austin, Texas from October 17-19 at the Hyatt Regency Austin. We celebrated NLC-RISC’s 40th Anniversary and our return to in-person events as this was our first staff conference since 2019.
General Session Presentations
Celebrating the Past, Preparing for the Future
Ann Gergen
Executive Director, AGRiP
Erin Rian
Chief Operating Officer, NLC Mutual Insurance Company
Juggling Cats While Walking on a Tightrope Over a Burning Pit – Recruitment and Retention in the New Abnormal
Ron Holifield
CEO, Strategic Government Resources (SGR)
May You Live in Interesting Times: Lessons from Uncertainty and Change
Dan Greensweig
Administrator, League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust
Leadership: The Art of Influence
Stan Standridge
Chief of Police, San Marcos Police Department
Workshops
New(er) Staff Orientation
Beverly Lakey
Program Director, AWC Employee Benefit Trust
Brittani Miller
Employment Counsel and Subrogation Supervisor, Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool
Bryan Leaird
Deputy Executive Director, North Carolina League of Municipalities
Clay Austin
Director, Insurance Member Services, Florida League of Cities
Joe Damiata
Director, Risk Management Services, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Technology Workshop: Doing More with Domo
Mark Snodgrass
Director, Member Data Strategy, NLC Mutual Insurance Company
Ryan Draughn
Director of Information Technology, NLC Mutual Insurance Company
Building Sustainable DEI Initiatives in the Insurance Industry and How to Measure Success
Rochelle Rosato
Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging Leader, Marsh McLennan
Concurrent Sessions – Day 1
Pooling Academy – Where Learning is More Than Academic
Michelle Bechamps
Director of Pooling Academy, Pooling Academy
The Road to Cyber Underwriting and Independence
Alison Earles
Senior Associate General Counsel, Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.
Liam Biever
Underwriting Manager, League of MN Cities Insurance Trust
Paula Marr-Ludwig
Underwriting Manager, TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool
Enhancing Local Government Collaboration and Communication Using Mediation Techniques
Aimee Gourlay
Collaboration Services Manager, League of MN Cities Insurance Trust
Concurrent Sessions – Day 2
- Talent Acquisition: Find, Onboard, Engage, and Develop
- Maintaining Competitive Claims and Underwriting Systems
- A Novel Approach to Analyzing Public Safety Risk and Best Practices
- Reaching Agreement Between Law Enforcement and Community Stakeholders
- Demystifying Pharmacy: Drug Pipeline, Trends and Management
- When the Pendulum Swings: Increasing Member Engagement Before the Inevitable Return of the Soft Market
- Why Accurate Property Values are crucial to government pools
- Police Leadership for the Future
Talent Acquisition: Find, Onboard, Engage, and Develop
Janie McCollister
HR Manager, CIS (Citycounty Insurance Services)
Maintaining Competitive Claims and Underwriting Systems
Bryan Leaird
Deputy Executive Director, North Carolina League of Municipalities
Kathy Westbrook
Workers’ Compensation Assistant Manager, Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool
Paula Marr-Ludwig
Underwriting Manager, TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool
A Novel Approach to Analyzing Public Safety Risk and Best Practices
Lena Gould
Senior Business Analyst, League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust
Lora Setter
Public Safety Program Coordinator, LMCIT – League of MN Cities Insurance Trust
Steven Brewer
Partner, Benchmark Analytics
Reaching Agreement Between Law Enforcement and Community Stakeholders
Don Reeder
Public Affairs Coordinator, League of Minnesota Cities
Rachel Carlson
Loss Control Manager, League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust
Demystifying Pharmacy: Drug Pipeline, Trends and Management
Del Doherty
Founder/CEO, Prodigy Care Services
When the Pendulum Swings: Increasing Member Engagement Before the Inevitable Return of the Soft Market
Diane Becker
Communications Director, League Association of Risk Management (LARM)
Julie LaMarche
Communications, Events, and Project Manager, CIS (Citycounty Insurance Services)
Marina Sen-Partridge
Manager of Member Engagement, Municipal Insurance Association of British Columbia
Why Accurate Property Values are Crucial to Governmental Pools
Halie Gallik
Director of Underwriting, Public Entity Partners
Janine Helton
Assistant Director of Underwriting, Public Entity Partners
Police Leadership for the Future
James Baker
Colonel (Ret.), JW Leadership Consulting
Concurrent Sessions – Day 3
- Restoring Hope through Crisis Preparation, Response, and Resiliency
- Reducing Risk through Law Enforcement Risk Specialist Training
- Trauma and Resilience in the Line of Duty
- Captives and Their Role for Public Entity Risk Pools
- Two Approaches to Cyber Security Support for Members
- Stop the Killing / Stop the Dying – In Our Own Ranks
- Lessons Learned from High-Severity Law Enforcement Claims
- Managing Benefits in a World of Competition and Changing Expectations
- Serving Small Cities: Engagement Strategies that Create a Big Impact
- Shields Up: A Brief Overview of Recommended Actions and Resources for Improving Near-Term Cyber Resilience
- The Sports Medicine Model of Injury Prevention for First Responders and its Impact
- Pool Program Show & Share
Restoring Hope through Crisis Preparation, Response, and Resiliency
Carol Wilmes
Director of Member Pooling Programs, Association of Washington Cities
Katie Durfee
Sr. Risk and Emergency Management Consultant, Citycounty Insurance Services (CIS)
Mike Wagner
Claims Manager, CIRSA
Reducing Risk through Law Enforcement Risk Specialist Training
Natalie Sellers
Law Enforcement Risk Consultant, Local Government Risk Management Service
Trauma and Resilience in the Line of Duty
Ashley Wilson
Police Officer Corporal
Lena Gould
Senior Business Analyst, League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust
Lora Setter
Public Safety Program Coordinator, LMCIT – League of MN Cities Insurance Trust
Captives and Their Role for Public Entity Risk Pools
David White
Vice President, AIG Captive Solutions
Erin Rian
Chief Operating Officer, NLC Mutual Insurance Company
Two Approaches to Cyber Security Support for Members
Dave Pfeifle
Executive Director, South Dakota Public Assurance Alliance
Ian Havens
Supervisor of Risk Management Services, CIRMA
Stop the Killing / Stop the Dying – In Our Own Ranks
Stan Standridge
Chief of Police, San Marcos Police Department
Lessons Learned from High-Severity Law Enforcement Claims
Gail Fischer
Property/Liability Claims Manager, Citycounty Insurance (CIS)
Steven Brewer
Partner, Benchmark Analytics
Thomas Anderson
Director of Risk Control, North Carolina League of Municipalities
Managing Benefits in a World of Competition and Changing Expectations
Beverly Lakey
Program Director, AWC Employee Benefit Trust
Hilary Shine
Senior Vice President of Leadership Development, Strategic Government Relations
Serving Small Cities: Engagement Strategies that Create a Big Impact
Ashley Edwardson
Loss Control Program Coordinator, League of Minnesota Cities
Marina Sen-Partridge
Manager of Member Engagement, Municipal Insurance Association of British Columbia
Matthew Peter
Human Resources Director / Assistant to the Executive Director, Local Government Insurance Trust
Shields Up: A Brief Overview of Recommended Actions and Resources for Improving Near-Term Cyber Resilience
Ernesto Ballesteros
Cybersecurity State Coordinator, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
The Sports Medicine Model of Injury Prevention for First Responders and its Impact
Luis Rivera
CEO/Founder, Ready Rebound
Tim Sharpee
Chief Revenue Officer, Ready Rebound
Pool Program Show & Share
Clay Austin
Director, Insurance Member Services, Florida League of Cities
Kolby Burkhardt
Loss Prevention Representative, Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool
Manuel Trejo
Loss Prevention Representative, TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool
Natalie Sellers
Law Enforcement Risk Consultant, Local Government Risk Management Service
Robert Thomas
Manager of Loss Control Services, Maine Municipal Association
Ron Peters
Director, Risk & Safety Management, FLC
Functional Area Breakfasts
Claims
James Westbury
Claims Manager and Coverage Counsel, Georgia Municipal Association
Health and Wellness
Amy Eberwine
Deputy Director, Aim Medical Trust
Human Resources
Janie McCollister
HR Manager, CIS
Law Enforcement Loss Control
Trevor Whipple
Law Enforcement Consultant, Vermont League of Cities & Towns
Loss Control
Bethany Pendley
Loss Control Manager, Municipal Association of SC
Marketing and Engagement
Marina Sen-Partridge
Manager of Member Engagement, MIABC
Underwriting
Paula Marr-Ludwig
Underwriting Manager, TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool