Spencer Educational Foundation Announces Directors of Distinction

 

November 23, 2021: The Spencer Educational Foundation is proud to announce the creation of a new stewardship role within the Foundation, designed to recognize distinguished insurance and risk management leaders who have consistently supported Spencer’s mission and have endorsed Spencer’s values by example and in practice.

Seventeen (17) distinguished leaders have been nominated and accepted the role as a Director of Distinction. Spencer’s inaugural Directors of Distinction include:

  • Brion Callori (SVP, Engineering and Research, FM Global)

  • John Q. Doyle (President and CEO, Marsh)

  • J. Patrick Gallagher Jr. (Chairman, President and CEO, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.)

  • P. Richard Hackenburg (Retired VP of Insurance and Risk Control Services, FOJP Service Corporation)

  • Lou Iglesias (President and CEO, Allied World)

  • Michael Kerner (CEO, Munich Re Specialty Insurance)

  • Patrick Kinney (Retired EVP, Enterprise Distribution Management and Business Insurance Marketing and Communications, Travelers)

  • Dean Klisura (President, Guy Carpenter)

  • Christine LaSala (Non-Executive Director, Beazley PLC and Sedgwick)

  • Seraina Macia (CEO and Co-Founder, Joyn Insurance)

  • Christopher A. Maleno (SVP, Chubb Group and Division President, North America Field Operations, Chubb)

  • Stephen P. McGill (CEO, McGill and Partners)

  • Warren Mula (Strategic Advisor and Non-Executive Director, McGill and Partners)

  • David North (Executive Chairman, Sedgwick)

  • Patrick G. Ryan (Founder, Chairman and CEO, Ryan Specialty Group)

  • Shivan S. Subramaniam (Retired Chairman and CEO, FM Global)

  • Joseph Tocco (CEO, Americas, AXA XL)

“Spencer is incredibly grateful for the support of these professionals who are pillars of the risk management community and insurance industry. Their insight and expertise will undoubtedly add to Spencer’s growing programs and initiatives,” said Robin Roeder, Spencer Chair. “We are privileged to continue our partnership with those who served as honorees at our annual Gala, and we are honored to recognize those whose distinguished board service paved the way for Spencer to achieve such great heights. We look forward to the future of Spencer and all we can accomplish with the support of our esteemed Directors of Distinction.”

“Most of us are caught up in the need to tend to daily matters. As important as these things are, we pay insufficient attention to the future and how we can positively influence change,” said P. Richard Hackenburg, former Spencer Board Chair and Board Member. “Continued involvement in Spencer gives us a chance to focus on the future and being a Spencer Director of Distinction is the highest honor. Investing time and talent in the future of our students provides great personal satisfaction.”

For more information on the Spencer Educational Foundation, please visit www.spencered.org.

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About Spencer Educational Foundation
The Spencer Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funding the education of tomorrow’s risk management and insurance leaders through scholarships, grants, internship opportunities, on and off campus experiential learning, and support of risk management/insurance curricula. Since its founding in 1979, Spencer has awarded over $8 million in scholarships and over $5 million in grants to universities and professional institutions impacting more than 60,000 students through our programming. For more information, please visit www.spencered.org.

 
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