Ben Sloop of Amwins and Sue Srinivasan of Arch Insurance Group Join Spencer Educational Foundation Board of Directors
Ben Sloop of Amwins and Sue Srinivasan of Arch Insurance Group Join Spencer Educational Foundation Board of Directors
New York, NY (September 19, 2022) – The Spencer Educational Foundation Board of Directors has confirmed the additions of Ben Sloop, Chief Operating Officer for Amwins and Sue Srinivasan, Executive Vice President, Distribution for Arch Insurance Group to the Board. Sloop’s and Srinivasan’s appointments are effective as of September 1, 2022.
“We are thrilled to expand our board to include long-time corporate supporters Amwins and Arch,” expressed Ron Davis, Spencer’s Board Composition and Governance Chair. “And moreover, we are delighted to add colleagues of such high caliber in Sue and Ben. Their unique skillsets and influential positions in the industry will only enhance Spencer’s trajectory of success and expand our reach to more and more students.”
Benjamin R. Sloop currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Amwins. Prior to taking on the role of COO, Ben had served as president of the small business division, Amwins Access, since its inception in January 2015. After receiving his undergraduate degree from Harvard, he began his career in management consulting at Bain & Company, and then joined Parthenon Capital, a private equity fund, where he worked on the Amwins capital raise in 2005. The following year, he joined Amwins in an M&A role. He left Amwins in late 2007 to attend Stanford Business School. Ben worked for Bills.com, a Silicon Valley start-up, until October 2011, when he joined Amwins once again.
“We are thrilled to have Ben serve in this role for the Spencer Educational Foundation,” said James Drinkwater, President of Amwins. “It is very important for our firm and for our industry to prepare the next generation of leaders. Working to help advance the important work of Spencer is one way we can make sure we actively participate in providing educational opportunity for those who soon will serve in leadership positions.”
Sue Srinivasan is the Executive Vice President of Distribution for Arch Insurance Group Inc., a position she’s held since 2020. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President of Retail Strategy and Marketing. Prior to joining Arch in 2019, she spent nearly 15 years in several different roles at Marsh USA Inc. Sue has a Master of Business Administration from St. John’s University and a Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University.
“With the addition of Sue to the Spencer Educational Foundation Board, the group is gaining a top-notch leader and someone who embodies the organization’s mission,” said Matt Shulman, CEO of Arch Insurance North America. “We truly value Arch’s partnership with the Spencer Educational Foundation, and I know the organization will benefit from Sue’s deep industry experience and personal passion for fostering a diverse pipeline of talent for tomorrow’s insurance leaders.”
Amwins and Arch Insurance Group are newly represented companies on the Spencer Educational Foundation Board. Spencer welcomes Ben Sloop and Sue Srinivasan to the Board and thanks Amwins and Arch Insurance Group for their continued support and dedication to Spencer.
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 Spencer was founded in 1979, we have awarded nearly $9 million in scholarships and over $7 million in grants to universities and professional institutions impacting an estimated 70,000 students through our programming. For more information, please visit us at www.spencered.org.
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Tandeka Nomvete
External Engagement Director
Spencer Educational Foundation
Email: tandeka@spencered.org