2011 Women in Insurance Leadership Forum - Part 1
October 14, 2011 12:00 AM
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Maria Santagati, Regional Mgr., Insurance, Varicent and Jennifer Arrogante, VP of IT, Tower Group Companies
Santagati listens as Arrogante offers her opinion on how leveraging networks and relationships can facilitate career development.
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Janeen McLean, Director, IWIF
McLean asks a question of the broker/agent panel during the Evolving Distribution Relationship session.
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Pat Speer, INN, and Kellee Irwin, VP, Personal Insurance, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Speer and Irwin share a light-hearted moment during the discussion on how to set realistic goals when working with diverse teams under time constraints.
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Christine Uzzell, AVP, Information Technology and Janice Abraham, CEO, United Educators Insurance
Uzzell listens as Abraham discusses how project champions can foster a win-win for the enterprise.
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Deb Smallwood, Founder, Strategy Meets Action
Smallwood tackled a thorny topic; how to make the right IT investment decisions and deliver on the decision's promises to the enterprise.
Shefi Ben Hutta, Product Manager, SeaPass Solutions and Susan Yardley, VP of Operations, AgencyPort Software
Ben Hutta and Yardley catch up during a networking break.
WIL Attendees
Attendees continued their active dialogue through lunch, discussing the "changing face of the consumer."
Pat Speer, INN, Professor Mary Quist-Newins, State Farm Chair, Women & Financial Services at The American College and Randi Ellias, Founder, Women in Reinsurance
Speer, Quist-Newins and Ellias reflect on the industry and factors that influence women's leadership efforts.
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Donna Wilson, SVP, Communications, IWIF
Wilson shares her thoughts on creating linkages between business and IT.
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Jean Sullivan, Dir., Pitney Bowes Business Insight and Kathy Owen, CIO & SVP of Global Services, Unum
Sullivan (left) and Owen (right) take advantage of a networking break.
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Paige Beck, CFO, IWIF
Beck listens intently to Rose Cahill, VP of Insurance at Acxiom, during a workshop on developing leadership connections.
Lindene Patton, Chief Climate Officer, Zurich Financial Services
Patton addresses the how environmental changes are evaluated by risk management officers.
Mary Weiss, Deavor Professor of Risk, Insurance & Healthcare Management, Temple University
Dr. Weiss discusses economics, risk management and the current state of the industry.
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Tricia Mackechnie, SVP, Consumer Markets & Enterprise Operations Technology, The Hartford
Mackechnie, right, shares some insights on project management with Christen White, VP, Metlife Auto & Home.
Saraya Hyder, Fox School of Business and Pat Speer, INN
At the forum, Speer introduced INN's formal mentorship program, recognizing its first candidate for sponsorship, Saraya Hyder, a student of management information systems and risk management and insurance at Temple University's Fox School of Business.