Officers, Directors & Board

Steve Piper, Co-Chair
CNA
Vice President – Technical Claims, Shared Services
TERM ENDS 2028

Tony DiPaolo, Public Interest Co-Chair
Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) of Massachusetts
Executive Director
TERM ENDS 2026

John Sokit, Treasurer
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
AVP Special Investigations and Recovery Operations
TERM ENDS 2028

Brenda Cude, Secretary
American Council On Consumer Interests
Professor Emerita
TERM ENDS 2026

Roberta Baca
New Mexico Office of the Superintendent of Insurance (OSI)
Director, Insurance Fraud Law Enforcement Division
TERM ENDS 2028

Eric Charlick
California Department of Insurance – Enforcement Branch
Deputy Commissioner
TERM ENDS 2028

Anna Flores
Consumer Action
Executive Director
TERM ENDS 2029

Douglas Heller
Consumer Federation of America
Director of Insurance
TERM ENDS 2028

Steve Jarrett
Westfield Insurance
National Director, Special Investigations
TERM ENDS 2028

Arteniece Lee
Horace Mann Educators Corporation
Assistant Vice President, Business Area Compliance
TERM ENDS 2028

Pranay Mittal
Travelers
Vice President, Investigative Services
TERM ENDS 2028

David Rioux
Erie Insurance
Vice President, Investigations & Internal Controls
TERM ENDS 2029

Michelle Rafeld
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Executive Director

Aimee Stidham, Advisor
International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU)
President

David Glawe, Advisor
National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)
President & CEO

Frank X. Sztuk, Advisor
Delta Group
Senior Vice President Investigative Services

AIG
Paul Sylvester, Regional Head of Fraud & Recovery – North America General Insurance
Jacqueline Nguyen, SIU Manager

Allstate Insurance Company
Ramine Poureshmenantalemy, SIU Operations Manager
Al Capparella, SIU Design Sr Manager

American Council on Consumer Interests
Brenda J. Cude, Ph.D, Professor Emerita
Jennifer Breitenbach, Assistant to the Editor

American Family Insurance
Betsy Gabbei, Senior Manager, SIU
Josh Moe, Manager – Special Investigations

American Fidelity Assurance Company
Tina Marshall, Special Investigation Unit Manager
Jennifer Herron, Director of Internal Audit

American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA)
Michael Richmond-Crum, Senior Director, Personal Lines & Council
Robert C. Passmore, Vice President, Personal Lines

Assurant
Mariela M. Pennock, AVP SIU, Fraud Compliance, & Subrogation
Alan Haskins, VP Global Fraud Risk

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Cuno Q. Andersen Jr., Fraud Investigations Consultant

California Department of Insurance
Eric Charlick, Deputy Commissioner Enforcement Branch
Andrew Gulcher, Chief, Investigations Division

CNA**
Steve Piper, Vice President – Claims Technical, Shared Services
Steve Walden, AVP, Special Investigations Unit

Consumer Action
Anna Flores, Executive Director
Ruth Susswein, Director of Consumer Protection

Consumer Federation of America**
Douglas Heller, Director of Insurance
Michael DeLong, Research and Advocacy Associate

Erie Insurance
David Rioux, VP – Investigations & Internal Controls
Ronald Bryant, Investigative Services Manager

Farmers Insurance
Sarah Bowman, SIU National Director
Michael Marks, East Zone Manager

Florida Department of Financial Services, Bureau of Insurance Fraud
Luis Negrete, Colonel
Evangelina James, Assistant Director/Lt. Colonel

Horace Mann Educators Corporation
Arteniece Lee, Assistant Vice President, Business Area Compliance
Charles Dougherty, Director in Enterprise Compliance & Ethics

Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) of Massachusetts
Tony DiPaolo, Executive Director
Kate Mulligan, Chief of Investigations

International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU)
Joe Rosario, Executive Director
Aimee Stidham, President

Intact Insurance
Brian Lynch, Sr. Manager, Fraud Prevention
Mike Guerra, SIU Analyst

John Hancock
Charles B. Ziegenbein, Assistant Vice President
Kristina Mulholland, Senior Director

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Ross Silverman, Senior Counsel
Jonathan Marks, Partner

Liberty Mutual Insurance
Alina Wilkinson, Vice President of Claims Processes for Medical, WC, SIU and QI
Steve Friedman, Claims Manager III

Louisiana State Police
Leander Journee, Lieutenant in Insurance Fraud Auto Theft Unit
Daniel Graff, Sergeant

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Cindy Belmore, Head of Investigations
Anthony Bundy, Investigative Consultant

MetLife
Matthew Griffin, Senior Special Investigator, Global Investigations Unit
Tiffanie Drayton, Associate Manager, Investigations, Group Claims FWA

National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)**
Greg Welker, Antifraud Coordinator/Market Regulation Specialist II
Tim Mullen, Director, Market Regulation

National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA)
Brian Goodman, Esq. General Counsel
Gjergj Ndoja, Executive Director

National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL)
Pat Gilbert, Director of Policy, Administration & Member Services
Cindy McLavish, Office Manager

National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)**
David J. Glawe, President & CEO
Richard DiZinno, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Dan Abbott, Vice President, Partner Engagement and Member Services

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
John Sokit, AVP Special Investigations and Recovery Operations
Steve Ferguson, Vice President

New Mexico Office of the Superintendent of Insurance (OSI)
Roberta Baca, Criminal Division Director
Devin H. Chapman, Prosecutor/NMATPA Exec. Dir.

New York Life Insurance
Paulina Lee, Corporate Vice President – Fraud Risk Management
Tom Schreck, Corporate Vice President, Risk Management

Northwestern Mutual
Adam Kawa,  Assistant Director – SIU
Chris Amidzich, Fraud Risk Management Lead

Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA)
Christopher Sloan, Executive Director
Joan Dockery, Associate Executive Director

Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Robert G. LaBar, Senior Deputy Attorney General
Eric Norman, Section Director

Progressive Insurance
Jeff Moore, Business Leader-Claims Process
Jim Wheeler, Claims Attorney IV

Prudential Insurance
Frederick Ransom, Vice President, Head of Corporate Investigations
Lesley Ligas, Corporate Investigations Division, ERISA Law, Regulatory Law

San Diego County District Attorney (CA)
Victor Ou, Deputy District Attorney; Chief of Insurance Fraud and Workplace Justice
Tamara Martin, Deputy District Attorney, Director of Insurance Fraud Grants

Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) National Resource Center
Nicole Liebau, Strategic Partnership and Engagement Director
Brandy Bauer, Joint Center Director

Sentry Insurance
Timothy Hopper, Associate Director Special Investigations

State Farm**
Mike Horan, Claims Manager-P&C
Tiphanie DeWitt, Claim Consultant

Swiss RE
Kimberly Beaudreau, Global SIU Counter Fraud Expert
Aidan Brennan, Global SIU Lead

The American Policyholders Association
Doug Quinn, Executive Director
John Wood

The Hanover Insurance Group
Tessa Phillips, SIU Senior Manager
William Toner, SIU Assistant Vice President

The Hartford**
Matt Murphy, Vice President – Special Investigations, Claim & Underwriting Anti-Fraud Solutions
Matthew Huls, Assistant Vice President – SIU Anti-Fraud Solutions

The Standard
Mark Hesse, SIU Director
Jonathan Ayers, Investigator

Travelers
Pranay Mittal, Vice President
Luke LaRosa, Assistant Vice President

United Policyholders (UP)
Sandra Moriarty, Insurance Claims Consultant
Amy Bach, Esq., Executive Director

USAA
Michael Yates, Assistant Vice President, SIU
Jeffrey Schmersahl, SIU Director

Verisk
John Trovinger, AVP, Client Success

Westfield Insurance
Steve Jarrett, Claims Strategy & Transformation/National Director-Special Investigations
Chris Lueder, Unit Manager-Special Investigations

Zurich Insurance Group
Delpha DiGiacomo, Vice President, Investigative Services
Daniel Krueger, Senior Manager – Claims Fraud and Investigations

** Charter members