Officers, Directors & Board

Officers

Steve Piper, Co-Chair
CNA – AVP, Special Investigations Unit – 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 J. Cude, Ph.D., Secretary
American Council on Consumer Interests – Professor Emerita – TERM ENDS 2027

Executive Committee Members

Board of Directors

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, AVP, Special Investigations Unit
Katie Gall, SIU Director

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
Michael Marks, East Zone Manager
Kimberly Marks

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

Florida Office of the Insurance Consumer Advocate
Tasha Carter, Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate
Denishia Sword, Director of External Affairs

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
Steve Friedman, Claims Manager III
Michael Yates, SIU Field Manager

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

reKNOWvate
Phae Moore, Executive Director

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
Dave Stacey, National SIU Director
Timothy Hopper, Special Investigations Major Case Manager

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)
Amy Bach, Esq., Executive Director
Alexis Ricci, Development and Program Specialist

USAA
Scott Jackson, Assistant Vice President, SIU
Arron Cobb, Lead Fraud Prevention & Detection Analyst | Claims Security

Verisk
Jim Hulett, Vice President Government, Life, Health & Pet

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
Kim Lang, Strategic Consultant, Finance

** Charter members