The Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA) has named its 2019 volunteer leadership team.
Adam Russo, CEO of the Phia Group and a long-term active SIIA member, has been named as chairman of the board.
Russo will be concluding five years of service as a director.
David Wilson, president of Windsor Strategy Partners, has been appointed as chair-elect.
Gerry Gates, president of stop-loss insurance services at AmWins, will serve as treasurer and corporate secretary.
John Capasso, president and CEO of Captive Planning Associates, has been named as chair of the captive insurance committee.
Other committee chairs appointments include; future leaders committee chair Craig Clemente, COO of Specialty Care Management; international committee chair Liz Mariner Ford, senior vice president of Re-Solutions, a Risk Strategies Company; TPA best practices task force chair Ron Dewsnup, president of Allegiance Benefit Plan Management; and workers’ compensation committee chair Mike Zucco, business development, ATA Comp Fund.
Six non-directors have also joined the board; Kari Nibklack, CEO of ACS Benefit Solutions;
Mary Catherine Person, president of HealthSCOPE Benefits; Peter Robinson, managing principal of Integro Re; Kevin Seelman, senior vice president of Lockton Dunning Benefit Company; Jeff Simpson, attorney at Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella; and Robert Tierney, president of StarLine.
A statement from SIIA said: “This outstanding group of senior industry executives will work closely this year with the association’s professional staff to further SIIA’s mission of protecting and promoting the business interest of companies involved in the self-insurance marketplace.”
