The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) has named two new members to its board of directors, Joe Carter and Gail Newman, effective October 2021. These incoming appointments follow the announced departure of Jan Klodowski and Wilda Seymour from VCIA’s board. Carter currently holds the role of vice president of business development at United Educators (UE), a reciprocal risk retention group, where he is responsible for UE’s growth strategy in sales, marketing, branding and distribution. He also serves as a board member for the National Business Officers Association, and is an active member of multiple other educational associations. Newman holds the position of vice president of risk management at Bright Horizons Family Solutions, where her responsibilities include improving the innovation and efficiency of risk management strategies and business practices in the firm’s global enterprise risk management approach. Rich Smith, president of VCIA, comments: “Joe Carter and Gail Newman represent the best of what makes our industry and our association successful: leadership and knowledge combined with enthusiasm and commitment to the captive insurance industry.” “I look forward to working with them to advance the industry and the association over the next few years.” Smith adds: “My deepest thanks to Jan Klodowski and Wilda Seymour for the leadership, energy and friendship provided to me, the staff and the association during their terms on the VCIA board.”
