Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
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Chris Lafond is the Chief Executive Officer at Insurity. With over 35 years' experience in the technology, financial, insurance and sectors, Chris has a deep understanding of the market challenges and objectives faced by multinational corporations. His expertise includes strategic planning, investor relations, and transformational leadership. Under his leadership, Insurity has experienced consistent growth, reinforcing its position as the largest cloud-based software provider in P&C insurance with 330+ customers deployed in AWS and Azure.
Janna Hurd is a market developer at Thrivent, a Fortune 500 financial services organization, whose primary focus is recruiting new financial advisors to the organization.
For over 20 years, she has worked in retirement and financial consulting. She holds an MBA in International Business and Finance from Sam Houston State University, as well as various financial and insurance licenses. Her passion is financial literacy, and she hopes that her work in various communities will build stronger families and futures.
Steve Jarrett brought significant law enforcement experience when he joined Westfield in 1999. He is a 22-year veteran of the Tampa Police Department.
He earned an MBA from Saint Leo University. He holds the FCLA (Fraud Claims Law Associate) designation from the American Educational Institute and the CIFI (Certified Insurance Fraud Investigator) designation from the International Association of Special Investigation Units.
Sandor Jacobson, CPA, restructuring and transformation partner at Plante Moran, collaborates with mid-market companies, across industries, facing difficult financial decisions. With deep experience in the full range of restructuring specialties, ranging from cash flow projections to liquidity management, profitability improvement and insolvency, he brings a professional and compassionate mindset to each engagement. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He also attended Northwestern University, where he focused his studies on accounting.
Kayla McCallum is an associate attorney in Swift Currie's Atlanta office. She focuses her practice on automobile litigation, first-party property insurance, insurance coverage and premises liability.
Melissa Segel is a partner in Swift Currie's Atlanta office. She represents insurance carriers and businesses in commercial litigation and insurance coverage matters, with an emphasis on defending against bad faith and fraudulent claims.
James McIntyre is the Chief Strategy Officer of Inclusive Prosperity Capital (IPC), a non-profit clean energy finance platform. Prior to IPC, James spent almost 20 years in the municipal finance industry as a banker, issuer, and technologist, most recently overseeing the $20+ billion affordable housing debt portfolio of the State of New York. James remains active in affordable housing work, now serving on the board of New York State HFA.
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