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Jamie Hale is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ladder, the award-winning life insurtech helping more people get covered in an instant, easy, and affordable way. Rooted in personal experience, Jamie's deep belief that life insurance is a fundamentally good product for families and communities inspired him to build Ladder and close the $16T coverage gap. Prior to co-founding Ladder, Jamie was Partner at Aldenwood Capital and at Jasper Ridge/Oak Hill Investment Management. He also worked at NextCard, pioneering instant credit and the first 'internet enabled' Visa card. Jamie is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Harvard Business School.

Jim Conroy is CEO of The Neat Company.

Lee Povey is the CEO and Founder of Maximize Your Potential Coaching, as well as the Co-Founder of Coaches Soul. As a previous elite cycling athlete and Olympic Development Program Coach for USA Cycling, and from coaching hundreds of World, National, and Olympic champions, Lee understands the importance of World-Class leadership. His mission is to empower and support leaders, executives, and elite coaches in achieving their leadership and life goal potential.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leepovey/

Meghan Shea is Vice President and Head of Strategy and Solutions at New York Life Group Benefit
Solutions where she oversees the Product & Experience, Marketing, Project Management, and
Learning & Development teams. She is responsible for the long-term vision, short-term strategy, and
timely delivery of all products and connected experiences to drive value for NYL GBS clients,
customers, and brokers.

Debbie Ivie, CPCU, AIM, NcIA, is learning experiences director of the Network of Vertafore Users (NetVU). She can be reached at debbie@netvu.org or 972.409.6209.

Chip Castille is the founder and CEO of Lasso, a financial advice and wealth app. Previously, he was managing director and Global Retirement Strategist for BlackRock, where he was responsible for the development, product management and distribution of BlackRock's U.S. retirement strategies and services.

Jason Ewas is a policy manager at the Aspen Institute's Financial Security Program.

Nola Morris is the VP of Strategy at Denim Social, leading the SaaS provider's strategy for the insurance industry. A social selling expert, Morris serves as a strategic resource for Denim Social's clients and guides the platform's future. Morris has worked in insurance and tech for more than a decade, and previously led key digital marketing programs for Nationwide and Sprinklr.

Siddhartha Jha is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Arbol, an insurtech and global climate risk solutions platform. Sid is also a co-founder of dClimate, the first decentralized climate information ecosystem. Before Arbol and dClimate, he had over 13 years of experience in the financial industry, covering interest rates and commodities in quantitative research and trading roles. He launched an agriculture futures trading portfolio, managing over $100 million at a major commodity trading firm. He was the first analyst at a startup commodity hedge fund, which grew to manage over $600 million in assets. He was previously a Vice President of Interest Rates Strategy at J.P. Morgan.

Sid authored the well-received book "Interest Rate Markets," published in both English and Mandarin. He has taught financial markets at NYU and was on the board of a non-profit working with inner-city youth. Sid graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. Cum Laude in Applied Mathematics and M.A. in Statistics as part of a 4-year combined degree program.

Mike Becker is CEO of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA), one of the largest national trade organizations serving independent agents. As a forward-thinking insurance leader who embraces technology, he has more than 15 years of insurance industry experience. He leads PIA's strategic initiatives, advocacy efforts, and insurance carrier relations as well as oversees all growth initiatives and program launches.