A message from the WSIA PAC Committee Co-Chairs
Reflecting on the past year, it’s clear that 2023 was a remarkable chapter for the WSIA PAC, marked by significant growth and record-setting achievements. This success is a testament to the collective strength and dedication of our membership, and we extend our heartfelt gratitude to each one of you.
We are inspired by 2023’s accomplishments and look forward to meeting a new goal of $450,000 and reaching 1,000 contributors in 2024. This ambitious target reflects our unwavering commitment to strengthening our advocacy efforts and ensuring that our industry is well-positioned to navigate and influence the regulatory environment at both the federal and state levels.
Our strategic disbursements have been instrumental in not only bolstering our influence within Congress but also extending our reach into critical state legislatures. Our 2023 PAC disbursements will help ensure freedom from rate and form regulation in Florida, help reform tort litigation in Louisiana, permit personal broker fees
2023 @ A GLANCE
in Pennsylvania, and amplify our profile in Congress. This expanded scope ensures that the essential role of the wholesale, specialty, and surplus lines industry is championed at every level of government. While we celebrate our achievements, we remain mindful of the complex political landscape that underscores the necessity of our continued engagement and support.


Thanks to the generosity of 886 contributors, we reached a new fundraising milestone. By the end of the year, we had surpassed our 2023 fundraising goal, reaching $424,392 in contributions. Member participation helped propel our PAC’s balance to an unprecedented level, reinforcing our shared commitment to advancing the interests of our industry and laying a solid foundation for future advocacy initiatives.
To those who have recently joined us in supporting the WSIA PAC, your
contributions have been crucial to our success. To our steadfast supporters, your continued commitment has laid the bedrock for our achievements. Each donation, no matter how big or small, is a vital investment in the future of our industry and underscores our collective determination to shape the insurance landscape.
Together, let’s be the driving force behind the future of our industry and ensure our collective voice is heard loud and clear at all levels of government. Join us in this critical endeavor by contributing to the WSIA PAC today.
ABOUT the WSIA PAC
Since its inception in 2005, the WSIA PAC has been a key element of WSIA’s advocacy strategy. The PAC helps the association educate members of Congress about the importance and impact of the wholesale, specialty and surplus lines industry on the nation’s economy. The PAC offers an influential voice on the industry’s complex insurance issues and can also offer financial support to candidates whose goals are consistent with those of WSIA and its members.
Summary of PAC balances 2018-2023
Congratulations to the 2023 firm competition winners!
Each year, the WSIA PAC recognizes two wholesale broker members and two insurance market members for top employee participants. In 2023, 516 employees of these member firms raised $294,112. Thanks to their outstanding leadership and encouragement for their colleagues to contribute, the WSIA PAC reached unprecedented success last year. They know that by investing in the PAC, they’re not just shaping policy; they’re securing their professional future. Communicating the importance of the PAC within member firms is essential to bolstering WSIA’s advocacy strategies and ensuring that our industry is championed at every level of government.



The WSIA team can help with direct outreach to your firm’s employees with these online materials and presentations and solicitation guidelines.
Contact Lauren Schley at lauren@wsia.org to learn more about how to get involved and communicate about the importance of the WSIA PAC to your team.
Employees of these WSIA member firms supported the PAC in 2023
Admiral Insurance Group
AJG - Gallagher Bassett
Alive Risks
American National Lloyds Insurance Company
AmeriTrust Group, Inc.
AmRISC, LLC
AmTrust E&S Insurance
Amwins
Argo Group
Arlington/Roe
Ascot Group
Ashley Wholesale Brokerage
Aspen Insurance
Associated Insurance Administrators, Inc.
Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co.
AXIS Insurance
Bass Underwriters
Bell & Clements Inc.
Berkley Environmental
Bowhead Reinsurance
Bridge Specialty Group
Brit Group Services Ltd
Brown & Riding Insurance
Burns & Wilcox
Century Insurance Group
Ck Specialty Ins. Associates
CM Vantage Specialty Insurance Company
Cogitate
Collins & Lacy, P.C.
Commercial Sector Ins. Brokers
Concorde General Agency, Inc.
Convex Group Ltd.
Core Specialty
Crawford & Company
CRC
Crum & Forster
Crum & Forster Surplus & Specialty Lines
DeCotis Specialty Insurance
Descartes Insurance Solutions
Donald Gaddis Company, Inc.
DUAL North America
ELANY
Eversheds Sutherland
GBLI | Global Indemnity
GenStar
Golden Bear Insurance Company
Gorst & Compass Insurance
Great American Risk Solutions
Greenberg Traurig
Guy Carpenter
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Ins.
HDI Global Specialty SE
Hudson Insurance Group
IFG Companies
Imperial PFS Insurity
Jackson Sumner & Associates
James River Insurance Company
Jimcor Agency, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
Jupiter Underwriting Group
KW Specialty Insurance Co
Lane & Associates, Inc.
Ledgebrook Inc
Lexington Insurance Company
Lloyd’s
London Underwriters, LLC
Markel
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Munich Re
MUSIC
National Truck Underwriting Managers, Inc.
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Financial & Investments PAC
Nautilus Insurance Group
Navigators, a brand of The Hartford
Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC
PartnerOne Environmental
Patra Corporation
Preferred Specialty, LLC
QuoteWell Insurance Services, LLC
R.E. Chaix & Assoc. Ins.
RB Jones Inc
ReSource Pro
Risk Placement Services
RLI
RPS Atlas General Insurance Services
RSUI
RT Specialty
Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers
Scion Underwriting Services, Inc.
Seattle Specialty Ins. Svcs., Inc.
Shelly, Middlebrooks & O’Leary
SLB Insurance Group
Souders Underwriting Group, LLC
Steamboat Group
Struction Solutions
Superior Underwriters
Surplus Line Association of CA
Surplus Line Association of IL
Texas Surplus Lines Association
The McGowan Companies
The Parks Group, Inc.
USG Insurance Services, Inc.
USLI
Vela Insurance Services
Velocity Risk Underwriters
W.C. Specialty Risk, Inc.
Westchester
Western World Insurance Company
Westfield Specialty
WKFC Underwriting Managers
Wright National Flood Insurance Services
WSIA
WSIA Education Foundation
WSIA Life Member
XPT Specialty
Zurich Holding Co. of America, Committee for Good Government (Z-PAC)
DIAMOND
$5,000
Chris Bading
Sam Baig
Robert Black
Geion Bright
Cristi Carrington**
Heath Cunningham
Steven DeCarlo
Joshua Fletcher
Frank Gainey
Andrew Grim
Chad Hall
Daniel Kaufman
Duffy Koller
Jeff McNatt
Davis Moore
Brendan Mulshine
Scott Purviance
Chris Rea
Patrick Ryan
Shirley Ryan
Keith Shearer
Jon Shirazi
Benjamin Sloop
Darin Stafford
Tom Tio
Timothy Turner
Terrence Villar
Miles Wuller
PLATINUM
$2,500-$4,999
Brenda (Ballard) Austenfeld
Jeremiah Bickham
Mike Brennan
Steven Fabricant
Gilbert Hine, Jr.
Chris Hopper
Harry Johnson, II
Alan Kaufman
Jodie Kaufman Davis
Carlton Maner
Edward McCormack
Phillip McCrorie
Hugh Mooney
Scott Morrow
Christa Nadler**
Dave Obenauer
Ben Ramundt
Jonathan Reiner
Bryan Sanders*
Michael VanAcker
GOLD $1,000-$2,499
Nick Abraham
Josh Ammons
Mark Bernacki
Rachelle Best
Steve Boyd
Cindy Brandt
Rob Brignone
Christopher Brown
H. Michael Byrne
Philip Carbone
Brandon Carr
Amber Carver
Joel Cavaness
Maureen Caviston
Tony Chimera
David Chipp
Bryan Clark
Jeff Conley
Jordan Connelly
Yana Connors*
Wiley Cooper
Erik Davis
Doug Day
Dennis DeLuca
Andrea Dickinson
Tom Dillon
Kevin Dorse
Randy Doss
Jim Dowdy
Lindsay Dress
James Drinkwater
Mimi Fiske*
Dave Grafstein
Bob Greenebaum
Ryan Grimes
Charles Grodecki
David Guest
Patrick Hanley
Omar Hasan
Douglas Hathaway
Wes Henry
Amicia Hine
Mike Hines
Justin Holcomb
Timothy Horton
Wendy Houser
Christopher Houska
Jeremy Huang
Kyle Jansen
Darron Johnston
Fred Karlinsky*
Steve Kass
Brady Kelley
Jen Klobnak
Theresa Lally
Diana Latiff
Brooke Leadbetter
Sarah Lin
Cort Martin
Mike Masucci
Adam Mazan
Jason McDaniels
Robert McEwen
Mike McGrath
Molly Nickoles
Clint Nokes
Alison Oliphant
Kevin O’Neil
Marya Propis
Eric Quinn
Jack Reid
Patrick Richmond
Joe Robuck
James Roe
Robert Sanders, Jr.
Troy Santora
Manish Shah
Rajan Shah
Caryn Siebert
Lee Sjostrom
Chris Skaletsky
Daniel Smyrl
John Sparling
Paul Springman
Andrew Thompson
Jake Timmins
John Tolland
Patrick Tolland
Tiffany Way
Jason Wiley
John Willsey
Michael Wood
Michelle Yuko
SILVER
$500-$999
Donny Alberico
Tacey Auld
Robert Balogh
Peter Baran
Michael Barschig
Laura Beckmann
Matthew Berliner
Travis Blackford
Brett Blumencranz
Jeffrey Bogen
Lesley Bolton
Paul Bontempo
Lynn Bordelon
Matthew Brady*
Suzanne Brandt
Sue Brennan
Sim Bridges
Dan Brown
Stacy Bruegging
Ben Bruhn
Scott Brumberg
Tom Carvalho
Ryan Coburn
Timothy Collins
Dan Confalone
Zac Crosley*
Scott Culler
Shannon Dahlke
Jon Danile
Blaise D’Antoni
Michael Dauth, Jr.
Veronica Davis
Andrew Dean
Michael DeCarlo
Daniel DeCastro
Jim DeSimone
Christopher Dockery
Dawn Donofrio
David Dow
Craig Dunn
William Evans
Joseph Failla
Daniel Filbey
Luke Fleming
Douglas Garfinkel
Michael Garrison
Robert Gassen
Vince Gatto
Samuel Glusman
Rich Gobler
Harvey Goldenberg
Michelle Goldman
Gordon Gray
Hank Haldeman
Ryan Hamm
John Head*
Brian Henderson
Kent Hoffmann
Joshua Hunegs
Stephen Hunziker
Matthew Janicki
Scott Jensen
David Jordan
Janet Jordan-Foster
Kelsey Jules
Keri Kish
Katie Kruizenga
David Lavins
Jason Lentz
Deborah Lott
Steve LoVullo
Frank Lowery
Laurence Maier
Valerie Martin
Mark Maucere
Michael Miller
Conner Moore
Morgan Moore
Tanya Morales
Brad Moss
William Nichols
Megan North
David Ocasek
David O’Keeffe
D. Conor O’Leary
John O’Marra
Jen Oshita
Derek Pace
Robert Pedersen*
Robert Polansky
Jay Prater
Joe Quigley
Ryan Riske
Lora Robbins
Rebecca Roberts
John Rolf
Gary Romay
Shawn Samuels
Charlie Sherman
Mirza Shirazi
Ravi Singhvi
Paul Smith
Derick Stitik
Lisa Suprenant
Adam Terry
Coryn Thalmann
John Trittipo
Aaron Udany
John Vedder
Mike Veniard
Hank Watkins
Eric Weber
Brenda Wilson
Drew Zadow
BRONZE
$250-499
Neal Abernathy
Patrick Albrecht
Corey Alison
Scott Alper
Erin Ancker
Scott Anderson
Milan Arpino
Christopher Austin
John Barfield
Laura Bates
Renee
Belgarde-Linder
Michael Bernay
Nate Berns
Aileen Berry
Matt Blessing
Nicole Blum
Jamie Bouloux
Chris Bromiley
Cliston Brown*
Dave Buchanan
Phil Burke
Timothy Burnett
Frank Busch
Shannon Campbell
Buddy Campo
Craig Carpenter
Timothy Chaix
James Christopherson
John Clarke
Kathy Colangelo
AJ Conrad
Frank Corda
Timothy Corley
Peter Costolnick
Trent Cox
Jenny Crane
Abby Daugherty
Andrew Davis
Cathy De Leon
Thomas DeCotis
Don Deising
Diana DeMent
Daniel Drennen
Nora Dudek
Jeffrey Dunn
Gerald Dupre, Jr.
Tom Ear
Sheryl Eckinger
Dan Ellison
Peter Feeney
Ian Fike
Patrick Fitzgerald
Heather Frain
O’Neil Franso
Rich Fusinski
Christopher Gaddis
Thomas Gagne’
Bill Gatewood
Albert Geraci
Frank Giarratano
Larry Goanos
Erin Gonzalez
Paul Hamilton
Brendan Hanley
Dean Hussey
LuAnn Isley
Matt Jarrett
Brooke Jenkins
Jayden Johnson
Ronald Johnson
Seth Johnson
Pierson Jones*
Justin Joyce
Jennifer Keefe
Daniel Kennedy
Jennifer Kessel
Bryan Kiley
Lynn Koop
Justin Kotrla
Michael Kroll
Greg Kuchar
B. Scott Landry
Michael Lassig
Doug Legters
Steve Levy
David Lewison
Michael Leyva
Keith Loges
Dusty Lopez
Matthew Lotfey
Timothy Lovier
Adam Lowe
Rick Lunney
Matt Lynch
Douglas MacLachlan
John Mall
Shani Markus
Claudia May
Bresch McCarthy
Laura McCormick
Marty McGee
Benjamin McKay
John Meetz
Kelly Miller
Scott Miller
Wesley Mitchell
Lindsay Moore
Jonathan Moraru
Marissa Moscowitz
Chris Moulder
Chris Murphy
Evan Murphy
Shawn Murphy
Jason Murrey
Paul Nowak
Glenn Petersen
Raul Plasencia
Nicholas Pluss
Amit Prasad
Justin Purdy
Ryan Purdy
Pamela Quilici
Christine Quinn Fejzic
Doug Raby
Tim Ramsey
Roy Rankin
Cynthia Renske
Robert Rhonehouse
Jim Ricci
Lisa Rodriguez
William Rous
Jose Santiago
Eric Sawyer
Ryan Scott
Lauren Sechrist
Rick Sforzo
James Shaffer
Jacky Shah
Molly Shah
Eric Shapiro
Casey Sherwin
Paul Sipos
Kristen Skender
Brandon Sloan
Britt Smith
Jordan Strange
Andrew Sulc
Thomas Tehan
Pete Thrasher
Christine Tricoli
Chelsie Tysdal
Emma Villalobos
Danielle Wade
Justin Walker
Shelly Wasso
Chris Weems
Elizabeth White
Jason Williams
Scott Wolf
Brad Wood
David Wood
Katie Wood
Cole Zalaznik
Shelby Zgnilec
Cynthia Zimmerman
Chris Zoidis
CONTRIBUTOR
Under $250
Ben Abernathy
Elvira Acosta
Jamie Adam
Iva Adams
Michael Agliata
Cameron Aldrich
Evan Aldrich
Danielle Alessandrini
Ben Alexander
Laura Allen
Caprice Allen
Angela Altzner
Bay Amrhein
Justin Anand
David Andreas
Tracy Andrews
Jeff Andrews
Greyson Asmus
Elyde Auguste
Baylie Babin
Terence Babler
Randall Bailey
Tyler Bair
Laura Baker
Jonathan Ball
Mallory Barnard
James Bass
Anurag Batta
Rahmad Bauldrick
Fred Bautista
Steve Beard
Thomas Becker
Maddie Beja
Conor Bell
Jennifer Beltz
Nick Benza
Sydney Binns
Mhairi Bittler
Dawnmarie Black
Jake Blackshear
Gretchen Blomeke
Brianna Boehm
Julie Boggio
Krystal Boggs
Trevor Boling
Jamie Bonner
Michael Borghesi
Megan Bowers
Chris Bradley
Brian Branam
Wilson Brand
Lee Branson
Matthew Briggs
William Briscoe
Kenneth Brown
Michael Brown
Andrew Brown
Jennifer Brown
Erich Bublitz
Aaron Buck
Zach Burdine
Ben Burke
Dennis Burton
Jack Butler
Ryan Byrne
Allie Cahill
Maggie Cahill
Klayton Caldiero
Rick Callan
Don Campbell
David Canu, Jr.
Adam Care
Jennie Carr
Emily Carstens
Jeff Case
Ali Cason
Joe Catalano
Jackie Cavazos
Will Cea
William Chadwick
Tina Charles
Philip Chester
John Churey
Michaela Cioffi
Susan Cisar
Brenton Clair
Catherine Clark
Charles Cochran
Sue Cohen
Lauren Coleman
John Conger
Megan Connors
Clarissa Contreras
Bethany Coogle
Brendan Cook
Erin Copeland
Marianne Correa
Caley Craig
Lisa Cramer
Daniel Cranney
Wes Crawford
Christopher Crisera
Derek Crumpler
Peter Curnin
Carson Daniels
Ana Daves
Zach Davidson
Andrew Davidson*
Katie Davies
Gordon Davis
Thurston Davis, Jr.
Amy Davis
Annie Dawson
Marco De Grandis
Meredith Dearing
Nick Decrescenzo
Bianca Deising
John Deneen
Heather Deugan
Jeff Diefenbach
Kali Diethrich
Eric Director
Ken Distel
Derek Donnelly
Emily Downs
Kevin Doyle
Brett Dresner
Peter Driscoll
Will Drudge
Layton Drummond
Matthew Dutton
Erika Dwyer
William Eaton
Gretchen Echelbarger
Kari Edwards
Presten Ellsworth
Jack Else
Mark Engel
Jim Epting, Jr.
Nicholas Errichiello
Evan Falkowski
Tracey Fallon
Connor Farquharson
Jay Ferrara
Andrew Fieker
Vincent Flemming, III
Jennifer Fraser
Robert Frasor
Christina Fressle
Susan Froman
Marc Fuhrman
Angie Fylak
Dylan Gabay
Patrick Gavin
Danny Gendusa
Kathleen Gennusa
Craig Gerhard
Peggy Giancola
Natalie Gibbons
Catherine Gill
Meaghan Gillam
Andrew Giordano
Matthew Gladwell
Adam Goldfarb
Alan Goldfarb
Brandon Goodin
Dawn Gordon
Billie Gorrell
Kate Graves
David Grimley
Gary Grindle
Walter Grote
Luz Gutierrez
Stacy Hammrich
Katherine Haney
Timothy Hanke
Shay Hansen
Ian Hanson
Thomas Harding
Joe Hare
Austin Hargarten
Robert Harman
Mallorie Harper
Vince Harris
Kevin Heckman
Anne Hein
Michael Heinle
James Hemkin
Susan Henderson
Ryan Hensley
Lauren Hernandez
Melanie Herring
Carson Herron
Ilana Hessing
Dawn Hickman
Kelsey Higgason
Maddie Hill
Kimberly Hinkle
Ryan Hite
Brett Hoffmann
Brittney Hofstetter
Katie Holcombe
Ryan Holland
Brooke Hopkins
Blake Hopkins
William Houghton, II
Brandon Hunter
Maribel Ibarra
Karen Izzo
Bragan Jackson
Jeffrey Jamison
Stephen Janas
James Jefferson
Courtney Jeminez
Reed Jinright
Mason Johnston
Gina Jones
Kristin Jones
Diana Kahikina
Chad Kaiser
Erik Kamiya
Evan Kasowitz
Tricia Katz
Megan Keathley
Ryan Kelly
Liz Kennedy
Layna Kephart
Marjorie Kessler
Dan Kilcoyne
Grace Kim
Toyon Kim
Grayson King
Keaton Knight
Veronica Knox
David Kodama, Jr.
Mike Kokonas
Mike Kona
David Kremer
Paige Kremer
Jordan Kurkowski
Megan Laffey
Grayson Lamb
Colton Langsam
Andrew Lanham
Katja Larsen
Dennis Lee
Justin Lehtonen
Graham LeJeune
Josh Linnean
Jeanine Loomis
Henry Lopez
Michelle Luckner
Wade Lupe
Mamie Lust
Alvin Ly
Jeff Lynn
Ken Lyon
Daniel Maher
Patrick Makohin
Austin Mancuso
Collin Maney
Christina Mannino*
Richard Marburg
Carlos Marcano
Carlos Marco
Ryne St. Marie
John Martin
Hannah Mathe
Christopher Matsuo
Kendra May
Mark McAneney
Andrew McDonald
Melissa McFarlane
Taylor McGuire
Jonathan McKenzie
Carmen McKeon
Will McMillan
Melissa Mears
Mike Medvezky
Wendy Mejia
Jason Meredith
Larry Milburn
Whitney Miles
Keith Miller
Thomas Mink
James Mitchell
Stephanie Mitchell
Eric Mohr
Anthony Moncrief
Nicholas Mooser
Lauren Morano
Tony Morgan
Peter Morrison
Alexander Mortimer
Jordan Muckway
Bob Mugavero
Courtney Murphree
Tyler Myers
Yas Nahali
Dario Nalli
Joe Neeley
Brendan Neligan
Jason Neu
Benjamin Newbert
Elaina Nicholson
Anella Niewenhous
Nicole Noland
Toni Noto
David Novak
Jennifer Nuest
Nicole O’Brien
Amy O’Brien
Gregory O’Connell
Thomas O’Donnell
Chris O’Neill
Sylvia Ornelas
Marlon Orozco
Jessica Osner
Christian Pappas
Susie Parks
Ajay Patel
Jean Patterson
Conner Patterson
Taylor Patterson
Nathan Paulik
Chip Pecchio
Robert Peele, III*
Frank Pendleton
Denise Pepin
Aaron Perry
Matthew Petka
Travis Petrie
Nancy Petru
Aaron Pfister
Mario Piacentino
Janice Picklo
Robert Pienta
Tracy Pitre
Whitney Pomeroy
Lawson Poole
Justin Pressly
Jacob Preston
Miranda Pritchett
Bob Quillman
Paige Radakovich
Michael Radford
Erica Rangel
Jay Raupp
Cayla Rebhan
Kevin Reese
Carolyn Reiter
Gary Resman
Madison Rhodes
Gary Ricker
Nicole Rickett
John Rohrbach
Casey Rollison
David Ross
Marc Rothschild
Mary Roy
Meghann Rusert
Carlota Saflor
Dan Safriet
Kelsey Sangha
Maylene Saunders
Nate Schepers
Jake Scherr
Kristen Schick
Lauren Schley
William Schmidt
Evan Schmidt
Natalie Schrepel
Madeline Schrull
Blake Schrum
Zachary Schuck
Clay Segrest
Barrett Sellars
Dave Senescu
Joey Shapiro
Sheri Shapiro
Nicholas Shaw
Patrick Shelton
Roger Shelton
Danielle Sheridan
Joseph Sherry
Rich Shipley
Dina Silva
Andrew Simkins
Amber Sipos
Brittany Skiles
Eric Slater
Daniel Slawson
Brian Sloan
Sarah Sloan
G. Michael Sloane
Laurie Smith
Matthew Smith
Scott Smith
Paul Smith
Troy Snider
Kathy Sofarelli
Kelly Sorensen
Nicole Sorrells
Blake Souders
Dave Statis
Bonnie Steen
Ron Struhs
Jenny Swanson
Whitney Tabash
Leslie Takii
Angela Tam
Lauren Tamberino
Chris Tambo
Katie Taraborrelli
Kimberly Tarver
Kristian Tedford
Andrew Thatcher*
Tyler Thiede
Nelli Thomas
Ashish Thomas
Rebecca Thomas
McKenzie Thorman
Caroline Thornton
Carrie Till
Chris Timmerman
Courtney Tolle
Suzette Torres
Bryan Touchstone
Cindy Tran
Chris Troy
Scott Ulsh
Jordan Underwood
Wade Vache
Cynthia Vanness
Heather Velasquez
Josh Vengley
Travis Verdino
Tamra Vermillion
Rina Visconti
Kelly Viviano
Tracy Wade
Jane Waller
Missy Wang
Bronson Warren
William Warren
Anthony Weber
Sawyer Welnak
John Welty
Caroline West
Jason White
Deirdre White
Robby Whitlock
Dan Whitt
Barry Whitton
Mary Kate Williams
David Wilson
Nichole Wilson
Stuart Wilson
Sarah Wirtz
Christian Wood
Mike Woodworth
Cameron Yarbrough
Shawn Young