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Kate Northway is a communications executive with 15 years of experience specializing in media relations, executive visibility, crisis communications and content strategy. Kate advises companies and CEOs in financial services, technology and healthcare sectors, heling them navigate regulatory scrutiny, market volatility and reputational inflection points. Prior to her current role, Kate served as senior advisor to […]

Cory Fritz leads the trade and national security practice within the public affairs group advising clients who are navigating political, regulatory and legal scrutiny related to cross-border matters. As a member of House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce’s senior staff, he played a key role in shaping policy, strategy and messaging on issues including sanctions,

James Wrynn has more than 40 years of experience as an attorney, regulator, executive, director consultant/advisor and expert witness in the insurance industry. Jim has been involved in domestic and global insurance regulations, policies and standards as well as assisting clients in developing strategies and programs dealing with regulatory issues, claims administration and analysis, identification

Andrew Mais has over 25 years of experience in insurance and financial services.  He was formerly the Connecticut Insurance Commissioner and NAIC President. In his current position, he provides risk and regulatory strategy and advisory services to insurance industry stakeholders. Andrew was also highly active on the national and international regulatory fronts. In December 2024,

Francine Semaya is currently a legal consultant in insurance regulation, reinsurance, insurance insolvency and transactional matters. She concentrates her practice in reinsurance, captive insurers (in the US and abroad), insolvency and national and global insurance regulatory matters in the areas of property, casualty, life, annuity, surety and financial guaranty. In addition, she performs legal and

David Altmaier has over 14 years with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. As the former top insurance regulator in Florida, David brings deep knowledge of the complex insurance market. In his capacity as commissioner, he led the Office of Insurance Regulation and had oversight over one of the largest insurance markets in the world. Under

Mithuna Sivaraman has over 13 years of experience in financial services specializing in tax issues. Formerly, Mithuna was with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP where her practice focused on federal tax controversy and tax planning for multinational corporations, with an emphasis on transfer pricing, tax treaty interpretation, and related international taxation issues. Prior to

Thanga Ramalingam has over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector on large scale NextGen digital transformation, finance transformation, risk management, data management, cloud transformation and cognitive automation. Thanga specializes in large scale finance transformation and integrated risk/finance solutions to modernize and optimize business functions by leveraging cutting-edge tools and technologies. Thanga has led

Anthony Irwin oversees all accounting and external reporting at Lemonade including SEC reporting, compliance, tax, treasury, financial systems, and management reporting. Anthony’s expertise is in IPOs, acquisitions, funding rounds, and challenges that require turning ambiguity into clear, actionable solutions. Formerly, Anthony helped Shutterstock grow globally, streamlining operations, integrating acquisitions, and building tools that gave leadership