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Alyssa Cotillo

Cotillo – Manager Business Consulting, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC

Alyssa Cotillo focuses on clients in the insurance and broader financial services sectors. She specializes in delivering automation-driven solutions for insurance and reinsurance organizations, leveraging low-code platforms such as Alteryx Designer to streamline reporting, enhance reconciliations, and reduce manual dependencies. Her work spans global P&C insurers and reinsurers, where she has developed scalable models for

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Hank Watkins

Watkins – Executive Director, The Maurice R Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science at St. John’s University

Hank Watkins has more than 40 years of experience in the insurance industry and has held a range of underwriting, client management and leadership positions in the US and Europe at Chubb, Johnson & Higgins, Marsh, HRH and Lloyd’s, where he was Regional Director & President of the Americas region. Hank joined St. John’s University

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Jack Rich

Rich – Senior Associate Forensic Advisory Services, Grant Thronton Advisors LLC

Jack Rich has over five years of accounting and advisory experience serving clients in Grant Thornton’s Risk Advisory Services practice. Jack leads initiatives to evaluate financial crime vulnerabilities, enhance compliance frameworks, and strengthen corporate integrity and mitigate risks effectively. His experience includes conducting comprehensive assessments of fraud risk exposure for Fortune 500 companies to ensure

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Garrett Buckless

Buckless – Managing Director, Accounting Operations & Transformation Practice, Centri Business Consulting LLC

Garrett Buckless has more than 14 years of experience in public accounting, consulting, and the insurance industry. In his present position, he assists clients with business transformation, accounting advisory, and financial reporting. Prior to his time with Centri, Garrett was a senior manager with Cherry Bekaert, where he led the accounting transformation practice. He assisted clients

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Colin Wilhelm

Wilhelm – Manager, Tax Legislative Affairs, Grand Thornton Advisors LLC

Colin Wilhelm has 15 years of experience thinking about federal policy, first on Capitol Hill, then as a journalist covering the inner workings of tax and economic policy for multiple outlets prior to joining Grant Thornton in 2023. Colin has covered the inner workings of Congress, including the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance

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John Forni

Forni – Vice President & Tax Director, Zurich North America

With more than four decades at the forefront of corporate taxation, John Forni has built a distinguished career guiding both U.S. and multinational financial services organizations through the complexities of an ever-evolving tax landscape. As Head of Tax for Zurich North America, a leading global insurance company, John brings a rare combination of strategic vision,

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James Blackwell

Blackwell – Managing Director, BDO Digital USA

James Blackwell has over 25 years of experience in IT solution architecture, design, and delivery, with a keen focus on enterprise and mid-market businesses. His expertise lies in data analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence. Jim currently leads a team of IT professionals that include cloud architects, project managers, developers, business analysts, data analytics developers, and

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