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Congressman Barry M. Goldwater, Jr.
Chairman
Barry represented California for seven terms in the U.S. Congress, serving on the Public Works and Transportation Committee, the Joint Committee on Energy, and the Committee on Science and Technology. He retired from politics in 1983 and began an extremely

Michelle S. Delany
Chief Financial Officer

Kenneth B. Allen
Insurance Regulatory Law
Ken Allen has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, both in the public sector, where Ken served as Director of Bureau of Licensing and Financial Analysis for the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance, Director of Legal Affairs for

Al Cardenas
Chairman of Advisory Board
Mr. Cardenas has been named one of Washington, DC’s top lobbyists by The Hill, is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, and rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. He also was named among the “100 Most Influential People in Florida

Karl Volmar
United Health Actuarial Services, Inc.
Karl Volmar
United Health Actuarial Services, Inc.
United Health Actuarial Services, Inc. (“UHAS”), provides health actuarial and management consulting services for a wide range of individual and group medical and supplemental insurance products, and health & welfare actuarial and benefits consulting for both insured and self-insured plans.
Though

Norman E. Taplin, Esq.
CEO
Norman Taplin is CEO of NTG Consultants and President of Taplin & Associates and is an attorney who concentrates his practice in areas of regulatory insurance, administrative law, corporate and commercial law and all aspects of the Financial Services industry.

Eric P. Serna, Esq.
General Counsel - Member Advisory Board
Eric Serna is a lawyer specializing in insurance management and regulatory consulting. He is licensed in New Mexico and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He served as Secretary/Treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. He

Brooke Phillips
Director of Client Development

Marina M. Grillo
Billing Coordinator

Robert D. Birkmaier, Esq., CPCU, CLU
Consultant
Robert “Bob” Birkmaier worked the majority of his career with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, where he recently served Managing Counsel, AVP – Regional Counsel. He began his career with INA now CIGNA. Bob was responsible for legislative and regulatory relations

Derek Wooley
Co-President
Derek Wooley has over 15 years experience working as a consultant and public affairs professional in the insurance industry. Derek's has deep roots in the industry, having worked at the Louisiana Department of Insurance, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), National

Nina LeSueur
Project Manager

Brian Camling
Associate
Brian Camling, with 27 years insurance regulatory experience in various aspects of compliance, is president and owner of the compliance consulting firm Insurance Compliance Consultants, inc (ICC). ICC has experience in all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and the USVI

Lou Pietroluongo
SVP - Fraud Prevention and Catastrophe Response, Member - Advisory Board
Lou Pietroluongo served as executive member of the New York State Insurance Department for 10 years and as Acting Superintendent of Insurance for the State. He served on several Federal, State and Local emergency management committees including pandemic, business continuity

Ernie Csiszar
Vice-Chairman
Ernie has experience as an attorney, a merchant banker, and as executive, regulator, and academic in the insurance industry, having been CEO of Seibels Bruce Inc. (a property and casualty insurance carrier then listed on the NASDAQ), Director of

Wayne Goodwin
Member - Advisory Board
Wayne Goodwin is the former North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance and now CEO and President of his North Carolina-based company, Seaboard Strategic Consulting, LLC. His company provides insights & guidance on business, finance, government, insurance, politics, and regulatory matters anywhere


David Edwards
Senior Vice President, Healthcare Policy
David G. Edwards serves as the Chief Executive Officer of American Insurance Holdings, LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Perimeter Lane Insurance Brokers, LLC.
In 2011, Mr. Edwards formed Gaen Healthcare Advisors LLC (now Gaen Advisors LLC) to assist sponsors of new

Holly J. Kinnamon
Affiliate
Holly J. Kinnamon
Affiliate
Holly is a co-founder of HJK Strategies, a full service Washington, DC based government affairs firm. Holly is a well-recognized policy, legislative, and political strategist, having been involved in some of the most high-profile legislation and Democratic campaigns of the

Christa Rapoport
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs & Compliance - Member - Advisory Board
Christa Rapoport has extensive regulatory experience at companies as diverse as Fortune 500 companies to startups. She started her career as a registered nurse in Philadelphia before attending law school and has even designed managed care networks. Ms. Rapoport has

Mitra Ramdass
Accounts Payable

Danny Saenz
Consultant - Member - Advisory Board
Danny Saenz has been an Independent Consultant/Owner of J. D. Saenz & Associates, LLC- since September 2015. He performs consultative duties for various clients ranging from acquisitions and mergers, formation of a new insurance company and assisting in responding to

Rob Esson
Senior Vice President, International Business
Rob Esson is an Oxford educated UK Chartered Accountant who spent 21 years at the NAIC, primarily on international issues. An IAIS “Distinguished Fellow”, he was responsible for supporting various international accounting and solvency work streams at the International Association

John Franchini
Consultant
John Franchini is the former New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance, where he oversaw the departments accreditation and grew total revenue from $242MM to $505MM in his 9 years with the department.
Prior to John joining the Department of Insurance,

Douglas J. Franzen
Consultant
Doug Franzen serves as regulatory and legislative counsel to numerous insurers, providing assistance with enforcement, licensing, admission, and all matters of insurance policy. He is a member of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel and has published several articles on insurance

Rett Hatcher
Consultant
Rett Hatcher is the founding partner at Capitol Consulting Firm. Possessing more than a decade of experience in and around the state capitol, Rett has gained insight into the unique financial framework of state government. As Governor Asa Hutchinson’s initial

Sue R. Howard
Assistant COO - Compliance & Captive Services
Sue Howard brings extensive insurance experience to NTG Consultants, including product development, compliance and operations in the life and health lines. Sue has worked with large and small group health insurance plans as well as specialty lines such as travel

Mike Maher
Consultant
Mike Maher joined NTG Consultants in 2019 as an Associate. Mr. Maher serves as a consultant to various clients in the Mid-West and the U.S. in the areas of Producer Regulatory, Workers Comp Fraud and Pension.
Mr. Maher was the former

Jeffrey Sanow
Associate
Jeffrey Sanow is a Senior Special Investigator responsible for overseeing investigations, Risk Management Consulting and Executive Protection for NTG.
Prior to joining NTG, Jeff's 35-year career working on complex global security operations included working for the US Government, the United States

Roger A. Sevigny
Consultant - Advisory Board
Commissioner Sevigny retired as NH Insurance Commissioner on 11 June 2018, a position he had held for fifteen (15) years. He was appointed and reappointed to consecutive five (5) year terms by both Republican and Democrat Governors. Prior to his

Doug Sizemore
Associate
Doug Sizemore
Associate
Doug has experience in most facets of the insurance industry and has done insurance regulatory work with Norm Taplin for over 16 years. He started an independent Insurance agency and grew it into a multimillion business, licensed and doing business

Paul Zuckerman
Consultant
Paul Zuckerman was Assistant Deputy Superintendent and Counsel in the Office of General Counsel at the New York State Insurance Department and, following the Insurance Department’s merger with the New York Banking Department, its successor, the New York State Department