Aaron Casey
Account Executive, Cyber/E&O/Media Liability
As a cyber liability expert, Aaron works closely with the Account Executive to deliver on your business objectives. Aaron works with some of Woodruff Sawyer’s most complex Cyber/E&O clients.
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As a cyber liability expert, Aaron works closely with the Account Executive to deliver on your business objectives. Aaron works with some of Woodruff Sawyer’s most complex Cyber/E&O clients.
Amy is a workers’ compensation claims expert who specializes in experience rating modifications and consulting services, including claim auditing, third party administrator (TPA) management and selection, accelerated claim closure projects, and claim management workflow assessments.
CEO Andy Barrengos has been a part of the Woodruff Sawyer team since 1996, and has served as CEO since 2016. Andy leads our firm with a focus on developing our people, delivering outstanding services, tools, and solutions for our clients, and growing the firm in new and existing sectors across our national platform.
With 20 years at Woodruff Sawyer and four years working in human resources, Anne specializes in working with post start-up, emerging growth high-technology, and biotechnology companies.
Andrew specializes in managing D&O liability insurance programs for private and public companies.
With over 17 years in the insurance industry, Brandi specializes in consulting solutions in employee benefits for companies with large complex risk.
Brian brings a decade of experience including executive roles in the equity risk sector and finance. He works with private equity and venture capital firms, and their investment professionals, on due diligence and transactional risk solutions.
Carolyn oversees our firm’s property & casualty and management liability services on an enterprise-wide basis, working to ensure consistent client service and strategy under a unified national structure.
Dan leads the Private Equity and Venture Capital group and is an expert in D&O/management liability risks. He works closely with his clients to provide guidance on risk mitigation and risk management solutions, including insurance. Dan also negotiates directly with insurance carriers to customize insurance programs that meet the risk transfer needs of his clients. Prior to joining Woodruff Sawyer, Dan was a sergeant with the United States Marine Corps.
As National Cyber Practice Leader, Dan drives the strategy to grow our cyber business, such as developing tools to help clients and prospects understand and quantify their cyber exposures, as well as thought leadership. He frequently speaks at industry conferences and has been quoted in various trade magazines and newsletters, including The Wall Street Journal.
Dan brings a uniquely analytical and sophisticated approach to employee benefits and risk management. With over 16 years of consulting experience, Dan has worked with a large cross-section of employers including those in healthcare, not-for-profits, hi-tech, service, and hospitality. In 2010, Dan was honored with the Excellence in Partnership with HR award from the Silicon Valley HR Symposium. His areas of specialization include managing large, multi-state clients as well as outsourced benefit administration.
Darren leads our Claims Audit and Consulting Group, offering expertise in the areas of occupational and non-occupational disabilities, leaves of absence, and workers’ compensation. In addition to his work in saving clients time and money on complex litigated claims and by auditing claim programs, he helps clients implement Integrated Disability Management (IDM) programs and come to understand the true cost of absence.
Debbie specializes in technical & reserve claim audits, large claim loss evaluation, training, developing claim handling procedures, disability management and return-to-work programs.
Dan executes your business objectives as they relate to risk management goals, budget, and long term strategies.
Doug has more than 16 years' experience in commercial property insurance. He serves as a resource and consultant to property and casualty staff nationwide.
Elena provides technical analysis and strategies for clients to address a wide variety of complex E&O and Cyber enterprise risks. She leads the design, development, and implementation of coverage wording, in addition to identifying, evaluating, and negotiating competitive insurance solutions.
In his role as a Practice Leader in Property & Casualty, Evan’s responsibilities include program design, strategic consulting, and insurance placement for large enterprises. With eight years of experience in the industry, Evan works with his clients to develop risk financing strategies, analyze corporate exposures, and improve insurance policy wording to maximize insurance recovery.
A veteran of the insurance industry for over 30 years, Emanuel is responsible for providing high level property and cargo claim advocacy and consulting services globally. He assists in the implementation of insurance solutions to meet client needs and supports client-facing professionals within the sales team.
Leading Woodruff Sawyer's M&A practice, Emily provides consultation to clients seeking to minimize their risks associated with merger and acquisition activity. This includes Representations and Warranties, Tax Opinion Liability, and Litigation Buy-Out coverages.
With decades of experience in the industry, Gil works with our management liability team on policy interpretation and underwriter intent and counsels clients regarding their legal exposure, risk management, corporate governance, and policy coverage.
Jacob leads Woodruff Sawyer’s National Financial Institutions and Digital Asset Resource Group. He has extensive experience placing a range of specialized insurance products for traditional operators within the financial services sector. Jacob is also a national thought leader when it comes to advising disruptive FinTech and Web3.0 companies, working with clients and carriers to create bespoke solutions for novel exposures.
As a Senior Claims Consultant in Property and Casualty, Joshua's primary focus is to help clients facilitate the various levels of Claims Management so their results exceed Industry measures and they obtain the most favorable outcome on each individual claim.
Jane specializes in advising clients on the challenges that directors and officers face internationally. Jane places bespoke D&O insurance policies for many high-profile, high-risk, and large market-cap companies domiciled in the US and internationally. She also focuses on providing executive liability solutions directly to non-US companies listed on US exchanges. Jane holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
As Senior Benefits Compliance Officer and Lead ERISA counsel, Jen manages the Benefits Compliance team and drives the strategy and development of our benefits compliance policies, processes, and training.
Jon has 16 years of experience as a management liability insurance broker closely working with executive, legal, and risk teams to achieve their risk mitigation and risk financing goals.
Jim specializes in the negotiation and placement of Management and Professional Liability Insurance for public and private companies, and has worked with a diverse range of industries, including technology and life science, logistics, real estate, business services, manufacturing, and others.
Jeanna has over 16 years of industry experience, and specializes in risk management and coverage placement for mid-sized to large US companies.
Jim brings more than 20 years of experience to the private client practice. He is passionately committed to tailoring complex insurance programs for highly successful individuals and commercial businesses.
Judith is a seasoned insurance and risk management expert who leads the Family Office & Trustee Liability Resource Group at Woodruff Sawyer.
Kathy focuses on the strategic vision for our Benefits services and works collaboratively across the organization to lead the Benefits leadership team.
Kevin focuses on providing customized risk management solutions and information to businesses, and works to build and maintain market relationships toward that end. He's passionate about advocating for clients and representing their needs, from strategic planning to ongoing insurance program management.
Kristina helps lead Woodruff Sawyer’s Retirement Plan Practice, with more than 20 years of experience in the corporate pension and the investment industry. She has been recognized as one of the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) Top Female Retirement Advisors and San Francisco Magazine's Five Star Wealth Managers.
Lauri is a widely respected expert and frequent speaker on the issues of directors & officers liability and cyber liability. She has developed her expertise surrounding complex privacy breach claims and innovative Cyber Liability solutions, and has extensive experience placing D&O programs for public companies of all sizes, including NASDAQ 100 and Fortune 500 companies.
Lenin helps clients understand their directors & officers liability and how to take action to mitigate their risk.
As a Senior Vice President, Luke is skilled in working alongside private equity firms, family offices, alternative asset managers, and their portfolio companies as they seek to invest in or acquire platform and add-on transactions in the lower, core, and upper middle-market. Luke has experience in transactions across industry sectors, including healthcare and life sciences, technology and business services, consumer brands and retail, and niche manufacturing.
Marc specializes in working with clients to evaluate benefits programs, navigate the complexities of health reform, and drive communication strategies while aggressively controlling costs. With over 20 years of experience, he has worked extensively with employers in Oregon and around the country to analyze, design and implement high-performing employee benefit programs.
Munish brings more than 22 years of experience in leading analytics, business intelligence, and predictive modeling functions in the insurance industry. By creating analytical tools, processes, and educational content, Munish empowers our commercial lines teams to deliver empirically driven risk analyses and risk management decisions.
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