Currently I am President of Executive Lines at Distinguished Programs, a program manager committed to building highly profitable businesses for our carrier partners and known for bringing tailored coverage solutions to our clients and trading partners. The Distinguished Executive Lines business trades exclusively through the wholesale brokerage community. Prior to Distinguished, I most recently founded and served as Executive Vice President and Head of Management Liability for Ascot Insurance U.S. Over my 28 year career I have held leadership positions in the management, financial institution, and professional liability fields. Prior to Ascot I served as Senior Vice President for Sompo International with responsibilities over the national private and not-for-profit D&O practice, and over all financial lines in Sompo's southeast region. Prior to Sompo I served in a national role as SVP with Aspen U.S. Insurance's start-up ML and FI division. Prior to Aspen I was SVP and held various management and underwriting positions within Axis FIS in both Atlanta and New York. I began my insurance career in 1995 as an underwriter with National Union in Atlanta and spent time as a wholesale broker with Swett & Crawford. I graduated in 1994 from Eckerd College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management.