Our Team of Risk Advisors

The breadth of industry experience and depth of expertise you need.

John Kelly is Managing Partner at Hanover Stone Partners, LLC, which was founded in 2009 as a holding company with targeted investments in risk management consulting, risk management services, claims and loss control services, specialty insurance brokering, and product distribution.

He has 35 years of experience in the insurance brokerage industry, with extensive background in strategic planning, acquisitions, investments, operational management, sales leadership, new business development and senior client relationships.

Operationally, John has had responsibility for both property/casualty and employee benefits companies and has overseen operations in all business segments including Fortune 1000, Middle Market, Programs, Construction & Environmental, Health Care, Personal Lines, Marine & Aviation.

Charles (Chuck) W. Brandyberry has 38 years of experience in risk consulting, insurance brokering, and risk management, with specialty expertise in captives, reinsurance, global programs, corporate litigation, and arbitration. In 2009, Chuck joined Hanover Stone Partners as an Associate. He has been an independent consultant for numerous companies since 2002 as a licensed Surplus Lines Broker and Property and Casualty Producer.

From 2000 to 2002, Chuck served as a Senior Consultant for Bird & Associates, LLC providing his expert guidance to Fortune 500 companies, brokers, and consultants. For more than 18 years, Chuck was at Johnson & Higgins (J&H), which merged with Marsh during his tenure. At J&H/Marsh, he was Senior Vice President and Principal; Manager – Global Captive Reinsurance Group; Member of the J&H Global Property and International Practice Committee; and Chief Executive and Director – Uniservice Insurance, Ltd and GEM Insurance Company, Ltd in Bermuda.

Paul F. Buckley is a risk management professional with more than 30 years of proven success maximizing insurance coverage while reducing the total cost of risk for Fortune 50 companies. A recognized leader in enterprise risk management, alternative risk solutions, and litigation management, he joined Hanover Stone Partners, LLC, as an Associate in 2010.

Concurrent to his role with Hanover Stone Partners, he serves as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Buckley Risk Management Services.

From 2003 to 2008, Paul was Vice President of Risk Management at Tyco International (US) Inc. Prior to Tyco, he served as President of Lucent’s captive insurance firm, First Beacon Insurance Company. He had previously been the Risk Manager of Lucent Technologies. He managed the AT&T Corporate Claims Department and was appointed Risk Manager of AT&T’s Systems and Technologies Company, which later became Lucent Technologies Inc. In 1983, Paul joined AT&T as Corporate Claims Manager where he was responsible for establishing the AT&T Corporate Claims Department. From 1976 to 1983, he was an Assistant Claims Manager for New England Telephone in Boston. He began his career in 1970 with New England Telephone.

Paul received numerous awards during his tenure with AT&T and Lucent, and received what may be considered the highest award within the industry, being named Business Insurance Magazine’s “Risk Manager of the Year” in 2000. In 2008, he was the recipient of Risk & Insurance Magazine’s “Risk Innovator Award”.

Paul is an Associate Faculty member of The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS). In addition, he is a Lecturer in the Graduate Risk Management Program of Temple University.

Tom brings 40 years of diversified experience as an insurance broker, consultant, and risk manager to Hanover Stone Partners. He has extensive expertise in the global chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Since 2001 Tom has been an independent insurance and risk management consultant as the owner of TAC Insurance Consulting, LLC. In this capacity, he has worked with the Department of Homeland Security since 2004 regarding risk and insurance qualifications under the Safety Act for the development and sale of new anti-terrorism technologies. He has also been a consultant and expert witness on multiple insurance coverage arbitration cases for Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., and Jenner & Block in Chicago, including products liability coverage litigation involving Eli Lilly & Company, Merck’s Vioxx drug, and litigation regarding coverage for hurricane damage. Before establishing TAC, Tom was a consultant and risk manager for Syngenta Corporation, the world’s largest agricultural chemical company, where he designed and implemented a new risk management program.

Tom previously served as Senior Vice President and Global Practice Leader for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical industries at Marsh Inc. , as Senior Vice President at Sedgwick, Inc., and Senior Vice President and practice leader for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries at Alexander & Alexander. Other experience includes 15 years at Cyanamid Company, a Fortune 100 chemical and pharmaceutical company, as Director of Risk Management responsible for all aspects of the global risk management program, including the management of the company’s Bermuda and Vermont captives. Tom began his career serving 11 years with the Philadelphia Electric Company as Assistant Insurance Manager responsible for all aspects of the company’s risk management program, and then three years with Monsanto Company as the Assistant Risk Manager responsible for the company’s U.S. risk management program, including the management of a Bermuda captive insurance company.

Len Crouse, one of the most respected and recognizable names in the captive insurance industry, joined Hanover Stone Partners, LLC, as an Associate in 2009. Len began his career in risk management and insurance regulation more than 30 years ago. Under Len’s guidance, Vermont’s captive insurance legislation became the gold standard, a model for many other states that subsequently started captive insurance operations. Vermont now has more than 800 licensed captives and is the world’s second largest domicile as measured by total written premiums. In 2008, he joined Towner Management Group’s (TMG) U.S. operations as a partner to help jumpstart the company’s captive insurance and consulting business domestically.

In 1990, Len was named director of captive insurance of Vermont’s Department of Insurance. During his tenure, when more than 600 captives were licensed in Vermont, he advanced to deputy commissioner and became recognized worldwide as a leading authority on captive insurance regulation. After beginning his career with the Massachusetts Department of Insurance in 1971 as an examiner, Len became chief examiner and headed up a department of two dozen associates in the state insurance department’s property/casualty division

Sporting extensive knowledge in all types of captive insurance structures, industry and insurance uses, Len is an author and in demand as a speaker at industry conferences around the globe. He continues to keep in touch quarterly with U.S. state captive insurance regulators. In 2007, Len was honored by the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA) when the organization gave him its lifetime achievement award.

Michael brings more than 30 years of experience in risk management and group benefits for major international corporations. Michael has a track record for successfully managing large domestic and international property, casualty, and marine programs utilizing traditional insurance, captives and alternative risk treatments, and administering aggressive claims management and loss control programs for workers’ compensation, general and automobile liability and property exposures resulting in significant reductions in the cost of risk. He has also directed the planning, purchase and administration of employee benefit programs including health, welfare, disability and savings and retirement plans.

financial institution with responsibility for the procurement, administration and management of claims worldwide for insured and self-insured workers’ compensation programs, disability and travel accident. Between 1990 and 1995 he was Vice President – Risk Management at R.H. Macy & Co, Inc. in New York City where he was oversaw all property, casualty, loss control, life and disability programs as well as group health planning and purchasing for major retailer with more than 60,000 employees and sales in excess of $6 billion.

Michael was Vice President at Johnson & Higgins managing all insurance program negotiation, placement, claims and client services for multinational companies including Sony, PepsiCo, and Konica., and before that served as Director of Asset & Risk Management with RJR Nabisco, Inc., in Atlanta, Ga., handling worldwide risk management, loss control and group benefit funding. Michael also spent nine years as Director of Risk Management with United Brands Company, an international food and manufacturing company with sales of $3.5 billion, where he established a consolidated risk management and loss control program and directed the placement of all programs including property, casualty, marine hull, and cargo. He began his risk management career as Assistant to the Director, Insurance and Pensions, for Eastern Air Lines, Inc., and later as Manager of Insurance and Benefits for Harman International Industries, Inc., in Lake Success, N.Y.

Dick Hackenburg, CPCU, brings more than four decades of insurance and risk management experience to Hanover Stone Partners, LLC. Richard’s extensive industry expertise includes large hospital systems, large nursing home entities, philanthropic agencies, financial services firms, and numerous Fortune 1000 companies. He has worked for some of the world’s leading insurance brokers and carriers, specializing in nonprofit heathcare, corporate risk management, insurance brokerage sales and management, and insurance company underwriting management.

Richard has been responsible for the development of risk management and employee benefit programs, organization and management of single parent and group captive insurance companies, new business development and sales management for insurance brokers, underwriting oversight and management of large books of property and casualty insurance, and strategic planning, budgeting, marketing, and the profitability of operations.

Marc Lanzkowsky joined Hanover Stone Partners, LLC, as an Associate in 2009. He has 20 years of experience in insurance claims management, medical malpractice, and professional liability. He is concurrently the founder and principal of Lanzko Consulting, Inc., a boutique consultancy that helps large organizations with insured programs, self- insured programs, self-insured trusts and subsidiary captive insurance companies, ensure smart and efficient claims operations. Starting his career as an Insurance Defense Attorney in New York where he represented physicians and hospitals against malpractice claims and defended insurance companies on coverage issues, Marc became a Specialty Claims Adjuster at Zurich Insurance Company.

Promoted to Northeast Regional Manager for Healthcare Medical Malpractice Claims, he then rose to the position of Claims Director for Operational Innovation for the Specialty Claims Division. As part of the 9-11 disaster recovery team, Marc assisted in the relocation of over 100 claims professionals within one week of the tragedy. Following his success at Zurich, Marc was recruited to help build a specialty claims organization as Vice President (and, later, Senior Vice President) of Home Office Claims Management for Arch Insurance Company. Charged with developing all internal processes and best practices for this new global Property & Casualty insurer, he created the company’s innovative claims technology platform, an intuitive system used by claims professionals worldwide as part of a fully accessible paperless claims environment.

In addition to his work at Lanzko, Marc serves as a member of the Board of Directors for IncentOne, a provider of integrated incentive solutions to clients ranging from small businesses to the FORTUNE 500 He received a bachelor’s degree from New York University and a Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law.

Featured in a survey of "100 Leading Women" in Business Insurance, Sheila is the nation's foremost specialist in historic insurance reconstruction. Under her direction, IAG has pioneered many of the methods now commonly used to reconstruct missing policies. Sheila's substantial experience in the insurance industry over the past 30 years and her extensive contacts among brokers, risk managers and insurance carriers have made IAG the leader in this field.

As corporate legal liabilities have escalated, Sheila has broadened the scope of IAG's services to include the reconstruction of an entire portfolio of historic insurance assets. In addition to discovering evidence of missing policies, IAG often designs customized software to enhance clients' records storage systems, charts corporate histories and corresponding insurance programs, assists clients and outside counsel in related research, and organizes key insurance records in accessible and user friendly systems. Finding the most historic assets and creating efficient systems to store and access information has enabled IAG's clients to maximize insurance recoveries for a wide variety of liabilities.

Sheila has published numerous articles on the benefits of conducting historic audits and explaining the techniques to research both corporate histories and missing policies. Her articles have appeared in trade journals, books, insurance industry web-sites, including Coverage, an American Bar Association publication, and other prominent publications such as The John Liner Review and The Bureau of National Affairs. Sheila has also been featured in Fortune Magazine "On the Rise", the Financial Times, Newsday and the Washington Times. She has appeared in televised programs produced by the BBC and CPCU.

Guy F. Ragosta brings nearly two decades of experience in captive management, as well as extensive executive leadership and financial management skills, to his role as an Associate with Hanover Stone Partners, LLC.

Concurrent to his role with Hanover Stone Partners, Guy is Chief Executive Officer and Partner of The Towner Management Group’s U.S. operations. Prior to joining Towner Management Group, he was the CEO of Marathon Health, a benefits consulting group with locations throughout the U.S.

In May 1992, he joined Willis Group Holdings to start and lead the company’s Captive, Actuarial, Pooling Solution (CAPS) division, which included 14 offices located in the U.S. and the Caribbean. At Willis, where he spent 14 years as Regional Executive Director of CAPS, Guy developed an international consulting network that services the 15,000 Willis employee network and their related clients.

Prior to Willis, Guy served as the Director of Financial Services to the Vermont captive insurance industry for KPMG Peat Marwick from 1990-1992 and was associated with Ernst & Young for 12 years where he served in a variety of tax management and consulting positions. He was Ernst & Young's Director of Tax Services for the Burlington, Vermont office. While at Ernst & Young, Guy was a Senior Tax Advisor to companies in the telecommunications business.

Guy earned his BA degree in business with an accounting major from Manhattan College, and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has taught in the Master’s Programs of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and State University of New York in Albany as an adjunct associate professor. Guy has served as President of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association and the Financial Executive Institute, as well as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Captive Insurance Association of America. He is also a past Board Member of Vermont Special Olympics and the Vermont Association of Business and Industry Rehabilitation.

Richard E. Rankin, ARM, joined Hanover Stone Partners, LLC as an Associate in 2010. He is a specialist in insurance and risk management for the inspace, satellite and telecommunications industries.

Concurrent to his position with Hanover Stone Partners, Richard serves as Managing Director at Brandywinecreek Associates LLC, an independent consulting firm which specializes in risk management, financial and insurance advisory services to clients.

Previously, he served as Director of Insurance for US Airways. In this role Richard was responsible for the procurement and oversight of US Airways insurance including hull and liability, FAA war risk, workers compensation, property and business interruption, third party administrator (TPA) claims review, fiduciary, and Directors’ & Officers’ coverages. From 1994 to 2005, he was Senior Vice President at International Space Brokers, a space insurance brokerage firm, where he provided risk management and broking services to domestic or international satellite and telecommunications clients. Prior to his position with International Space Brokers, Richard was the Manager, Investments and Insurance at Comsat Corporation for eight years. In this role, he was responsible for the procurement, renewal and budget of the Company’s property, casualty, Directors’ & Officers’, political risk and satellite insurance programs. From 1982 to 1986, he was Assistant Vice President at Corroon & Black Inspace, Inc. in Washington, D.C. where he provided risk management services for satellite and telecommunications clients of the insurance brokerage firm. Prior to Corroon & Black Inspace, he served as Financial Manager at I.M. of America, Inc. Richard began his career as Supervisor of Insurance for Amtrak in 1973.

He earned his BS degree in Business Administration and an MBA in Finance from American University in Washington, D.C. Richard received an Associate of Risk Management (ARM) professional designation from the Insurance Institute of America.

John F. Riley has over 40 years of industry experience in risk management, risk consulting and claims adjustment. This includes managing risk for a global business information organization, an auto rental and leasing operation, as well as providing consulting services as part of a major consulting practice. John’s specialty expertise includes self-insurance and single parent captives, global programs, internet cyber risk, acquisitions and divestitures, and claims management.

John served for 19 years as Director of Risk and Insurance Management for The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. Among his many accomplishments during his tenure, he successfully developed innovative self-insurance programs reducing costs by 50 percent. As Risk Manager for D&B, John developed a consulting model which provided risk management services to seven independent companies which were former D&B subsidiaries. This innovative approach created marketplace clout leading to significant savings in premium and administrative costs, as well as broader coverage and greater influence within the industry.

Prior to D&B, John was Senior Manager at Ernst & Whinney where he was responsible for providing risk management consulting services for clients. For six years he worked for The Hertz Corporation, which he joined as Claim Manager and became the company’s Director of Insurance & Safety. John began his career in insurance and risk management at Allstate Insurance Company, where he served for 13 years in claims management

Greg Serio joined Hanover Stone Partners, LLC, as an Associate in 2009. Greg served as the 39th superintendent of insurance for the State of New York. As superintendent of insurance, to which he was nominated by Governor George E. Pataki and confirmed by the Senate in May 2001, Greg was responsible for the regulation of all forms of insurance transacted in New York. During his tenure, the State of New York saw substantial declines in the cost of automobile insurance, the success of a nationally-recognized health insurance program for the working uninsured, the growth of captive insurance companies as a meaningful alternative to traditional insurance programs, and the commencement of wide-ranging investigations into insurance carrier and broker activities.

Greg was also significantly involved in New York State's and the insurance regulatory community's response to the atrocities of September 11th. He coordinated the New York department's response and recovery from those events, working with local, state and federal agencies, the insurance communities' many sectors and individual insured's to expedite the settlement of claims and restore the financial condition of the New York property insurance and life insurance industries. Greg testified on numerous occasions before the United States Congress, New York Legislature, and other entities on the after-effects of the World Trade Center attacks on New York and the American and global insurance markets, and led many of the efforts of the National Association of insurance Commissioners in responding to the issues arising from those events.

Greg also served, in the aftermath of the September 11th tragedy, as a member and NAIC representative on the Financial Services and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee of the United States Treasury, a component of President George W. Bush's Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative. He served as the Chairman of the NAIC's Government Affairs Task Force, the federal relations arm of the organization. In that capacity, he led the NAIC's Washington office on the U.S. House Financial Service's Committee SMART legislation on modernization of insurance regulation and discussions on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.

Tom Stokes has nearly 30 years of experience in risk management, with a specialization in captive insurance management, risk financing, and corporate taxation.

In addition to being a Hanover Stone Associate, Tom is a Principal at The Towner Management Group, LLC, head of the company’s consulting practice, and is a licensed captive domicile manager for the State of New York. Prior to joining The Towner Management Group in 2009, Tom was Managing Director and Practice Leader Risk Finance Consulting at Aon Global Risk Consulting (AGRC), where he led business development. From 2003 to 2007, he served as Managing Director for global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings’ New York operations. There he was responsible for developing and marketing captive insurance company solutions for corporations and high net-worth individuals, as well as establishing captive offices and implementing an expanded North American captive consulting practice for the company.

Before working at Willis, Tom spent three years with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Tax Principal Consultant developing captive insurance company strategies including risk management, federal and state tax, and estate planning opportunities. From 1995 to 2000, he served as Senior Manager with KPMG Peat Marwick. In this role, he was in charge of tax-planning opportunities for firm clients and worked with state captive practice leaders to develop new strategies. Prior to KPMG, Tom was a Corporate Tax Director for the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company from 1987 to 1995. From 1976 to 1995, he was as a tax director responsible for all aspects of corporate taxes including payroll, planning, and compliance, followed by a role in which he oversaw state tax filings and audits for a Fortune 500 company.

Craig Sutherland, President of the James F. Hurley Insurance Agency Corporation, joined the company following a 26 year career with Willis of New York, Inc. Founded over 50 years ago, Hurley Insurance, a general agency based in Far Hills, NJ, provides property, casualty, life and employee benefits insurance and risk management services for a vast array of business, municipal and personal clients.

A graduate of Northeastern University, Craig started his career in the claims department of a major insurance company before joining Corroon & Black, a predecessor company to what is now Willis of New York, Inc., a subsidiary of Willis Group Holdings. He most recently served as Executive Vice President, Sr. Client Advocate and a member of the Executive Management Committee, and managed a significant book of multinational clients across many industry segments.

Joining Hurley Insurance in late 2006, Craig added his expertise to the agency’s 25 experienced professionals. The agency has long held appointments with many of the finest insurance companies including Chubb, Fireman’s Fund, Chartis Private Client Group, Selective, Travelers, Hartford, Aetna, Horizon and others, and maintains relationships with a network of insurance organizations and consultants, giving the agency access to virtually any insurer in the world and enabling us to draw upon a wide range of expertise for our clients.

Helen B. Terry, ARM, has more than 35 years of experience in insurance and risk management with specialties in risk financing and claims management for the financial services, real estate, commercial mortgage lending, and investment advisory industries.

Prior to joining Hanover Stone Partners in 2009, Helen was with AXA Financial, Inc., formerly the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, for nearly 30 years. She joined AXA as a Director of Risk & Insurance, was promoted to Assistant Vice President, and later became a Vice President. Among the numerous responsibilities during her tenure, Helen led the design, marketing, and administration of risk financing programs; managed the company’s property/casualty insurance coverages; served on due diligence task forces for acquisitions, divestitures and new business initiatives; marketed and placed management liability coverage for the first demutualization of a New York State life insurance company and its subsequent public offering; and developed and managed an owner-controlled asbestos abatement insurance program that provided enhanced protection and cost-savings at over 100 locations nationwide.

While at AXA, she also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of a Vermont captive insurer handling the run-off of liability reinsurance business. Before AXA, Helen spent five years as Risk Manager of Indian Head, Inc., a manufacturing company.

Jeff Triplette brings more than 35 years of experience to his role as an Associate with Hanover Stone Partners, LLC. Jeff has industry expertise in the global operations of the nuclear, natural gas and electric businesses, both regulated and unregulated; energy trading; joint-venture power plant construction and operations, as well as the real estate sector. He specializes in managing captives; captive investments; security/crisis management and business continuity planning; complex claims recovery – asbestos, liability, property, financial and environmental; OCIPs/CCIPs; M&A and divestitures; and the acquisition/valuation and disposal of real estate.

Prior to joining Hanover Stone Partners, Jeff was with Duke Energy Corporation for 34 years in a number of capacities. Most recently, he served as Vice President – Continuity, Insurance & Security Services, responsible for directing and managing the company’s worldwide risk management, security, insurance, claims, and crisis management and business continuity programs. He formed and led Duke Energy’s Enterprise Crisis Operations Center (ECOC) to provide a means of prepared rapid response to any critical event threatening the well-being of the corporation. As its President and CEO, Jeff developed the captive insurance unit Bison Insurance Company Limited into an active risk aggregation and financing entity. He was also elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for sEnergy Insurance Ltd., in addition to being elected to the Board of Directors of both Oil Insurance Limited (OIL) and Oil Casualty Insurance Limited (OCIL) while serving on the executive and compensation committees.

Peter G. Viscardi is an insurance consultant with broad multinational management and professional skills in risk management, environmental affairs, employee safety, security, and employee benefits for the manufacturing, industrial and consumer sectors. He has more than 35 years of risk management experience, including positions with Fortune 500 companies, such as Arlen Realty Group, Otis Elevator Company, Studebaker-Worthington, Inc. and Fortune Brands, Inc. (formerly American Brands). Peter joined Hanover Stone Partners, LLC as an Associate in 2010.

Through Viscardi Risk Consulting Corp. and as an Associate of Hanover Stone Partners, LLC, he serves a wide range of companies, organizations and associations with a focus on risk and insurance management and loss prevention and control. Peter previously served as a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young in its Insurance and Actuarial Advisory Services practice. His recent projects have included insurance risk management program reviews, captive feasibility studies and implementation, merger & acquisition due diligence, and insurance broker evaluation and selection activities.

Previously, Peter served as Director, Risk Management & Environmental Affairs at Fortune Brands, Inc. At Fortune Brands, he was also a member of the Capital Appropriations Committee and served as a Director and Vice President of 1700 Insurance Company Ltd. He also served on the Underwriting Committee and as an Alternate Director of Corporate Officers and Directors Assurance (CODA), an independent Bermuda insurance company, from 1986 to 1993. CODA was formed by 50 major U.S. corporations to provide a quality, alternative market for Directors' & Officers' Liability insurance. Before joining Fortune Brands, he held the position of Corporate Risk Manager for Studebaker-Worthington, Inc., and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company’s captive insurance division.

He is a graduate of Hunter College where he earned his BA degree, and is also a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU). He is currently a Member of the American Management Association (AMA) Insurance & Risk Management Council, the Risk Management Committee of the Theodore Roosevelt Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS). He is also a Member of ASTM International and is an active contributor to task groups developing standards under its Committee E54 on Homeland Security Applications. He is also a founding member of the Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Faculty Project, which develops preferred practices and offers services related to emergency management. He is a past Deputy Member of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) (1978-2001), the ACE Bermuda Advisory Board (1999-2003), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) (1980-2000), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Risk Management and Environmental Quality Committees (1990-1999), the Institute of Packaging Professionals (1994-1999), the Business Roundtable Industrial Pollution Prevention Council (IPPC) (1995-1999), the Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA)(1995-2005), and the National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM) (1995-2005). Peter was also a charter member of the Conference Board Chief Environmental Health & Safety Officers’ Council I (1991-1999). He served on the Arkwright Mutual (Factory Mutual Company) Risk Management Advisory Committee from 1987 to 1989, and the Editorial Advisory Board of Risk and Benefits Magazine from 1987 to 1989 and from 1991-1992. He has also served on the Institutional Investor Risk Management Advisory Board (1997). He is a seminar leader for insurance courses offered by the American Management Association and also served as an instructor in risk management and insurance planning at Southampton College, Long Island University in 2002.

Jody has more than 20 years of technical, legal, policy, and business experience, and provides consulting and legal services to public and private sector clients around the world in the areas of privacy, security, cybercrime, breach management, forensic investigations, and e-discovery.

She is the CEO of Global Cyber Risk LLC, a Partner firm of Hanover Stone Partners, and also serves as Adjunct Distinguished Fellow for Carnegie Mellon CyLab. Prior to forming Global Cyber Risk, Jody served as senior managing director for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), specializing in outsourcing and cyber security/privacy issues. Before that, she was president of The Work-IT Group; launched In-Q-Tel, an IT venture capital/solutions company for the CIA; served as director of domestic policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and was senior fellow and director of IT studies for the Progress & Freedom Foundation. Earlier in her career, Jody practiced law with two top-tier New York firms and spent 10 years in the computer industry specializing in database management systems.

She is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Colorado and serves as chair of the American Bar Association’s Privacy and Computer Crime Committee. She co-chairs the World Federation of Scientists’ Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security and represents the ABA on the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists. She is also a member of the United Nation’s High Level Experts Group on Cyber Security and led the development of the ITU Toolkit on Cybercrime Legislation. Jody is co-author and editor of four books on privacy, security, cybercrime, and enterprise security programs. She speaks globally and is the author of numerous articles. She earned her BA, summa cum laude, from University of Tulsa; JD, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center; Order of the Coif.

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