First Executive Leadership School Takes Place
The first NAPSLO Executive Leadership School, at The Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, featured programs taught by the top professors at the business school.

The school took place February 8-11 and was designed for senior-level members with 15 years or more of industry experience who wish to broaden their perspectives on important social, political, and economic issues influencing the insurance industry.

Participants enhanced their leadership skills and learned to become more able to effectively manage change at the personal, team, and organizational levels, and returned to their organizations with the tools and mindsets to think and act more strategically. 

Instructors for this program were selected from the Darden faculty to provide a framework for future success in strategically managing, developing and leading organizations.

ATTENDEES
Philip Ballinger - S/L Stamping Office of Texas
Jim Bishop - RPS Colorado Springs (HCI)
Dick Bouhan - NAPSLO
Ira Calderon - CRC Jericho
Maya Cruz - All Risk/CESI, LLC
Shannon Dahlke - McClelland & Hine, Inc.
Brian Evans - Swiss Re
Doug Grant - Colony Insurance Company
John Grimaldi - Navigators Management Co.
Carl Heckman - Endurance
Marshall Kath - Colemont Brokerage Group Inc.
Shawn Makowski - Benchmark Management Group
Matt Pollak - Colony Insurance Company
Pam Quilici - Crouse & Assoc. Ins. Brkrs.
Mark Richards - Argonaut Specialty
Rob Roberts - Casualty & Surety, Inc.
Kevin Tromer - MacNeill Group, Inc.
Angela Urrutia - S.I.U., LLC
Andrew Whittington - RSUI Group, Inc.
John Wood - Specialty Risk Assoc., Inc.

FACULTY
Alan Beckenstein - Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan. He has taught at the Darden School for 34 years in the areas of political economy, global competition, public policy, environmental management, and quantitative analysis.

Alec Horniman - Professor of Business Administration and Senior Fellow, Olsson Center for Applied Ethics, The Darden School. Mr. Horniman is a consultant to industry in the area of organizational behavior. 

Sankaran Venkataraman (Venkat) - the MasterCard Professor of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. He is a member of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Ethics area at Darden and teaches MBA and executive level courses in strategy, entrepreneurship, and ethics.