An event featuring Dean Amy Kristof-Brown and an alumni panel discussion
Wednesday, June 14
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Des Moines Golf and Country Club
1600 Jordan Creek Parkway
West Des Moines
*The Dean will start the program at 6:15 p.m.
Please join us for an exclusive evening cocktail reception where you can learn more about Tippie's new Risk Management and Insurance major that will roll out in Fall 2023.
Today, Iowa is one of the largest insurance states in the country. The field of risk management and insurance comprises 11% of our state’s gross domestic product—equal to agriculture’s economic impact—and more than 60,000 Iowans work in the profession. The University of Iowa has made transformative contributions to this robust industry throughout the last several decades and is in a singular position to help ensure its growth in the years ahead.
Panelists
Jim Lewis (BBA83)
At the GIA, Jim is responsible for working with alumni companies and expanding the GIA community to increase the likelihood of success during and after the 100-day program. His goal is to understand their ongoing needs and strategically connect them to relevant resources and contacts that are often the critical breakthrough they need.
Prior to the GIA, he founded, grew, and exited several InsurTech companies, including Benjamin®, a member of the 2019 GIA cohort and University of Iowa 2021 JPEC alumni business of the year. Jim is an Iowa native, now living in both Des Moines and Scottsdale AZ, and continues to stay involved as a shareholder in his InsurTech companies. “I’m a “loyal to a fault” University of Iowa Alumni.”
Krista Scott-Martinez (BS06/MS08)
Meghan I. Esson, PhD
Meghan Esson received her BS in economics from American University in 2014 and her PhD in economics from the University of Georgia in 2019. Prior to coming to the University of Iowa, Meghan spent three years as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Bentley University. Her research specializes in health insurance. Specifically, her research focuses on how individual health insurance status and provider reimbursement policies alter the provision and utilization of healthcare in the United States.
Moderator
Terri Vaughan (BBA79)
Terri Vaughan is a past commissioner of the Iowa Insurance Division, which regulated the industry in the state, and later served as chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, an industry trade group based in Washington, DC. She also served as a distinguished professor at Drake University, teaching insurance, risk management, and actuarial sciences, including serving as director of the school’s Insurance Center and as dean of its College of Business and Public Administration.
Vaughan earned her bachelor’s degree in insurance and economics from the University of Iowa and her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. She has received frequent recognition for her work, including being named Insurance Woman of the Year by the Association of Insurance Supervisors, being named a Top 25 Living Legend in Insurance by National Underwriter, and inclusion in WomenInc. Magazine’s list of most influential corporate directors. Her scholarship is widely published, and she has testified frequently before Congress about insurance-related policy issues.