Mike recently retired from Progressive Insurance after almost 32 years with the company. He began his career in 1990 as a Product Manager, first in the R&D group and then as a field Product Manager. In 1996, Mike moved to Seattle to become the General Manager for the state of Washington and in 1999, to Philadelphia for the General Manager role in Pennsylvania. In 2000, Mike became the Field Claims General Manager for the Northeast region, and in 2007, moved back to Cleveland to assume responsibility for Claims Process. In 2015, he became the Claims Group President and served in that role until his recent retirement. Mike also currently serves on several nonprofit Boards in the Cleveland area.

Bill Roberts was named President and CEO of GEICO in 2018 and retired as Vice Chairman in December of 2020. Bill also previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer, beginning in 2013. Over his 37-year career, Bill helped lead GEICO to become the second largest auto insurance company in the U.S. He joined GEICO in 1984 and served as Vice President of Marketing for six years. He then served as Assistant Vice President for Underwriting, Group Vice President and Senior Vice President. Roberts became Executive Vice President of GEICO in 2000 with responsibility for marketing and advertising, information systems, telecommunications and the Internet business unit, staff development, military marketing and goods for resale. He also served as Chairman of the GEICO Insurance Agency. Roberts is currently on the Admiral Insurance Board of Directors in the U.K., which is the largest auto insurer in the U.K. and has subsidiaries in Italy, Spain, France and the U.S.

Natalie Kaschalk is the Vice President of Insurance Services for Copart Inc., where she promotes an AI-driven approach to total loss handling, focusing on FNOL-technologically-driven total loss response, providing informational bulletins to the Copart members regarding industry trends and engaging with industry conferences nationally. Natalie began her claims career at Progressive. After working for several carriers, she paused her professional life and became a full-time mom, later re-entering the workforce at Farmers Insurance. In 2019, she retired from Farmers as the Vice President of Claims where she was responsible for strategy and processes for auto claims and auto centralized operations, and joined Copart in January 2020.

Tom Feeney is Executive Chairman of Belron North America, a member of Belron’s Global Leadership Team and serves on the Board of Directors for Safelite Group and ISG. A 45-year veteran in the automotive service industry, Tom joined Safelite in 1988, where he held various leadership roles, including President and Chief Executive Officer for nearly 14 years. Under his leadership at Safelite, the company introduced a new vision based on people powered and customer driven principles. As a result, Safelite grew its revenue sixfold and today continues its trajectory to becoming the most trusted service brands. Prior to Safelite, Tom served as Vice President of Franchise Operations for Tenneco Automotive Retail and in key sales and operations positions with the Hertz Corporation and American International Rent-a-Car. Tom is actively involved in community outreach as President Emeritus of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Board of Directors, Chairman Emeritus for the American Red Cross of Greater Columbus Chapter, Champions of the Community Inc. Board member and more.

Brad Brown is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company, where he was a Technology practice senior leader, the global leader of the Big Data practice global leader and served as the Global Insurance Technology practice leader. For thirty years, he worked with clients to implement strategies around technology, SaaS, cloud and AI.

A seasoned startup advisor, Brad is also the managing director of Applied Equity, a private investment partnership with deep expertise in software and tech-enabled services. At Applied Equity, Brad helps search funds and assists CEOs in developing strategies regarding software trends, competitors, pricing multiples, funding, channel partnerships and products. He is on the Board of several search fund acquisitions including Blue Sky Network, ISI, Attainia, CarData, and Bridge Software.

Bill Breslin has more than 40 years of management experience in personal and commercial claim operations. He is currently President of Buckle TPA. He is also the Founder of Wenonah Consulting. Bill specializes in delivering service, expense and loss management across the insurance industry. He is a board member of Insurance Auto Auctions, Classic Collision and Insights Services Group and has also served on the Boards of: Enservio, Pronto Insurance, ABRA Auto Body & Glass. Bill has been Senior Vice President of Claims for USAA, GE Financial Assurance and Prudential. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of TriServe Alliance established by seven Blue Cross companies to service 2.9 million customers in nine southern states.