Management

Employers Mutual Casualty Company

Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board
Fred A. Schiek, CPCU
Retired Executive Vice President & COO
EMC Insurance Companies
Urbandale, Iowa

Board Members
Thomas W. Booth
Vice President, Operations Services
Service Experts, Inc.
Richardson, Texas

John C. Burgeson
Chairman & CEO
Iowa State Bank
Des Moines, Iowa

Gale L. Griffin
Retired Executive
Bestfoods
Williamstown, Massachusetts

Bruce G. Kelley, CPCU, CLU
President & CEO
EMC Insurance Companies
Des Moines, Iowa

John H. Kelley, M.D.
Retired Orthopaedic Surgeon
Boca Raton, Florida

Richard Koch, Jr.
President/Owner
Koch Brothers
Des Moines, Iowa

George W. Kochheiser, CPCU
Retired President & COO
EMC Insurance Companies
Cincinnati, Ohio

J. Thomas Lockhart
Business Administrator
Plymouth Congregational Church
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mary O’Gorman Murray
Retired Executive
Towers Perrin Reinsurance
Media, Pennsylvania

William A. Murray, CIC, AU
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
EMC Insurance Companies
Des Moines, Iowa

David J.W. Proctor, J.D.
Practicing Attorney & Shareholder
Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave
Des Moines, Iowa

H. Terrill Watts, Jr., CPA
Proprietor/CPA Firm
Atlanta, Georgia

Executive Officers
President & Chief Executive Officer
Bruce G. Kelley, J.D., CPCU, CLU

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
William A. Murray, CIC, AU

Executive Vice President for Corporate Development
Ronald W. Jean, FCAS, MAAA

Senior Vice Presidents
Raymond W. Davis, CFA, Treasurer
Richard Gass
Kevin J. Hovick, CPCU
Steven C. Peck, FCAS, MAAA
Mark E. Reese, CPA, Chief Financial Officer
Richard K. Schulz

Vice Presidents
Norman H. Anderson, CPCU, CSP
Gregory P. Bird
Harold K. Capps, Jr.
Jeffrey T. Dahms, CPCU
Ron D. Hallenbeck, CPCU
Rodney D. Hanson, CPCU
David L. Hixenbaugh, CPCU
Richard W. Hoffmann, J.D., General Counsel
Kristi K. Johnson, J.D.
Robert L. Link, CAM, CM, Corporate Secretary
Jay L. Oster, CPCU
Ronald A. Paine, CPA, CIA
Lisa Simonetta, J.D.
A. Beech Turner, CPCU

Regional Vice President
Roger L. Ford, CPCU, AIM

Resident Vice Presidents
Jason R. Bogart, CPCU, ARM
Frankie Box, CPCU, CLU, ChFC, AIM
Benjamin K. DeHart, CPCU, ARe, ARM
Carl L. Doot, CPCU, CLU, AU
James C. Fontanini, CPCU
Raymond L. Geary, Jr., CPCU
Jerry K. Harlow, CPCU, AU
Kent A. Kochheiser, CPCU
Gary A. Kohnke, CPCU
Thomas C. O’Connell, CPCU, CIC, ARM, INS, AU, AMIM, AIM
R. David Orr, CPCU, CIC, ARM, AAI
Dennis J. Prindiville, CPCU, AU
Lonnie D. Schwab, AU
John R. Smith, CPCU, CIC
Bernard E. Zalaznik, CPCU

Assistant Vice Presidents
Monte W. Ball, CSP
Jeffrey S. Birdsley, AIAF, CFA, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Portfolio Manager
Jean S. Bloomburg, AIC
Douglas L. Brinkman, CPCU, CSP
Sharon E. Carpenter
Joseph M. Carr, CPCU, AU, ARM, AIM
Deana M. Clark, AIC
Samuel P. Colvin
Donald L. Coughennower, ARC, CCP, Assistant Secretary
Daniel C. Crew, CPCU, CIC, CRM
Mark J. Cullen, J.D.
Tamara L. Evans, CPCU, AIC, AIM
Kenneth J. Fitzgerald, CPCU
Vicki L. Freese, CPCU
Howard L. Garnett
Larry G. Hamling, CPCU, CPA
Charles H. Herrold, CPCU, AIC
Ronald D. Herman, CPA
Scott R. Jean, FCAS, MAAA
Ronald D. Iverson, CPCU, AU, API
Dawn D. Johnson
Mick A. Lovell, CPCU
Robert C. Morlan
Lowell D. Nelson
Carla A. Prather, Controller
Shari L. Preston, CPCU, CLU, AU
Ross A. Sales
Jason T. Sash, FCAS, MAAA
Kelvin B. Sederburg, ACAS, MAAA
P. Bryon Snethen, CPCU, ARM, CSP
Herbert O. Suffel, CPCU
Stephen P. Tetzloff, CPCU, AAI
Ron E. Zoss

Assistant Secretaries
Wendell A. Adamson, Sr.
Melissa J. Appenzeller, ACAS, MAAA
Jill M. Augustine, J.D.
Angela M. Baughman
Lynette S. Bent, CTP, FLMI
Marcel D. Boggs
Michael R. Boggs, CPCU
Rebecca S. Caldwell, CPCU
Alison M. Cate, CPCU, ARM
James D. Clough
Jean M. Collins
Kenneth D. Cumpston, Jr., CPCU, AFSB
Michael R. Freel
Nancy D. Green, CPCU
Lisa L. Hamilton
Linda L. Hoffmann, J.D.
John H. Ibbotson
John R. Kurtz
Max E. LaBlanc
Julie A. Larson, CPCU
Brady J. Mallon
Thomas C. McEntee
Joyce R. McMickle, ACS, FLMI
Teresa L. Miller, PHR, CCP
James M. Moore, CPCU, AIM
Anita L. Novak, ARM
Doug W. Nuehring, CPCU
Rocky J. Palmer
Sean A. Pelletier, J.D.
Carol A. Ratekin, CPCU
Jeffrey L. Roe
Nancy J. Ryan
Laurie A. Salz, FCLS
Linda S. Samson
Robert G. Seiler
Kyle L. Warden

Assistant Controllers
Christopher D. Frazier, CPA
Jeffrey B. Monson, CPA