Expanding Insurance Ownership Through Workforce Diversity

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Gina Birchall, LLIF, J.D.

Birchall joined LIMRA and LOMA as chief operating officer in 2017. In this role, she is responsible for the organization’s Research and Member Benefits, Professional Development, Talent Solutions, and Convening areas as well as Marketing & Communications, Information Technology, Legal, and Finance departments.

Prior to joining LIMRA and LOMA, Birchall held various positions at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Most recently, she was Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, leading initiatives across the enterprise to advance its business goals.

Birchall holds a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Holyoke College and a Juris Doctor from the Western New England University School of Law, both in Massachusetts, as well as CLU and LLIF designations.

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Dr. Leroy D. Nunery II

Dr. Leroy (Lee) David Nunery II is an accomplished executive and entrepreneur with over 40 years in corporate banking and capital markets, higher education, professional sports, charter school management, public education, and a family-owned electrical contracting firm, Leroy Nunery & Sons, Inc. In 2007, Dr. Nunery founded PlūsUltré LLC, a strategic advisory firm that focuses on turnarounds, transformations, growth and innovation planning, resource development, talent development, governance training, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies.

Dr. Nunery has been awarded the Wallace L. Jones Lifetime Achievement Award by the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, and the Alumni Achievement and Community Engagement Award from Washington University’s Gephardt Institute. Since 2002, Lafayette College has awarded the Leroy D. Nunery Award for Intellectual Citizenship to a senior student of color for leadership and academic excellence.

He is a graduate of Lafayette College (B.A), Washington University (M.B.A.), and the University of Pennsylvania (Ed.D.).

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Brett Carter, MBA, CIC

Brett Carter is a Managing Director for The Jacobson Group’s executive search team, managing C-level, Vice President and other executive-level searches for clients from the property and casualty insurance industry.

Carter brings more than 20 years of insurance experience to his role with Jacobson, most recently serving as Diversity Partner for Munich Re US P&C. As an active member of the insurance industry, he serves on the Rising Insurance Star Executives (RISE) D&I Committee and the Wholesale and Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA) Career Development Committee. Carter also recently received his Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace certificate from the University of South Florida Muma.