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Builder's Risk & Construction Symposium

Exploring the increase in public/private construction projects.

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Challenges in Civil Construction Insurance & the Associated Risks in The Face of Growing Infrastructure Investments

The Montana to Wyoming National Park Highway will traverse the West Side of Yellowstone National Park and terminate near the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole Wyoming. Segment N/S 1 is under construction in the spring of 2022 near Yellowstone when damage occurs to excavations, roadways, bridges and tunnels due to excessive water run-off and flooding from the significant amount of snowfall during the winter season. To make matters worse, an Earthquake near Yellowstone causes further damage to the project. The claim promises to be complex and will involve a myriad of physical damage, time element and defective construction issues.

Please join us at the 2022 Builder’s Risk & Construction Symposium to hear our Keynote speaker, Robin Kemper – Senior Risk Engineering Consultant and the past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a diverse group of the world’s leading placement, brokerage, underwriting, claims, technical and legal experts. The panels will include in depth and spirited discussion of placing insurance for a complex infrastructure project, underwriting considerations, property damage and defect issues, as well as delay in start up issues.

The Builder’s Risk & Construction Symposium is in its 4th year of curating one-of-a-kind construction insurance educational events with participation from leading contractors, brokers, underwriters, experts and legal counsel. By bringing together the major stakeholders, this year’s event promises to be the most interactive yet.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Erika Kilgore

Director, Risk Management
Zachry Construction Corporation

Erika Kilgore serves as the director of risk management for HBZ, Inc., a privately-owned enterprise with diverse operations including; aggregate mining, cement manufacturing, hotel operation, real estate development, and heavy/civil construction. Erika and her team are responsible for risk management strategy, identifying new and ongoing exposures, and reducing and/or transferring the cost of risk for the enterprise. For Zachry Construction Corporation, she focuses on efficient risk management for their own operations, as well as joint ventures which they lead or participate in throughout the country.

Prior to joining Zachry in April of 2012, Erika served as risk manager for six years at Moss & Associates, a Fort Lauderdale based contractor. In addition to the traditional activities of a risk manager, Erika also managed and implemented Subguard and rolling CCIP programs for large residential projects.

Erika began her career with Allied North America, where she was an account manager. Erika worked in risk management for Skanska USA Building Inc. where she developed and implemented Skanska’s insurance training platform related to risk transfer and its impacts to project profitability. During her tenure with Skanska, she earned her Bachelors in Risk Management from Georgia State University.

Jason Bordoff

Center on Global Energy Policy
Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy

Jason Bordoff joined the Columbia faculty after serving until January 2013 as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council, and, prior to that, holding senior policy positions on the White House’s National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality. One of the world’s top energy policy experts, he joined the Administration in April 2009. At Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, Bordoff is a professor of professional practice and serves as founding Director of Columbia’s Center on Global Energy Policy. Bordoff’s research and policy interests lie at the intersection of economics, energy, environment, and national security. He is a frequent commentator on TV and radio, including NPR, Bloomberg, CNBC and BBC, has appeared on the Colbert Report, and has published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and other leading news outlets. Prior to joining the White House, Bordoff was the Policy Director of the Hamilton Project, an economic policy initiative housed at the Brookings Institution. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Petroleum Council, and serves on the boards of Winrock International (a leading nonprofit organization that works to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources) and the New York Energy Forum. During the Clinton Administration, Bordoff served as an advisor to the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department. He was also a consultant with McKinsey & Company, one of the leading global strategy consultancies. Bordoff graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he was treasurer and an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He also holds an MLitt degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar, and a BA magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University.

James Bowen

Energetic Insurance
Co-Founder
Energetic Insurance

James Bowen is the co-founder of Energetic Insurance, an early stage startup focused on developing innovative risk management solutions for the commercial solar markets. Prior to Energetic, James was the co-founder and Partner of Vertex Energía México, a developer and investor in 200 MW of renewable energy projects in Latin America. He is also a Lecturer at the Olin College of Engineering where he teaches entrepreneurship to engineering students.

Previously, he was the Director of Business Development at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) where he helped direct the government agency’s activities to open new markets and create business opportunities for the state’s 5,000 clean energy companies. Prior to MassCEC, Mr. Bowen founded a company that imported fresh produce from Mexico, worked as a researcher on environmental issues at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and was an M&A due diligence consultant for large-scale private equity acquisitions at Stax, Inc.

He received a B.A. in Economics from The George Washington University and a JD from Suffolk University Law School. He is also a graduate of the Clean Energy Ventures Executive Education Program at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Stephen M. Gregoire, CPA, CFF

Meaden & Moore Investigative Accounting
Vice President
Investigative Accounting and Litigation Support Services
Meaden & Moore, LLP 

Mr. Gregoire has specialized over the last decade in providing investigative and forensic accounting services to the insurance industry related to the review of claims involving financial damages including business interruption losses, extra expense claims and property damage claims. In addition, he has assisted in various litigation support assignments including consultant to attorneys in damage claim analysis, preparation for depositions and information requests for discovery.

His experience includes work performed throughout the world involving petro-chemical and refining, conventional and renewable power generation, heavy industrial manufacturing, agricultural industries, steel manufacturers, private universities, food and product manufacturers, hospitality, small and large retail businesses and various service industries.

Education
University of Illinois, Champaign B.A. in Finance
Northeastern Illinois University M.S. in Accountancy
Colorado School of Mines Intro to Petroleum Refining & Economics

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