Board of Directors

Mr. Carlsen has been President of Shadowbrook Advising since 2006. He is Chairman of the Underwriting Committee of Orchid Underwriters, has been one of its directors since 2014 and served as Chairman of its Board of Directors from 2017 to 2019. Mr. Carlsen was co-founder of Endurance Specialty Holdings where he served from 2001 to 2017, including as its Chief Operating Officer and Chief Underwriting Officer. Mr. Carlsen began his career as a property facultative underwriter from 1979 to 1981 and later as a treaty account executive from 1985 to 1986 for Swiss Reinsurance Company. Mr. Carlsen spent the intervening years, 1981 to 1985, with the Reinsurance Division of Allstate Insurance Company. He joined NAC Re in 1986, ultimately heading their Property and Miscellaneous Treaty Department (which included aviation, marine, surety and finite business). In 1994, Mr. Carlsen served as Chief Underwriter-North America at CAT Limited and in 1997, he co-founded CAT Limited’s finite insurer, Enterprise Re. Since 1999 until he joined Endurance in 2001, Mr. Carlsen worked as a consultant, principally with three Morgan Stanley Private Equity insurance ventures and Plymouth Rock Group. Mr. Carlsen holds a BA in Mathematics from Cornell University and a PhD in Economics from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Larry Hannon is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ProSight Specialty Insurance. Prior to his CEO role, Larry had broad responsibility for underwriting, brokerage, business development, marketing, IT and customer experience as ProSight’s Chief Operating Officer. Larry’s near thirty years of experience in the insurance industry includes previous leadership roles in underwriting, marketing and operations at Chubb and Fireman’s Fund.

Mr. Arnold is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, where he heads Financial Services investing within the Americas Corporate Private Equity business in the Merchant Banking Division. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2001 and became a Managing Director in 2013. Mr. Arnold also serves as a director of Financeit (CommunityLend Holdings), Genesis Capital and nanoPay, Inc., and is a board observer at Axioma, Inc. and IrisGuard Holdings Ltd. He previously served as a director of Ipreo and Sigma Electric Products. Mr. Arnold holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Bristol, UK.

Mr. Leathers has been a partner of Further Global Capital Management since 2018 and serves as a member of its Investment Committee. From 2012 to 2018, he was a Partner of TPG and led the firm’s investment efforts in the financial services sector. He has over 20 years of experience investing across the sector, including in the areas of insurance, asset management, specialty finance and depository institutions. Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Leathers was a Managing Director and Partner with Pine Brook Partners beginning in 2009, where he shared responsibility for the management of the firm’s financial services investment activities. Before joining Pine Brook, he was a Partner at Capital Z Financial Services Partners from 1998 to 2009 and was responsible for sourcing and structuring investments within the financial services industry. Mr. Leathers began his career in the investment banking division of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette from 1995 to 1998, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions for financial institutions. Mr. Leathers has previously served as a director of several privately-held and publicly-traded companies.

Mr. Schifter has been a Senior Advisor at TPG since 2013 and was a partner at TPG from 1994 through 2013. Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Schifter was a partner at the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in bankruptcy law and corporate restructuring. He joined Arnold & Porter in 1979 and was a partner from 1986 through 1994. Mr. Schifter currently serves on the boards of directors of Caesars Entertainment Corporation and LPL Financial Holdings Inc. Mr. Schifter also serves on the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. In addition, Mr. Schifter is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Jewish International Relations Institute and a member of the national advisory board of Youth, I.N.C. (Improving Non-Profits for Children). Mr. Schifter previously served on the boards of directors of American Airlines Group, Inc. from 2013 through 2018, Direct General Corporation from 2011 to 2016, Ariel Holdings, Ltd. from 2006 to 2012, Endurance Specialty Reinsurance from 2004 to 2006, American Beacon Advisors, Inc. from 2008 through 2015, Republic Airways, Inc. from 2009 through 2013, EverBank Financial Corporation from 2010 to 2017, Ryanair Holdings, PLC from 1996 through 2003, America West Holdings Inc. from 1994 to 2005, U.S. Airways Group Inc. from 2005 to 2006 and Midwest Airlines, Inc. from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Schifter holds a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a BA from George Washington University.

Mr. Dwyer is Chairman of American Overseas Group Ltd., a Managing Member of Snow Squall LLC and a Chairman of Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. He serves on the boards of directors of Dowling & Partners Holdings LLC, Old American Holdings LLC and Old American Insurance Investors. Mr. Dwyer was previously with Guy Carpenter & Co., Inc. from 1970 to 1996, ultimately serving as a Director & Executive Vice President, President & Chief Executive Officer of Signet Star Holdings, Inc. in 1996, and President of URSA Advisors, a consulting firm, from 1997 to 2015, through which he served as an advisor to various investment funds, including certain funds associated with The Beekman Group LLC from 2006 to 2014. He also served on the board at Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., Holborn Corp., Orpheus Group Ltd., RAM Reinsurance Co. Ltd, Vanbridge Holdings LLC and Grandparents.com, Inc. Mr. Dwyer received his undergraduate degree from Tuffs University.

Mr. Spriggs is President and CEO of The Executive Leadership Council, having served in this role since 2018. He is a former member of the boards of TIAA, FSB (TIAA Direct), Savannah State University's College of Business Administration, and the Institute for Corporate Productivity. Mr. Spriggs recently served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at TIAA from 2012 to 2018, where he led all aspects of human resources strategy and execution for the company's global workforce. He joined TIAA from Boston Scientific, where he was Chief Human Resources Officer from 2009 to 2012. Previously, Mr. Spriggs served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Chief Diversity Officer, and President of the Cigna Foundation at Cigna from 2001 to 2009. Mr. Spriggs also held executive leadership roles at The Home Depot from 1999 to 2001 and Levi Strauss & Co. from 1996 to 1998. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Towson University.

Ms. Hooda is the CEO of Alpha Advisory Partners, a company that advises on strategy, turnaround and transformation, customer centricity and digital business models for companies in the financial and business services sectors. She serves on the boards of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, where she is a member of its Audit and Compensation committees, and Virtus Investment Partners, where she is a member of its Audit and Risk & Finance Committees. Prior to founding Alpha Advisory Partners in 2013, she served as the global head of strategy and business development in the Financial & Risk division, Investors segment at Thomson Reuters, and earlier as senior managing director in strategy, M&A and corporate development roles at TIAA. Ms. Hooda previously was managing director in the Global Investment Banking Division at Credit Suisse, and prior leadership roles include Bankers Trust, Andersen Consulting and McKinsey & Co. Ms. Hooda is an alumna of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Ms. Waleski is a retired finance executive who spent more than 25 years with Markel Corporation in a variety of financial roles. She served as CFO from 2010-2018, and Treasurer from 2003-2010.

A Virginia native, Ms. Waleski earned her undergraduate degree at the College of William and Mary and her MBA at the University of Richmond. She currently serves on the board for Tredegar Corporation and plays a leadership role in her local community with organizations including the READ Center, SportsBackers, and Virginia Institute for Marine Science.