Past Boards

Board of Regents 2018-2019

President
Mary McCutcheon

President-Elect
Michael Aylward

Secretary-Treasurer
Sheri Pastor

Immediate Past President
Bruce Celebrezze

Board Members
Wayne Taylor (Executive Committee)
Meghan Magruder (Executive Committee)
Stacy Broman
Andrew Downs
Laura Foggan
Troy Froderman
Michael Huddleston
Helen Michael
Christopher Mosley
Stephen Pate
Martin Pentz
Deborah Varner

Board of Regents 2016-2017

President
Mary Craig Calkins

President-Elect
Bruce Celebrezze

Secretary/Treasurer
Mary McCutcheon

Executive Committee
Richard (Flip) Phillips

Immediate Past President
Edward (Ned) Currie Jr.

Board Members
Michael Aylward (Executive Committee)
Jill Berkeley
Stacy Broman
Rick Bryan
Troy Froderman
Michael Huddleston
Mark Lawless
Michael Marick
Sheri Pastor
Robert Thavis
Deborah Varner

Board of Regents 2017-2018

President
Bruce Celebrezze

President-Elect
Mary McCutcheon

Secretary-Treasurer
Michael Aylward

Immediate Past President
Mary Craig Calkins

Board Members
Richard Bryan (Executive Committee)
Sheri Pastor (Executive Committee)
Stacy Broman
Laura Foggan
Troy Froderman
Michael Huddleston
Mark Lawless
Meghan Magruder
Stephen Pate
Wayne Taylor
Deborah Varner

Board of Regents 2016-2017

President
Mary Craig Calkins

President-Elect
Bruce Celebrezze

Secretary/Treasurer
Mary McCutcheon

Executive Committee
Richard (Flip) Phillips

Immediate Past President
Edward (Ned) Currie Jr.

Board Members
Michael Aylward (Executive Committee)
Jill Berkeley
Stacy Broman
Rick Bryan
Troy Froderman
Michael Huddleston
Mark Lawless
Michael Marick
Sheri Pastor
Robert Thavis
Deborah Varner

Board of Regents 2015-2016

President
Edward (Ned) Currie Jr.

President-Elect
Mary Craig Calkins

Secretary/Treasurer
Bruce Celebrezze

Executive Committee
Mary McCutcheon
Gale White

Immediate Past President
Lorelie Masters

Board Members
Michael Aylward
Jill Berkeley
Michael Bidart
Stacy Broman
Rick Bryan
Dan Kohane
Mark Lawless
Michael Marick
Sheri Pastor
Richard (Flip) Phillips

Board of Regents 2014-2015

President
Lorelie Masters

President-Elect
Edward (Ned) Currie Jr.

Secretary/Treasurer
Mary Craig Calkins

Executive Committee
Bruce Celebrezze
Mary McCutcheon

Immediate Past President
Thomas Segalla

Board Members
Michael Aylward
Jill Berkeley
Michael Bidart
Robert Chesler
Lewis Collins Jr.
Dan Kohane
Jean Lawler
Michael Marick
Kirk Pasich
Richard (Flip) Phillips
Gale White

Board of Regents 2012-2014 (Founding Board)

President
Thomas F. Segalla

President-Elect
Lorelie S. Masters

Secretary/Treasurer
Edward (Ned) Currie Jr.

Immediate Past President
Thomas Segalla

Board Members
Michael Aylward
Michael Bidart
Bruce Celebrezze
Robert Chesler
Lewis Collins Jr.
Fred Cunningham
Joshua Gold
Dan Kohane
Jean Lawler
Mary McCutcheon
Kirk Pasich
Richard (Flip) Phillips
Gale White

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Article of the Month

The new Bermuda Triangle: Arbitration of Coverage Disputes Under the Bermuda Form
By Lorelie S. Masters, Michael S. Levine, and Latosha M. Ellis

The commercial insurance programs of many multinational and US businesses include “Bermuda Form” policies, a unique policy form developed in Bermuda in the mid-1980s that provides for arbitration of disputes, usually in London under the substantive law of New York. Click here for the full article.

Member News

Zale Files it Appellant’s Brief in its Dallas D&O Coverage Action Involving Delaware Securities Appraisal Action.

Between the Zale action in Dallas (which the insurers won on summary judgment) and the Solera Holdings action in Delaware (which the policyholder won the first ruling), a number of Fellows are involved in this high-stakes litigation involving significant money. Click here to read more.

Lawless featured in Law.com/Texas Lawyer for Lifetime Achievements

Mark Lawless is credited with helping to establish the policyholder insurance bar in Texas at a time when insurance cost recovery work was routinely sent to lawyers in New York and other large northern cities. Click here to read more.