President’s Message (Q2 2026)

 

 

San Diego's Risk & Insurance Management Community

President’s Message

Spring in San Diego has been a mixed bag this year. We’ve had some crazy early heat, then cold, then rain. We’ll see how May and early June treat us.

Things have been busy with the chapter. We’ve hosted lunch and learns with Chad Hoxie, Alliant Insurance Services who talked about the property market and with Glenn Thomas, Full Spectrum Safety Consulting who provided an engaging discussion on loss control.

The chapter will be dark in June but get ready for our Member Summer Social on July 23rd! We will be heading back to Del Mar for a day at the races! This event sold out last year so be sure to sign up early to secure your spot.

August 7 we will be on Coronado for our annual golf invitational. This years theme; Summer Beach Par-Tee!! Sponsorships are still available but going fast. Thank you to FM for once again being our Double Diamond Sponsor!

We will also be hosting a ½ day training on August 28 at BioMed Realty followed by happy hour. Registration is open!

 

A warm welcome to the following members who joined San Diego RIMS since January 2026:

Professional Members:

Mony Liquard, Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Encore Capital

Dana Behrens, Director, Risk Management, Vuori, Inc.

Desiree Hicks, Risk Manager, Qualcomm

Marvin Valdes, EHS Risk Associate, Qualcomm

Anna Navasartyan, Associate Director of Operations, UC San Diego Health

Erik Taylor, Director of Healthcare Operations, UC San Diego Health

 

 Associate Members:

Lenin Lopez, SVP Management Liability, Woodruff Sawyer

Daniel Mattioli, Account Executive, Woodruff Sawyer

Kaylin Yoshida, Account Manager, Service Master

Justin Brunette, AVP National Account Management, Allied Universal

Andrea Contreras, Sales Director, Athens Administrators

Crystal Wiley, Division Claims Manager, Athens Administrators

Marisa Kimberly, Account Manager, DigiStream Investigations

Sean McCafferty, Managing Partner, DigiStream Investigations

Tracy Herd, Manager, Client Relations, Dietz, Gilmor & Chazen

Mya Gibson, Partner, Managing Attorney, Dietz, Gilmor & Chazen

Shannon Hurley, Account Manager, Belfor

Jose Linares, Business Development Manager, BluSky Restoration

Kevin Cichurski, Director of Sales, PMA Companies

Jesse Sabolboro, Account Manager, PMA Companies

Al Haverkamp, Attorney, Haverkamp Law

Marci Schullo, First Vice President, Alliant

Amy Nelson, Vice President, Alliant

Marissa Ringwald, Account Manager, Air-Tech Environmental, Inc.

Davis Hake, Account Manager, Air-Tech Environmental, Inc.

Jasmine Baboldashtian, Associate Attorney, Hanna Brophy

Jennielyn Alcarion, Associate Attorney, Hanna Brophy

Andrea Tripoli, VP Business Development, NARS

Howard Franco, Attorney at Law, Collins + Collins LLP

Christie Swiss, Attorney at Law, Collins + Collins LLP

Tyler Thompson, Attorney at Law, Collins + Collins LLP

Nicolas Colletti, Attorney at Law, Collins + Collins LLP

Rada Feldman, Attorney at Law, Collins + Collins LLP

Louis Chao, Attorney at Law, Collins + Collins LLP

Tim Dutchess, Associate Managing Director, Burns & Wilcox

Marybel Carino, English/Spanish Interpreter, Cariño Interpreting Inc.

Norely Vela. English/Spanish Interpreter, Cariño Interpreting Inc.

 

 Student Members:

Yiming (Jonathan) Zhang, Columbia University

 

Happy Spring! Looking forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming events! 

Respectfully,

Julie Nestor
Chapter President