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Executive Management and Directors

	CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT W. Lockwood (Locke) Burt began his insurance career in 1974. Since 1980, he has served as President of Ormond Re Group. A licensed insurance and reinsurance broker, he served on the Board of the Florida Association of Domestic Insurance Companies, and as President of the Independent Reinsurance Underwriters and Brokers Association. He is a licensed attorney and former member of the Florida Senate.

	CHAIRMAN EMERITUS Harry R. Bleiwise began his insurance career in 1971 with Rider Insurance Agency, which he owns. He started Rider Insurance Company in 1977. Currently, he serves as Chairman of Rider Insurance Company.

	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TREASURER AND DIRECTOR Clive Becker-Jones began his insurance career in 1971 and spent 17 years with the Hartford Group. Since that time he has held several senior management positions with a number of insurance and reinsurance organizations. Most recently, he served as Senior VP and Director of Reinsurance of Riverstone Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. He is a Chartered Accountant and Certified ARIAS - US arbitrator and umpire.
	CONTROLLER Kathy Wood began her insurance career at a property and casualty insurance company in 1990 and has been employed in the industry more than twenty years holding various positons as assistant controller, controller, and treasurer. Ms. Wood earned her accounting degree from University of North Florida and has earned the designation of Certified Public Accountant.
	CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND DIRECTOR Werner E. Kruck, CPCU, ASLI, brings more than 30 years of domestic and global insurance experience to the management team. He began his insurance career in Michigan in 1975 and has developed wide-ranging expertise in product development and underwriting. A Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, Werner has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Personal Lines section of the CPCU Society and the National Insurance Task Force (NITF) Accessibility Committee. Werner graduated from Western Michigan University with a BBA in 1977. twitter.com/WernerKruck

	GENERAL COUNSEL AND DIRECTOR Melissa Burt DeVriese began her career working as an associate attorney at Foley & Lardner, LLP. She served as legislative counsel to U.S. Representative Sam Graves and was the primary attorney to the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. Ms. DeVriese holds a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from University of Miami as well as a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She is a member of the bar associations in Washington, D.C.; California; and Florida.

	VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES Bill Coffin graduated from Johnson & Wales College in Providence Rhode Island in 1964. He began his insurance career with Metropolitan Life & Metropolitan Property and Casualty in 1965. Mr. Coffin spent 13 years with Metropolitan and 17 years with The Hartford. He joined Security First in 2007 and brings over 45 years' experience in insurance sales.

	VICE PRESIDENT OF CLAIMS Walt Zehnder’s career began with Aetna Life and Casualty Company in 1975. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and has a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation. Throughout his insurance career he has held various corporate office and field office management positions, including Claims Director for the Florida Residential Joint Underwriting Association.

	VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS Marilyn Reynolds’ insurance career started with Florida Family Insurance Company in 1996 where she held a position as Director of Performance Development. Previously she served as Support Manager at Paychex, Inc. for 8 years, coordinating PC administration and operations, nationally. She has more than 20 years' experience in project management, systems improvements, and employee and client training. Ms. Reynolds has a bachelor of arts degree from Nazareth College of Rochester.

	DIRECTOR OF UNDERWRITING Wendy Blitstein has been in the personal lines insurance business for 30 years and has held a 2-20 General Lines Insurance license since 1984. She has worked in various agency and MGA positions including sales, underwriting and management until joining Security First in 2008. She is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and has the following personal lines insurance designations: Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Associate in Personal Lines (API) and Associate in Insurance Services (AIS).

	DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Marissa Buckley has more than 15 years' experience in marketing and advertising and 7 years' experience in computer programming and Web development. Ms. Buckley began her marketing career at International Speedway Corporation and NASCAR, Inc. in 1994. She received her bachelor of science degree from the University of Central Florida. A Florida native, Ms. Buckley volunteers for the Community Partnership for Children and serves as a committee member on the board of the Iranian American Society.

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