Issue Experts
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Phillip Arnzen
Regional Vice President – Midwest
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Anna Buhlinger
Federal Affairs Director
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Brian Christenberry
Regional Vice President – Great Lakes
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Erin Collins
Senior Vice President - State and Policy Affairs
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Tony Cotto
Director of Auto and Underwriting Policy
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Bri Dahl
Public Policy Analyst
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Katherine Duveneck
Federal Affairs Director
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Kristin Eichhorn
Assistant Vice President – Political Involvement Programs
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Jimi Grande
Senior Vice President - Federal & Political Affairs
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Tom Karol
General Counsel - Federal
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Lindsey Klarkowski
Director of Data Science & AI/ML Policy
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Patrick McCarty
Federal Affairs Manager
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Caitlin Murray
Regional Vice President – Southeast
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Matt Overturf
Regional Vice President – Ohio Valley & Mid Atlantic
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Cate Paolino
Director of Public Policy
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Christian Rataj
Senior Regional Vice President – Western Region
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Colleen Scheele
Public Policy Counsel, Solvency & Tax Policy
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Jon Schnautz
Vice President - State Affairs
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Ward Tisdale
Regional Vice President - Southwest
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Brandon Vick
Regional Vice President – Northwest Region
Erin Collins has spent more than 20 years as a policy advocate across the financial services and insurance sectors. She currently manages NAMIC’s National State Legislative and Regulatory as well as Public Policy teams and related lobbying objectives. She also leads the association’s involvement with the National Conference of Insurance Legislators and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
At NAMIC, Collins has testified before Congress and numerous state legislatures on behalf of the association’s 1,500 member companies and their 170 million policyholders on topics ranging from risk-based underwriting, auto safety, opioid reform in the workers’ compensation sector, and pre-disaster mitigation to harden local communities throughout the United States.
Collins received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Mary Baldwin University and a master’s degree in public administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also maintains organizational management and risk management designations.
