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PRESENTERS

Yiana Stavrakis Greg Thompson
Specialty Program Group Program Insurance Advisor
Yiana Stavrakis is Chief Sales Officer for Greg Thompson, CPCU, ARM, CPL started
Specialty Program Group and provides Thompson Insurance Enterprises, Inc.
strategic sales and marketing guidance (THOMCO) in 1979. Over a period of 33
to acquired business partners. She years, he built THOMCO from a fledgling
began her insurance career 15+ years wholesale insurance operation to a
ago with Metro Insurance Services, Program Administrator with over $175
Inc., and steadily rose in both position million annual premium involving over
and authority as she mastered underwriting processes and 15 national programs. In January 2012, THOMCO was sold to
procedures. Yiana graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers the Markel Insurance Company although Greg stayed on to run
Business School with a Major in Business Management and THOMCO. In November 2012 he became President of Markel
a Concentration in Management Information Systems. She Specialty and subsequently retired from Markel January 1,
is a licensed property, casualty and surplus lines insurance 2018. Greg is currently an independent consultant and a
professional and holds both an ASLI and a CPCU designation. Senior Advisor for Century Equity Partners.

Lindsey Tepfer Robert Thompson
Temple University World Wide Specialty Programs
Lindsey Tepfer is a Research Associate Robert Thompson is a Vice President
in the Neuroeconomics Lab at Temple with World Wide Specialty Programs
University. Much of her work centers with 22 years of Staffing Industry
around decision making and how experience. Bob started as a principal
social cognition and reward processing in a marketing firm. His firm focused
influence our choices. She is a on market research and analysis
graduate of Temple University with a of the staffing industry with World
bachelor’s in Neuroscience and Biological Anthropology, with Wide and American International Group as two of his many
a minor in Psychology and a concentration in Human Biology. insurance clients. Bob sold his firm in 2007 and joined World
More recently, she completed a master’s in Neuroscience, Wide as a Vice President to run their New Business, Broker
where she focused primarily on human cognition. Lindsey Development and Workers Compensation Divisions. He is
translated these perspectives from theory to practice during an experienced manager whose skills range from marketing,
her three years at Glatfelter Insurance Group as a Digital research, analysis, and sales, customer/broker relations
Marketing Analyst, and later as a Research & Innovation to underwriting and loss control, as well as co-authoring a
Analyst, by focusing on the varied factors that provide insight Staffing Industry Risk Management Manual. Bob is from New
to our behaviors. Although still early in her academic career, York and has four grown children.
she has received travel awards from Temple University, a
career development grant from the American Association for
University Women, and a regional research award from Psi Chi
International Honor Society.

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