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PRESENTERS

Yiana Stavrakis Heidi Strommen
Specialty Program Group ProHost USA

Yiana Stavrakis is Chief Sales Heidi Strommen is the President
Officer for Specialty Program Group of ProHost USA, Inc., a national
and provides strategic sales and program administrator specializing
marketing guidance to acquired in restaurant insurance. Heidi
business partners. She began began her insurance career as a
her insurance career 15+ years Policy Analyst at the Minnesota
ago with Metro Insurance Services, Inc., and steadily Department of Commerce in 1986. During her career at
rose in both position and authority as she mastered the Commerce Department, she also served as Executive
underwriting processes and procedures. Yiana graduated Director of the Minnesota Medical Malpractice Joint
summa cum laude from Rutgers Business School with Underwriting Association and the Minnesota PetroFund.
a Major in Business Management and a Concentration She joined ProHost USA, Inc. in 1990 as Vice President
in Management Information Systems. She is a licensed of Operations. ProHost is a Charter Member of the Target
property, casualty and surplus lines insurance professional Markets Program Administrators Association where Heidi
and holds both an ASLI and a CPCU designation. is a past president and remains on the Board of Directors.

Matthew Sternat Greg Thompson
Conning Program Insurance Advisor
Matt Sternat is a Vice President at Greg Thompson, CPCU, ARM, CPL
Conning where he is responsible for started Thompson Insurance
producing research and strategic Enterprises, Inc. (THOMCO) in 1979.
studies related to the property/ Over a period of 33 years, he built
casualty insurance industry. Prior to THOMCO from a fledgling wholesale
joining Conning in 2016, Mr. Sternat insurance operation to a Program
was the Vice President of Enterprise Market Research at Administrator with over $175 million annual premium
Travelers Insurance. He founded the research unit in 2006, involving over 15 national programs. In January 2012,
where he and his team supported internal business leaders THOMCO was sold to the Markel Insurance Company
with strategic research on new product development, although Greg stayed on to run THOMCO. In November
distribution strategy, industry and market analysis, 2012 he became President of Markel Specialty and
competitive intelligence, and brand research. Prior to subsequently retired from Markel January 1, 2018. Greg
Travelers, Matt supported commercial lines business in the is currently an independent consultant and a Senior
market research unit at The Hartford. He is a graduate of the Advisor for Century Equity Partners.
Boston College Wallace E. Carroll School of Management
with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and earned an MBA
from the University of Connecticut.

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