11/18/21 9:00am to 9:15am
Welcome to I-Day Day One
9:00 am - Welcome to I-Day
Tony LaRocca, CPCU
2021 Dallas Chapter President
I-Day
2021 Dallas I-Day
11/18/21 9:30am to 11/19/21 3:30pm
The Dallas Chapter CPCU Society is excited to present our 2021 Virtual I-Day Program on Thursday, November 18th & Friday, November 19th, from 9:00 am - 11:30 am and 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm each day.
We have divided the time to allow you to hop in and out of sessions as your time and interests permit.
Attendance is free for the Dallas Chapter CPCU members, active CPCU Society members, college students and all Insurance Professionals. Spread the word and encourage your colleagues to join us and find out what we are all about!
This year's line up of presentations include emerging risks such as Cannabis and Distracted Drivers, Professional Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I), as well as Texas CE eligible courses.
There will also be a Scholarship Presentation for our 2021 Dallas Chapter CPCU Society Scholarship winners! Special Invitation to our 2021 New Designees - Let us celebrate your achievement during our Virtual Conferment Ceremony, presented by Sharon Koches, 2021 President and Chair of the CPCU Society Leadership Council.
We will have a special gift for the honorees.
Click Here for our full agenda https://tinyurl.com/DallasCPCU21IDay
Time
Agenda
11/18/21 9:15am to 9:30am
Updates from the Chapter Governor
Updates from the Chapter Governor
Wallace Eason, CPCU
11/18/21 9:30am to 10:00am
Meet the Dallas Chapter Board - Video
Meet the Dallas Chapter Board
- Video
11/18/21 10:15am to 11:15am
Human Factors: Driver Distraction
10:10 am - Human Factors:
Driver Distraction
Jason Jupe, Rimkus Consulting Groups, Inc
(1 Hour of Texas Department of Insurance CE)
**Raffle to be held at the end of the session.
Mustbe present to win.
11/18/21 1:00pm to 1:15pm
Welcome and Introduction of Speaker
Welcome and Introduction of Speaker
Tia Tolbert, CPCU, ENTC, AIC
2021 Dallas Chapter President Elect
11/18/21 1:15pm to 1:45pm
New Designee Conferment and Updates
1:10 New Designee Conferment and Updates
Sharon Koches, CPCU, RPLU, AAI, AU, ITP
2021 President and Chair of the CPCU Society Leadership Council
11/18/21 1:45pm to 2:15pm
Dallas Chapter Scholarship Presentation
Dallas Chapter Scholarship Presentation
Tony LaRocca, CPCU
2021 Dallas Chapter President
11/18/21 2:15pm to 2:30pm
Introduction of Speaker
Introduction of Speaker
Jonelle Williams, CPCU
Dallas DE&I Committee Co-Chair
11/18/21 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Color Blind? A Candid Conversation on Race in the Workplace
2:25 - Color Blind? A Candid Conversation on Race
in the Workplace
Traci Adedeji, CPCU, CSPO, ARM, API, AIDA, TRIP
Rhode Island Chapter President
**Raffle to be held at the end of the session. Must be present to win.
11/19/21 9:00am
Welcome Message - Day Two
Welcome and Introduction of Speaker
David Owen, CPCU
Dallas Chapter Director
11/19/21 9:00am to 10:00am
Cannabis Overview: Absorption, Effects, Detection and Investigations
9:05 am
- Cannabis Overview:
Absorption, Effects,Detection and Investigations
Dr. Nadia Moore, JS Held
(1 Hour of Texas Department of Insurance CE)
11/19/21 10:00am
Introduction of Speaker
10:10 am - Introduction of Speaker
Azsure Dorton, CPCU, CLU
Dallas Chapter DE&I Committee Chair
11/19/21 10:15am to 11:15am
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
10:15 am - Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Nina Rentschler
**Raffle to be held at the end of the session. Must bepresent to win.
11/19/21 1:00pm
Introduction of Speaker
1:00 pm - Introduction of Speaker
David Owen, CPCU
Dallas Chapter Director
11/19/21 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Environmental Concerns in the Claims Process
1:00 pm - Environmental Concerns in the ClaimsProcess
Theresa Chimento, JS Held
(1 Hour of Texas Department of Insurance CE)
11/19/21 2:00pm to 2:15pm
Introduction of Speaker
2:00 pm - Introduction of Speaker
Fredricka Myles, CPCU
Dallas Chapter Secretary
11/19/21 2:15pm to 3:15pm
How to Rock Out Your Interview to LandYour Dream Job
2:20 pm - How to Rock Out Your Interview to LandYour Dream Job
Nickquolette Barrett, CPCU, CLU, AIC
Dallas Chapter Educational Committee Chair
11/19/21 3:15pm to 3:30pm
Raffle and Closing Remarks
3:20 pm - Raffle and Closing Remarks
Precious Norman-Walton, CPCU, SHRM-CP, TRIP, AIC,AINS, AIS, ACS
Dallas Chapter Immediate Past President
Jason D. Jupe, PE, ACTAR
Transportation Practice Leader
Rimkus Consulting Groups, Inc
Jason Jupe’s practice focus on accident reconstruction, human factors, transportation safety, ergonomics, premises liability, lighting, and mechanical engineering. He has extensive training and experience in vehicular accident reconstruction, vehicle design and performance, vision and perception, cognitive engineering, and failure analysis.
Jason holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering. Mr. Jupe is a licensed professional engineer and an accredited traffic accident reconstructionist by the ACTAR. He also holds a Crash Data Retrieval Analyst certification.
Sharon A. Koches, CPCU, RPLU, AAI, AU, ITP
2021 President and Chair of the CPCU Society Leadership Council
CPCU Society
2021 President and Chair of the CPCU Society Leadership Council, serving over 15,000 members globally. As founder and CEO of Managing Performance, LLC, Sharon provides P&C consulting and human capital development solutions for insurance companies and their agency distribution networks. Sharon’s areas of expertise include Independent Agency Operations, Large Account Alternative Market Underwriting, Insurance Association Management, Professional Development and Training.
Traci Adedeji, CPCU, CSPO, ARM, API, AIDA, TRIP
Rhode Island CPCU Society Chapter President and CPCU Society Leadership Council Member
CPCU Society
Traci Adedeji is the President of the Rhode Island CPCUSociety chapter where she has served as a volunteer leader for five years. She is currently a member of the CPCU Society's Leadership Council where she works as liaison to the Membership Committee. Traci is the Insurance Operations Program Lead at AIPSO in Johnston, RI, working with residual market automobile insurance plans. Her insurance career began on the agent/broker side of the industry and her 30+ years of experience includes leadership roles with several national carriers such as Chubb and AIG. Her expertise is in personal lines underwriting.
Nadia Moore, PhD, DABT, CIH, ERT
Vice President and Principal Toxicologist
J.S. Held, LLC
Dr. Nadia Moore is Vice President and Principal Toxicologist at J.S. Held, LLC. She has more than 25 years of multidisciplinary experience in toxicology, exposure science, regulatory compliance, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry. Nadia’s practice also includes the determination of whether exposure to a chemical or physical agent has caused an injury, exposure assessment in diverse scenarios, determination of acceptable impurity levels in consumer products, and weight-of-evidence analysis of historical scientific data to gauge present-day conclusions.
Nina Rentschler, CPCU, CLU, FLMI
Underwriting Section Manager
State Farm
Nina Rentschler will celebrate her 20 year anniversary with State Farm in July 2022. Her experience includes Property and Casualty Insurance, Universal Life, Health Insurance, and Disability Insurance. Nina is currently in a Section Manager LDA role in the Personal Lines Contact Center for State Farm. Nina is also extremely passionate about diversity and inclusion. Her parents are both 1st generation immigrants (her father is from Taiwan and her mother is from Croatia) and she grew up in Hilo, Hawaii. She is the distinguished co-lead for State Farm’s AsiaNET Employee Resource Group which serves close to 1,500 members.
Theresa Chimento, MPH
Project Director - Environmental, Health & Safety Regional Lead
J.S. Held, LLC
Theresa Chimento is an experienced environmental consultant in both the field and as a project manager and the southcentral Environmental, Health & Safety Regional Lead. Her professional experience of environmental consulting services have included all aspects of a project, from initial scope assessment and project development, initial assessments and data gathering, preparation of assessment reports and recommendations, development of remediation protocols and abatement specifications, project oversight and clearances, close-out report and final report documentation, and project management with client and contractor correspondence through the entirety of the project.
Nickquolette Barrett, CPCU, CLU, AIC, CPRW, CCTC, CEIP, NCOPE
Founder and CEO
iRock Development Solutions
Nickquolette Barrett aka the "Get Hired" Strategist, the founder and CEO of iRock Development Solutions, a 4x Certified Career & Strategy Coach, two-time career industry award winner, two-time author, dynamic speaker, and new member of the Newsweek Expert Forum.Nickquolette specializes in executive résumé writing, interview prep, career development & strategy, and LinkedIn branding. Nickquolette has worked in corporate America since 1991. Due to her ability to lead and coach others, she received her first promotion to leadership in 1999. As a corporate leader, she coaches career professionals on how to make the most of their careers.
