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Executive Leadership & Directors

  • Executive Leadership Team
  • Board of Directors
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Edward Rand, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Rand is the President and Chief Executive Officer of ProAssurance Corporation. He began this position in July 2019 after serving as Chief Operation Officer. He has also served in several leadership roles since joining ProAssurance in November 2004. Mr. Rand sits on the Board of Directors for Lloyd’s of London Syndicates 1729 and 6131. He has served in a variety of leadership roles from 1992 to 2004 prior to joining ProAssurance.

Edward Rand, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer
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Dana Hendricks Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer

Ms. Hendricks is an Executive Vice President; Chief Financial Officer; and Treasurer of ProAssurance Corporation. Ms. Hendricks was the Senior Vice President of Business Operation for Podiatry Insurance Company of America (PICA) before assuming the CFO role in September 2018. She has served in several executive positions since joining PICA in 2001. Ms. Henricks has a wide variety of experiences in finance and accounting in both public and non-public companies.

Dana Hendricks Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
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Jeffrey Lisenby Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate SecretaryMr. Lisenby, JD, CPCU, is an ProAssurance Corporation Executive Vice President, our General Counsel, and our Corporate Secretary. He joined Medical Assurance, the precursor to ProAssurance, in 2001 and served as head of the corporate Legal department. Mr. Lisenby was in private practice and served as a judicial clerk for the United State District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He is a member of the Alabama State and U.S. Supreme Court Bar.
Jeffrey Lisenby Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
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Noreen Dishart Executive Vice President & Chief HR OfficerMs. Dishart is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer of ProAssurance Corporation. Before starting this role in April 2020, she joined ProAssurance in April 2015 as the Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Dishart was the Vice President of Human Resources for Eastern Insurance. She has over 35 years of experience in Human Resources including HR manager for Johnson & Johnson as well as owning and operating her own human resources consulting firm.
Noreen Dishart Executive Vice President & Chief HR Officer
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Rob Francis President, Healthcare Professional Liability

Mr. Francis is President of ProAssurance’s Healthcare Liability Insurance division. He rejoined ProAssurance in 2019 after serving as the Chief Operating Officer of The Doctor’s Company. Mr. Francis was previously employed at ProAssurance for 20 years, during which he held a number of positions including Chief Underwriting Officer.

Rob Francis President, Healthcare Professional Liability
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Kevin Shook President of Workers' Compensation InsuranceMr. Shook is the President of Eastern Alliance, the workers’ compensation insurance operation division of ProAssurance Group. He has been with Eastern Alliance for more than 20 years and has over three decades of insurance industry experience, including a decade with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) in Philadelphia. Mr. Shook sits on the Eastern Alliance Board of Directors and Eastern Re Ltd., SPC.
Kevin Shook President of Workers' Compensation Insurance
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Ross Taubman President and Chief Medical Officer, ProAssurance Specialty Team

Dr. Taubman is the President and Chief Medical Officer of the ProAssurance Insurance Company of America (PICA). Prior to joining PICA in 2011, Dr. Taubman was in private practice for 26 years in Maryland. Dr. Taubman received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from the California College of Podiatric Medicine before completing his residency in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital.

Ross Taubman President and Chief Medical Officer, ProAssurance Specialty Team
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Karen Murphy President, Life Sciences

Ms. Murphy, ESQ. serves as President, Life Sciences for ProAssurance Corporation. She is responsible for all aspects of our Life Sciences business, including underwriting, claims, risk management, systems applications, and business development and marketing. Ms. Murphy has served in several leadership roles since joining Medmarc in February 1995. Ms. Murphy earned her JD from the American University, Washington College of Law.

Karen Murphy President, Life Sciences
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Bruce D. Angiolillo Executive ChairmanMr. Angiolillo is a retired partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York. He is a nationally recognized authority on corporate securities and governance as a result of his practice concentration in securities law and complex commercial litigation before his retirement on December 31, 2014. Following his retirement at Simpson Thacher, Mr. Angiolillo was employed from January 1, 2015, until June 30, 2015 as general counsel for TK Holdings, Inc.
Bruce D. Angiolillo Executive Chairman
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Thomas A.S. Wilson Jr. Lead DirectorDr. Wilson is a retired neurosurgeon, having practiced with Neurosurgical Associates, P.C., in Birmingham, Alabama for more than 20 years. He holds a BS in natural science and mathematics from Washington & Lee University and an MD from Vanderbilt University. He completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in neurosurgery at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University. He is the author of numerous publications and presentations. The Board of Directors elected Dr. Wilson to the position of Lead Director in May 2018.
Thomas A.S. Wilson Jr. Lead Director
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Kedrick D. Adkins Jr. Board MemberMr. Adkins is the former Chief Financial Officer for the Mayo Clinic, having retired in December 2017 after holding that position for four years. He also served as the President of Integrated Services of Trinity Health Care from 2007 to 2014. Prior to his service at Trinity Health Care, Mr. Adkins had a 30-year tenure at Accenture, a global management consulting firm.
Kedrick D. Adkins Jr. Board Member
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Fabiola Cobarrubias Board MemberDr. Cobarrubias is a board-certified hospitalist practicing in San Francisco, California. Dr. Cobarrubias is also the founder, Chief Executive Officer, and a current board member of the Pacific Inpatient Medical Group. She also serves on the Board of Brown and Toland Physicians. Dr. Cobarrubias has taught as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth University. She received her MD from the University of California – San Francisco.
Fabiola Cobarrubias Board Member
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Samuel A. Di Piazza Jr. Board Member

Mr. Di Piazza was elected to the ProAssurance Board of Directors in January 2014. He is currently the Mayo Clinic’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees and serves on the Board of Directors for AT&T, Inc., Regions Financial Corporation and Jones Lan LaSalle Incorporated. He has served as Vice-Chairman for the Institutional Clients Group of Citi. Mr. Di Piazza had a 36-year career with PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited including 30 years as partner.

Samuel A. Di Piazza Jr. Board Member
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Maye Head Frei Board Member

Ms. Frei currently serves as a ProAssurance Board member and chair of the Compensation Committee. She is the former Chairman of Ram Tool Construction Supply Company, one of the largest female-owned and privately owned businesses in Alabama. Ms. Frei served in a variety of roles from 1997-2021, and helped guide the company to nearly $1 billion in annual sales. She also serves on several organizations’ boards like the Hugh Kaul Foundation.

Maye Head Frei Board Member
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M. James Gorrie Board MemberMr. Gorrie is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Brasfield & Gorrie in Birmingham, Alabama—a construction firm with recent annual revenues in excess of $2 billion. He holds a BS in Building Science from Auburn University and serves as a Director of First Commercial Bank, a division of Synovus Bank, one of the largest community banks in the Southeast.
M. James Gorrie Board Member
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Ziad R. Haydar Board MemberDr. Haydar has served as a director of ProAssurance since May 2015, and is the Chief Medical Officer of Alpine Physicians Partners—a position he's held since November 2020. Previously, Dr. Haydar was Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer of Ascension Health in St. Louis, Missouri until June 2019.
Ziad R. Haydar Board Member
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Edward Lewis Rand Jr. President and Chief Executive OfficerMr. Rand is the President and Chief Executive Officer of ProAssurance Corporation. Mr. Rand, who assumed this position at ProAssurance on July 1, 2019, was formerly Chief Operating Officer, and has served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, and Senior Vice President of Finance since joining ProAssurance in November 2004. 
Edward Lewis Rand Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer
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Frank A. Spinosa Board MemberDr. Spinosa is a board-certified podiatrist practicing in New Mexico. He was a founding partner of Shelter Island Podiatry Associates in New York prior to moving to New Mexico. Dr. Spinosa is a past President of the American Podiatric Medical Association and the New York State Podiatric Medical Association. He has taught as an Associate Professor of Radiology at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, authored numerous scientific papers and textbook chapters, and has lectured nationally.
Frank A. Spinosa Board Member
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Scott C. Syphax Board MemberMr. Syphax is the President of Syphax Strategic Solutions, a Sacramento-based management consulting company focusing on the healthcare, real estate, and financial services industries. He also serves as Chairman of the Nehemiah Community Foundation. Previously, Mr. Syphax served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nehemiah Companies—a national social enterprise focused on increasing homeownership and real estate development in underserved communities across the U.S.
Scott C. Syphax Board Member
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Katisha T. Vance Board MemberDr. Vance is a board-certified oncologist/hematologist practicing in Birmingham, Alabama. She is also active in organized medicine and formerly served as the President of the Jefferson County Medical Society in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Vance received her MD from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama, trained in internal medicine at Baptist Health System in Birmingham, Alabama, and completed a fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Katisha T. Vance Board Member