2019 Officers & Directors

Dustin became involved with the board of the Chicago chapter of the CPCU Society as a Candidate Member shortly after starting his CPCU journey in late 2013.  He received his CPCU designation in 2015, remaining active within the chapter’s leadership and holding various board positions up to the present.  Dustin currently works as a Reinsurance Financial Manager at Zurich, where he manages a team of analysts involved in the reinsurance accounting lifecycle.  Prior to joining Zurich in 2015, Dustin accrued over 10 years of insurance, reinsurance and underwriting experience at Assurant (formerly TWG) and Navigant Consulting.

Felipe Jose Cuartas is a bilingual commercial insurance Account Executive at Gallagher creating tailored and cost effective insurance risk management programs. He is responsible for advising his clients on how to protect their employees, and their balance sheet, from exposures through creative risk financing and risk transfer.  He earned his Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) professional designations.  Cuartas attended Washington University in St. Louis double majoring in Finance and Philosophy.

Gillian Gunnink is currently Vice President, Global and Large Complex Services, driving support of Property, Casualty, and International strategies, initiatives, and priorities. She has held underwriting roles in the international arena as well as the property line of business and predictive modeling areas for over 13 years in the industry. Gillian received her CPCU in 2015 and became involved in the Chicago CPCU Society Chapter late in 2017.  She graduated from North Central College with a degree in International Business and German and is currently attending the Women’s Executive Program at the Kellogg School of Management.

Maria is currently a Senior Underwriter at Starr Companies specializing in Management Liability lines. She has over 9 years of industry experience in both underwriting and claims. Maria obtained her CPCU designation in 2016. She joined the CPCU society and was elected to the board of directors as Secretary in 2017. Maria graduated from Fordham University with a bachelors degree in biology.

Cedric Williams is a Senior Manager in Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Actuarial & Insurance Solutions practice. Cedric has 17 years of actuarial and analytics consulting experience helping his clients understand and quantify costs related to property casualty insurance exposure.  Cedric received his CPCU and the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation in 2014 and was elected to the Board of Directors for the Chicago CPCU Society Chapter in 2015.  He received his B.S. in Actuarial Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and M.S. in Insurance Management from Boston University.