Learn more about our Speakers for the 2024 Safety and Loss Control Conference below:
Dr. Janel Anderson is the founder of Working Conversations, LLC and is a keynote speaker, author, and trainer. Part futurist, part coach, part comedian, she offers practical strategies that can be implemented immediately, while making the audience laugh while they learn.
Dr. Anderson holds a PhD in organizational communication from Purdue University. Prior to starting her business, she held leadership roles in both large and small companies in the tech sector and was a college professor for many years.
Janel has appeared in Fast Company, Inc, Entrepreneur, and The Atlantic, as well as on several television networks. In addition to being a popular business keynote speaker and corporate trainer, Janel is also the author of “Head On: How to Approach Difficult Conversations Directly.” She hosts the Working Conversations podcast where she shares ideas on leadership, business communication, and the future of work.
In her spare time, she reverse engineers recipes for dishes from her favorite restaurants in her kitchen at home.
Cindra Kamphoff, Ph.D., CMPC, PCC, is an award-winning keynote speaker and certified professional coach for leaders, professional athletes, and championship teams. Her clients range from Verizon Wireless, Target, and Bobcat to the Minnesota Vikings.
Cindra also worked with the United States Olympic Track and Field team while they were in Tokyo.
She is also the founder of The Mentally Strong Institute which provides one-on-one coaching services to purpose-driven leaders like you to help them multiply their confidence, increase their influence, and get to their goals quicker.
Cindra is the author of an Amazon bestseller, Beyond Grit: Ten Powerful Practices to Gain the High Performance Edge. Her podcast, the High Performance Mindset, is ranked in the top 5% of all podcasts. Cindra resides in Minnesota with her husband and their two teenage boys.
Steve Wagner is a Senior Vice President, Casualty Claims Advocacy Team Leader in the US Central Zone, and is based in the Chicago office. In this role, Steve is responsible for Casualty Claims Advocacy oversight across the US Central Zone for the Chicago, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis offices. He leads a team of Casualty Claims Advocates to ensure superior delivery of claim outcomes, and exceptional client service demonstrated through analytics, while applying client first principles to reduce the client’s total cost of risk.
Steve joined Marsh in 2017 and has experience in the insurance industry dating back to 2005. Prior to joining Marsh, Steve was with a major third-party administrator, and two major insurers. Steve’s professional experience focus areas encompass casualty, property, professional, financial, and global claims. He also has expertise in claims analytics, catastrophic claim management, claims audit and predictive modeling project management, claims operations performance management, vendor selection, litigation management, and subrogation. He leads strategies to design and optimize to drive continuous Improvement within complex claims service models to achieve optimal claims program outcomes. Steve leads claims advocates to achieve claim service excellence in order to meet and exceed each client’s claims and risk objectives.
Steve has a Bachelor of Science, Business Double Major Finance and Insurance, Illinois State University
A successful licensed attorney with 24 years' experience and a commitment to high quality legal work in the public sector. Graduated in 2000 from Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon and in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Social Change and Development from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Her home town. Home town proud, she remains a Packer fan.
Practicing exclusively in Minnesota within the specialty of Workers' Compensation defense for municipalities and government for almost 19 years. Worked for almost 10 years defending Workers' Compensation litigated claims and advising on non-litigated claims at the League of Minnesota Cities for the cities within State of MN, and now for almost 9 years defending Workers' Compensation litigated claims, as well as training and providing strategy for handling of non-litigated Workers' Compensation claims for the State of Minnesota Department of Administration.
Self-starter with proven experience as a leader and trainer within the State of Minnesota Department of Administration Workers' Compensation litigation team. Demonstrated case analysis ability of complex legal and factual issues, with consideration of costs and exposure to client, including identifying the strengths and weaknesses in the case.
Proven track record for conducting extensive, well-reasoned legal research and accomplishment of proven negotiation and settlement skills. When necessary, also able to develop and present defense strategies on behalf of clients for use in written discovery motions, at hearings, and through the appellate process if settlement of case is not possible.
Rochester, MN native.
Minnesota State University- Mankato 1980 graduate
31 years with the Risk Management Workers Compensation Program
Mr. Weston has been a Workplace Safety Consultant with the Customized Workforce Education group (CWE), a division of South Central College in North Mankato, MN, for 20+ years. He has presented at numerous events, including ISMSP, TRAM, and Joseph A. Holmes National conferences. He is credentialed by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (CSP) (CIT) and the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (CMSP). Terry is a subject matter expert for CWE in the areas of OSHA Safety and Mine Safety training. Terry is also certified to train specialty programs such as PowerLift® and Safety DNA®
Carolyn is currently an adjunct instructor at Minnesota State College Southeast and the owner and CEO of a solo‐practice consulting firm providing customized safety and environmental training and consultation to a variety of industrial, educational, and governmental clients. She has earned a Ph.D. and M.S.C.E. in environmental engineering from the University of Minnesota; her undergraduate degrees include a B.A. in English and B.S. in soil science, also from the University of Minnesota.
Following graduate school, Carolyn worked for General Mills’ research and development division as a research analytical chemist, laboratory manager, and environmental & safety manager—providing technical leadership in the areas of food chemistry, hazardous materials safety, environmental compliance, and water sustainability. After leaving General Mills, she was employed by Hennepin Technical College as an adjunct instructor and customized training representative. In those roles she provided training and project coordination in the areas of workplace safety, environmental compliance, and safety leadership.
Ms. Braun is the President & CEO of Braun Safety Associates, LLC and Celebrate Safety, Inc. She is known nationwide for her exceptional design, creativity, and energetic delivery of health and safety (H&S) sessions that appeal to all employee levels. Her contagious style brings energy, impact, and practical application of technical H&S concepts to every speaking session. Audiences love her influential style and relatable expertise of daily operations.
Highlights of her speaking career include the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), Minnesota Safety Council, Mountain West OSHA Education Center, South Dakota Safety Council, American Public Works Association, National Safety Council, and the Rocky Mountain Lift Assoc.
Her consulting career includes 29 years of environmental, safety, and industrial hygiene experience in the construction, oil & gas, manufacturing, energy, telecom, ski & golf resorts, retail, insurance, food/beverage, shipbuilding, and environmental remediation…just to name a few.
Ms. Braun also provides attorney support for law firms, and she consults nationwide for clients in the private, corporate, municipal, and government sectors.
Jake is the Supervisory Special Agent and Cyber Program Coordinator for the FBI Minneapolis Field Office, serving Minnesota and the Dakotas. Jake joined the FBI in 2006 with prior cyber security experience and has continued to develop that experience over the course of 18 years as an FBI cyber agent in Northern Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and Minneapolis. In addition to managing a team of investigators, Jake is also a senior member of the FBI's Cyber Action Team, which deploys globally for major cyber incidents.
Over 20 years’ experience in IT and a Masters in Telecommunication, I hold several security-related certifications, including:
- CISSP
- Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
- Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age
- Gremlin Certified Chaos Engineering Practitioner (GCCEP)
Throughout my career, I have taken on various roles including Network Administrator, Desktop Support, Software Automation Engineer, Software Performance Engineer, Chaos Engineer and currently, I serve as a Security Engineer at MNIT.
Scott has been handling claims of all types for over 25 years. He has handled claims for dozens of insurance companies and organizations in over 15 states. He is an IICRC certified remediation technician and has adjusted property and liability claims including auto, general liability, flood, earthquake, hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, fire, and water.
