Board Members

Chair, Insurer Representative

Terrence Miller

SFM Companies

Terry is the President and Chief Executive Officer at SFM, he joined SFM in 1984. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He previously practiced with KPMG, the largest international independent auditing firm. He is a member of the Minnesota State Society of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs, CFA Institute, and the Insurance Accounting and Systems Association. He serves on the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies’ Accounting and Financial Issues Committee and on the Small Sums Board of Directors and chairs its Finance Committee.

Terry is an honors graduate from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and earned a master’s degree in business administration from St. Thomas College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Committees: Audit and Financial Compliance; Personnel

Vice Chair, Insurer Representative

Chair

Sheila Brown

The Traveler Companies, Inc.

Ms. Brown has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry in a variety of financial roles. She is currently Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management at Travelers. Over her 25-year career at Travelers, she has held a variety of finance positions, including Assistant Corporate Controller and Assistant Corporate Treasurer. Prior to joining Travelers, Ms. Brown had extensive experience in finance functions in the insurance and reinsurance industries, including serving insurance clients for KPMG.

Ms. Brown has considerable experience serving on non-profit boards. She has served on the boards of JA of the Upper Midwest, The St. Paul Public Schools Foundation, and, most recently, Como Friends, which provides financial support to Como Zoo and Conservatory (2012-current).

Ms. Brown serves as an insurer representative on the WCRA Board.

Committees:  Audit and Financial Compliance; IT Advisory

Self-Insurer Representative

Daniel Greensweig

League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust

Daniel Greensweig serves as a self-insurer representative on the WCRA Board. He is the Administrator of the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT).  In that position, he is responsible for all operations of a self-insurance pool providing workers’ compensation and property/casualty coverage to more than 1,000 Minnesota cities and other local government public entities.  Before joining LMCIT, Dan was the Director of Operations and General Counsel for the Minnesota Association of Townships Insurance Trust.  He has been an Assistant State Auditor and Director of that office’s Tax Increment, Investment, and Finance Division, a shareholder at the Minneapolis law firm of Kennedy & Graven, and assistant general counsel at PrimeVest Financial Services, a national broker-dealer.

Committees: Investment; Personnel

Insurer Representative

Chair

Richard Long

Western National

Mr. Long is President and CEO of Western National Insurance Group. He serves on their board and the board of their affiliate and subsidiary companies as well as several industry boards, including the WCRA.

Prior to joining Western National in 2010, Mr. Long worked at Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company in Albany, New York. Mr. Long obtined his BS from the School of Management at the State University of New York at Binghamton and achieved his AIC, CPCU, and ARe from the Insurance Institute of America early in his career.

Committees: Member Advisory

Employer Representative

Jean Machart

DigitalDX

Jean Machart is a Healthcare Transformation Executive.  Currently, Executive in Residence at DigitalDX, a Silicon Valley Venture Fund of startups that apply AI for early diagnosis.  Previously, Jean was Chief Operating Officer at the Children’s Cancer Research Fund and Vice President of Enterprise Digital and AI at UnitedHealth Group. She is NACD Directorship certified, and a Board member for Asbury Communities, in addition to WCRA.

Prior to UnitedHealth Group, Jean held Officer roles at Ameriprise Financial within Client Experience directly reporting to the CIO, and General Manager positions within banking, brokerage, and wealth management, and at American Express Financial Advisors.

Machart holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a master’s degree in business administration in information technology and operations from the University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management.

Committee: IT Advisory Committee

Employee Representative

Bernie Burnham

Minnesota AFL-CIO

Bernie Burnham brings a breadth of experience to the office as the 10^th president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO and the first person of color to serve in that position. Prior to her election to lead the state federation, Burnham was vice president of Education Minnesota, which is affiliated with both the AFT and NEA, since 2019. She spent 14 years as an elementary school teacher and was actively involved in the labor management process in the Duluth Public Schools for nine years, four of those prior to being elected president of the Duluth Federation of Teachers. She served in that role for five years. For the last year, Burnham has co-chaired the Minnesota AFL-CIO’s Committee on Racial & Economic Justice.

Committee: Personnel

Management and Budget

Paul Moore

Minnesota Management & Budget

Paul Moore is the Assistant Commissioner of Accounting Services. He leads the Accounting Services Division, which conducts statewide accounting and payroll functions. He joined Minnesota Mangement and Budget in 2014. Prior to his tenure as Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Moore served as the agency’s Chief Financial Officer. He also worked in the Budget Services Division as a Senior Executive Budget Officer. Mr. Moore holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Committee: Audit and Financial Compliance

Insurer Representative

Samuel Nolley

Arch Insurance Group

Samuel Nolley is Chief Pricing Actuary at Arch Insurance Group. In that role, he leads the actuarial teams supporting a wide variety of specialty property & casualty insurance products. Before joining Arch, Mr. Nolley was a predictive modeler at Sentry Insurance, and a reserving and consulting actuary at EY.

Mr. Nolley is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and he holds a B.B.A. in economics and actuarial science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Committees:  IT Advisory; Actuarial

Public Representative

Chair

Kenneth Peterson

Ken is a public representative on the WCRA Board. Now semi-retired, he served for eleven years as Commissioner of Minnesota’s Department of Labor and Industry and as Deputy Commissioner for two years.  In addition to private law practice, Ken has served as Minnesota’s Deputy Attorney General, St. Paul’s Deputy Mayor, and directed the city’s Planning and Economic Development department.

Ken also serves on the Board of Directors of the History Theatre and is the mayor of St. Paul’s appointee on the Board of St. Paul District Energy.

Committees: Investment, Actuarial

Employee Representative

Edward Reynoso

Teamsters Joint Council 32

Ed is the political director for Teamsters Joint Council 32, which represents over 62,000 members in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota. He started his career as a Teamster in 1981 and was most recently a national political field representative for the Teamsters. Ed also serves on the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council, Governor’s Workforce Development Council, Minnesota Job Skills Partnership, and Energy Sector Partnership.

Committees: Personnel

State Board of Investment

Chair

Jill Schurtz

Minnesota State Board of Investment

Schurtz began her term as the Executive Director and CIO at the MN State Board of Investment in October 2022. Schurtz joins the Minnesota SBI from the St. Paul Teachers’ Retirement Fund Association, where she was CIO and executive director beginning in 2014 and managed the fund’s $1.2 billion investment program and $120 million of annual pension benefits. Prior to St. Paul, Schurtz was CEO of New York-based asset management firm Robeco-Sage, having been promoted from chief operating officer. Before that, she was a director at Knight Equity Markets, and prior to that was an attorney at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

She was also vice president, investment banking at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, and before embarking on a financial career was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army for seven years, where she rose to the rank of captain. Schurtz is currently a member of construction engineering firm M.A. Mortenson’s board of directors and chair of its investment committee and is a member of Alerus’ board of directors. She is also on financial planner Okabena Investment Services’ investment advisory committee.

Schurtz is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, and received her law degree from Columbia Law School.

Committee: Investment

Employer Representative

Chair

Allison Waggoner

DCI, Inc.

Allison serves as an employer representative on the WCRA Board and is the human resources and communications manager for DCI, Inc. in St. Cloud, Minnesota. In her position she is responsible for safety, workers’ compensation, benefits, employee relations, labor relations, and all other aspects of human resources functions. Prior to joining DCI, Allison was self-employed as a human resources consultant and speaker on various topics relating to human resources and employment law.

Committee: Personnel