Chris has been with Amwins since April 2000 and is currently a National Practice Leader and Senior Vice President for Amwins Group Benefits.  He served on the DE&I Council at Amwins Group, where he focused his efforts on Achieving an Inclusive Workplace at Amwins.  More recently, he helped launch Link-USA – a non-profit LGBTQ+ Insurance Network, and he now serves as National Co-Chairperson.  Chris is passionate about driving the mission of Link-USA, which is to “Make the Insurance Industry, the Industry of Choice for the LGBTQ+ Community”.  As National Co-Chair of Link-USA, Chris recently helped organize a new industry organization called United Insurance Networks (UiN), which is a collective of 5 non-profit insurance industry associations all focused on DE&I.

Ø  Asian American Insurance Network (AAIN)

Ø  National African American Insurance Association (NAAIA) Chicago

Ø  Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies (LAAIA)

Ø  LGBTQ+ Insurance Network (LINK)

Ø  Association of Professional Insurance Women (APIW) Chicago

By coming together, United Insurance Networks objective is to further strengthen and amplify our collective voices within the insurance industry to continue to advance our DE&I initiatives.

Chris lives in Tampa, FL with his husband Ferdinand and has two adult sons also living nearby in Florida.

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