OUR TEAM

Executive Officers

Derek Valdo, Sr., MBA, AINS, CRM
Pueblo of Acoma
Chief Executive Officer
Robert Dahl, AINS
Chief Operating Officer
Sheryl Sattler, AINS
Chief Financial Officer

Leadership

Felix McGowan, MBA, AINS
Anishinaabe 
AMERIND Critical Infrastructure Director
Tina Duncan, MBA, AINS, AIS
Navajo
Director of Business Development
Alan Romero, AIC-M, AINS, PTC1
Director of Claims
Mike Melchior, AINS,
AIC-M
Workers’ Compensation Claims Manager
Andrea Allison, MBA, AINS, AIS
Navajo
Director of Finance
Lynnette Toya, SHRM-CP, THRP, AINS
Pueblo of Jemez
Human Resources Manager
Arthur McConnachie, AINS
Information Technology Manager
Jennifer Melchior, AINS, AIC-M
Director of Product Development
Nicholas Schneider, ARM, AINS
Risk Control Manager
Brandy Cree
Director of Underwriting  
Shannon Lastyona, AINS, AIC
Pueblo of Zuni
Underwriting Manager  

Departments

AMERIND Critical Infrastructure

Monica Braine, MA, AINS
Assiniboine/Hunkpapa Lakota
ACI Project Specialist

Business Development

Colleen Yazzie, AINS, AIS
Navajo
Business Development Coordinator

Terri Patterson, CPCU, AINS, AIS
Business Development Specialist

Martha Hodgins, AINS
Marketing Specialist

Jamie Moquino
Pueblo of Santo Domingo
Event Planner

Claims  – Property & Casualty (P&C)

George Fellows, AINS
P&C Senior Claims Representative

Heather Fellows, AINS, AIC
P&C Senior Claims Representative

Yanira Chevere
P&C Senior Claims Representative


Alice Sena, AIC, AINS, PTC
Pueblo de Cochiti
P&C Claims Representative

Glendon Toya, AINS
Pueblo of Jemez
P&C Claims Representative

Lorraine Aragon, AINS
Pueblo of Acoma
P&C Claims Representative

Kietz Garcia, PTC, AINS, AIC
Pueblo of Santa Ana
P&C Claims Representative

Russell Mike, AINS
Pueblo of San Felipe/Navajo
P&C Claims Representative

James Lonjose, AINS
Pueblo of Zuni/Pueblo of Jemez
P&C Claims Technician

Michela Chinana, AINS
Pueblo of Jemez
P&C Claims Technician

J’Dynn Loretto, AINS, ACSR
Pueblo of Jemez
P&C Claims Technician

Claims  – Workers’ Compensation (WC)

Pattie Perez, AINS, AIC
WC Senior Claims Representative

Vanessa Devine
WC Senior Claims Representative

April Salguero
WC Claims Representative II

Jaime Herrera, AINS
WC Claims Representative II

Terra Kuhn, AINS
WC Claims Representative II

Lisa Marquez, AINS
WC Claims Representative I

LoRheda Vigil, AINS
Pueblo of Jemez
WC Claims Representative

Michelle Archuleta, AINS
WC Claims Technician

Tony Tecumseh
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
WC Claims Technician

Corporate Communications

Willie Sandoval, AINS
Navajo
Administrative Coordinator

Valerie Pecos, AINS, ACSR
Pueblo of Jemez
Office Assistant

Mariah Sandoval, AINS
Pueblo of San Felipe
Receptionist

Larissa Medina, AINS
Pueblo of Zia
Receptionist

Finance

Karen Lonjose, AINS
Pueblo of Zuni
Accountant

Kurt Mora, MBA, AINS
Pueblo of Jemez
Accountant

Denise Cheresposy, MBA, AINS, AU-M
Pueblo of Laguna
Accounting Technician

Fabiola Lopez, AINS, AIS
Accounting Assistant

Solomon Allen, AINS
Navajo
Accountant Technician

Human Resources

Winter Johnson, MHR, THRP, AINS
Navajo
Senior HR Generalist

Valerie Lucero, AINS, AIS
Pueblo of Acoma
HR Generalist

Information Technology

Julie Pecos, AINS
Pueblo of Jemez
Systems Administrator

Nicholas Standard, AINS
Help Desk Support

Ryan Tohannie
Navajo
Help Desk Support

Kaleo Valdo
Pueblo of Acoma
Help Desk Support

Product Development

Molly Givens, AINS
Business System Analyst I

Ruth Rooney, AINS
Business System Analyst I

Mark Hontanosas, AINS
Business System Analyst

Patrick Perea
Business Analyst I

Ephraim Duncan, AINS
Navajo
Quality Analyst I

Lauren Ciulla, AINS, CAS2
Actuarial Analyst

Ravshan Muminov, AINS, CAS2
Actuarial Analyst

Lindsay Gunther, AINS, AIS
Product Support

Swetha Ddandamudi
Data Analyst/Report Writer

Risk Control

Natowa Garcia, AINS, ASC
Pueblo of Santa Ana
Risk Control Consultant

Santiago Morales, AINS
Rosebud Sioux
Risk Control Consultant

Austin Dingledine, AINS
Risk Control Consultant

Estevan Colbert, AINS
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Risk Control Technician

Underwriting

Andrew Shipman, CPCU, AU-M, ARe, ARM, AIM, AINS
Cherokee Nation
WC Underwriter I

Anita Hansen, CPCU, AU-M, ARe, AINS
P&C Senior Underwriter

Gary Wheeler, AINS, AIS
WC Senior Underwriter

David Nye, AINS
P&C Senior Underwriter

Troy Romero, AINS
Pueblo of Acoma
Underwriting Technician

Bernard Dailleboust, AINS
Comanche Nation
Underwriting Technician

Belinda Vargas, AINS
Pueblo de Cochiti
Underwriting Technician

Jada Padilla, AINS
Pueblo of Jemez
Underwriting Technician

Cynthia Chalan
Pueblo of Cochiti/Pueblo of Taos
Underwriting Technician

Andrea Polingyumptewa
Underwriting Technician

Karleen Chin, AINS
Personal Lines Underwriter II

Kathleen Jaquez, AINS
Personal Lines Underwriting Technician

RanDee Toya, AINS
Pueblo of Jemez
Personal Lines Underwriting Technician

Audrey Weebothee
Pueblo of Zuni
Underwriting Technician

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