Linda Conrad

Board Member

Senior Vice President | Everest Re Insurance

Executive Profile:
Linda is partnering with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Robert H. Smith School of Business on development and predictive analytics of the cyber supply chain risk portal, which received the 2017 Cybersecurity Award for Practice from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.  Linda also consulted on the Munich Reinsurance Innovation Lab team, supporting business launch from product design, addressable market and distribution channels, to customer and capital investor strategy.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindaconrad1/

Linda served as interim Chief Executive Officer of Climassure, where she led a team which pioneers innovative financial and technology products, data modeling, and advisory solutions to help mitigate the economic impacts of extreme weather and flooding.  For 15 years prior, Linda managed a global team responsible for delivering tactical solutions to Zurich Insurance and customers on strategic issues such as business resilience, cyber and supply chain risk, Enterprise Risk Management, and Total Risk Profiling. 

Linda addresses enterprise resiliency issues in print and television appearances, including CNBC, Fox Business News, The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, AM Best, and Business Insurance. She holds a Specialist designation in ERM, and serves on the global Education Advisory Board of the Institute of Risk Management in London. She is deputy member of the ERM Committee of RIMS, on the NIST cyber-portal project, sits on the Supply Chain Risk Leadership Council, consults for Gerson Lehman Group, and was Chairwoman of the Asian Risk Management Conference. She taught at University of Delaware Captive program and in the Masters on Supply Chain Management program at University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, where she serves on the Corporate Advisory Council. Linda studied at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland and Fox Business School.