9th Annual

Construction & Design Risk and Claims ExecuSummit
October 21 & 22, 2026
Mohegan Sun Hotel & Convention Center, Uncasville, CT

Building a Solid Foundation: How to Hire and Empower Your Construction Expert

Ashley Mattingly 
Partner
Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Mark McGivern
Principal/Chief Executive Officer
CCA Consulting & Engineering, P.C

Risk by Design: Building Risk Management into Every Phase of a Project

George B. Green Jr.
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

Tim Soefje
Partner
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP

Juana Ciriaco, CCP 
Senior Claims Specialist, Home Office Claims 
Seneca Insurance Company

Navigating Professional and Technology Risk in Design and Construction

Wendy D. Testa
Partner 
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Jaclyn L. Adorno, Esq.
VP, North American Claims Group
Allied World Insurance Company

Lee L. Elsey, AIA
Forensic Expert
Fleisher Forensics

Beyond the Courtroom: Collaborative Approaches to Resolving Construction Disputes

Andrew P. Rossi
Associate
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Pat Ostrowski
VP, Claim Specialty Practice Lead Construction & Real Estate
IMA

Vadim Veksler
Complex Claims Manager - Construction Defect
Selective Insurance

Challenges of Construction Work on Adjacent Properties

Gary Strong
Partner
Gfeller Laurie LLP

Angela S. Cerini, CRIS
Divisional Vice President, Claims
Great American Insurance Group

Sheena Williams
Director - Claim Resolution
Head of Environmental Claims – North America
Willis Towers Watson

In Their Defense: Strategies for Protecting Design Professionals

Harris B. Katz
Partner
Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg, LLP 

Gawain Charlton-Perrin, Esq., RPLU
Director of Risk Management, Professional & Executive Lines
The Hanover Insurance Group 

Nuclear Verdicts & Social Inflation in Construction Litigation

Kenneth McLellan
Attorney at Law
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

James DeDonato
Claims Focus Group Leader – London Professions Claims | Group Claims
Beazley

Jeff Miragliotta, Esq.
Firmwide Co Managing Partner
Kahana Feld

Bert Dizon, CCP, ACP, CRIS
Claims Manager
Cardinal Captive Strategies

Time Is Money: Proving and Defending Delay and Disruption Claims

Jeff Katz, PE, PSP, CCM
Senior Managing Director
The Vertex Companies, LLC

The Human Factor: How Mental Health Shapes Risk in Engineering and Design

Carlos Turizo
Director
HKA

The Weakest Link: How Window and Door Defects Drive Construction Litigation

Taylor Ellis
Attorney
Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP
 

Joseph Bukovec, PE, RRC, RWC
Associate Principal
Thornton Tomasetti

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