Roger Walleck

President and CEO, MEM

Roger Walleck is President and CEO at MEM. In this role, he is responsible for the vision, direction, and strategic development of the company, as well as overall management and business implementation. 

Prior to MEM, Walleck spent more than a decade in leadership positions at the Meadowbrook Insurance Group, most recently as Chief Underwriting Officer and Executive Vice President. He held several positions with Liberty Mutual before joining Meadowbrook. At MEM, Walleck previously served as Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer, providing executive leadership, and directing the company’s pricing and risk selection activities.

Andy Ribaudo

VP, Chief Financial Officer

Andy Ribaudo joined MEM as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2017. In this role, Ribaudo provides executive leadership for finance, investments, and actuarial services. He is responsible for establishing and maintaining an integrated operational and financial plan to meet MEM’s envisioned future.

In addition, he is responsible for MEM’s Enterprise Risk Management program, and co-leads the company’s reinsurance purchasing. He has more than 30 years of experience in property and casualty insurance, and understands the complexities of actuarial science, financial planning and modeling.

Jennifer Barth

VP, Chief Legal and Claims Officer

Jennifer Barth is Vice President and Chief Legal and Claims Officer at MEM. In this role, Barth is responsible for leading and counseling the company on a broad range of legal and compliance matters including corporate governance, regulatory compliance and risk management. In addition, she oversees claims and people development and serves as the Corporate Secretary for the company. Barth ensures we uphold the highest legal and claims processing standards and foster a culture of continuous learning within the organization.

Barth oversees the Claims Department, Human Resources, the corporate legal and compliance team, as well as CompLegal, MEM’s in-house law firm that represents MEM policyholders in claims cases.

Jennifer Peck

VP, Chief Strategy & Customer Officer

Jennifer Peck is Vice President and Chief Strategy & Customer Experience Officer at MEM. As a key architect of MEM’s strategic plan, Jennifer leads strategic decision-making and drives commitment to customer focus, integrating financial data, analytics and critical input from across and outside the company to set and achieve growth strategies.

Peck provides vision and leadership for the functions of Corporate Strategy, Marketing, Customer Care, Premium Consultation and Safety and Risk Services.

Kevin Miller

VP, Chief Transformation Officer

Kevin Miller is Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at MEM. In this role, he is responsible for driving strategic capability change and value delivery to realize the overall MEM strategy. He leads several comprehensive teams that focus on utilizing data and analytics, partnering with internal and external stakeholders, and developing holistic strategies to further the company’s strategic vision.

Rene Eslinger

VP, Chief Underwriting Officer

Rene Tettleton Eslinger is Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer at MEM. In this role, she leads the planning and execution of business development strategies and cultivates revenue growth, including prospecting new accounts, growing existing accounts, building agency relationships, and ensuring accurate and effective underwriting.

Charles A. Caisley, Chair

Sr. VP Marketing and Public Affairs, Evergy

Chuck Caisley is executive vice president of utility operations and chief customer officer for Evergy, Inc., an S&P 500 company and electric utility headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Evergy serves more than 1.7 million customers in Missouri and Kansas.

Mr. Caisley leads the company’s transmission and distribution operations, customer service, and public affairs areas at Evergy where he has responsibility for the company’s community and customer strategy, communications, marketing, economic development, government and regulatory affairs and public relations functions, including oversight of all non-regulated products and services, including small-scale renewable generation, energy products and services platform, energy efficiency and demand response portfolio. Caisley has served on the MEM Board of Directors since 2011.

W. Thomas Reeves, Vice Chair

Retired VP and St. Louis Market Chairman, Busey Bank

Tom Reeves retired December 30, 2022 as Executive Vice President and St. Louis Market Chairman of Busey Bank, a $12.5 billion community bank based in Champaign, IL, following a 46-year career in banking and community development.

Reeves also served as Executive Director and co-founder of Downtown Now!, a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization created to finalize and implement the Downtown Development Action Plan for St. Louis and has served on the Advisory Board of Chaifetz Center for Enterprise since March 2023. Reeves has served on the MEM Board of Directors since 2012.

Joe L. Moseley

Retired VP, Public Affairs, Shelter Insurance Companies

Joe Moseley retired from Shelter Insurance Companies in August 2014 after 20 years of service, the most recent decade as Vice President of Public Affairs. Moseley’s honored career has also included time as Assistant Public Defender, Boone County Prosecuting Attorney and Missouri State Senator.

He has a strong history of community involvement and currently serves on the board of directors of The Callaway Bank. Moseley has received numerous honors and awards, including the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Award and the Ann Dandurant Award from the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse. Moseley has served on the MEM Board of Directors since 2015.

Herman A. Styles, Jr.

Owner and Partner of Colton’s Restaurant and Grill

Herman Styles is an Owner and Partner of Colton’s Restaurant and Grill in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, as well as ten other Colton’s located in Missouri (7), Illinois (1), Arkansas (2), and Mississippi (1).

He primarily is in an advisory role now and helps plan the growth strategy as well as development of managers. Herman is a past president of the Missouri Restaurant Association and is still involved in the organization’s legislative efforts to promote and protect the industry.

James (Jim) C. Owen

Retired President and CEO, MEM (formerly Missouri Employers Mutual)

In 2023, James C. (Jim) Owen retired as President and CEO of MEM (formerly Missouri Employers Mutual) after 13 years with the company. Owen joined MEM as a member of the Board of Directors in June 2010, later serving as the Chair of the Board and then Interim President and CEO from July to December of 2011.

Prior to MEM, he was a partner in the law firm McCarthy, Leonard, & Kaemmerer and spent more than 30 years representing various national insurance companies in the areas of insurance coverage, reinsurance, insurance insolvency, state and local taxation litigation, public pension, commercial and business law, and class actions. He was also his firm’s lead personal injury litigator. He is on various insurance boards, not-for-profit boards and associations, including the Missouri Supreme Court’s Appellate Practice Committee. He remains a member of the Missouri Bar.

Roger Walleck

President and CEO, MEM

Roger Walleck is President and CEO at MEM. In this role, he is responsible for the vision, direction, and strategic development of the company, as well as overall management and business implementation. 

Prior to MEM, Walleck spent more than a decade in leadership positions at the Meadowbrook Insurance Group, most recently as Chief Underwriting Officer and Executive Vice President. He held several positions with Liberty Mutual before joining Meadowbrook. At MEM, Walleck previously served as Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer, providing executive leadership, and directing the company’s pricing and risk selection activities.

Gloria Carter-Hicks

President & CEO, Hicks-Carter-Hicks, LLC

Gloria Carter-Hicks is the president and CEO of Hicks-Carter-Hicks and has more than 25 years of experience in human resources, learning & development and organizational development. Her current role involves consulting with executives on organizational development, change management, human resources, learning and development, and strategic planning. 

Hayley Hanson

Partner, Husch Blackwell

Hayley Hanson is a partner at Husch Blackwell, with more than 20 years’ of experience in education law. In addition to legal work, Hanson is a sought-after speaker who educates institutions on risk management and compliance.

Sylvester (Sly) James, Jr.

Co-Founder, Wickham James 

Sly James has a rich background that includes serving his country as a military police officer, a successful legal career and a transformative tenure as Mayor of Kansas City. He is known for tackling tough issues and is a champion for diversity.