Last Updated: March 6, 2025
General Information
The 13-member Board of Governors is chaired by the Commissioner of Insurance or their delegate. The board membership, as determined by s. 619.04 (3), Wis. Stat., is comprised of:
Three insurance industry representatives appointed by the Commissioner of Insurance
Four public members appointed by the governor (at least two of whom are not lawyers or doctors and are not professionally associated with any hospital or insurance company)
One member named by the Wisconsin Association for Justice, formerly the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers
One member named by the State Bar Association
Two members named by the Wisconsin Medical Society
One member named by the Wisconsin Hospital Association
Current Board Membership
Rebecca Easland, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance (Board Chair)
Carla Borda, Public Member
Hammad Haider-Shah, Public Member
John Folk, Public Member
Paul Gagliardi, Public Member
Susan Forray, Industry Representative
David Maurer, Industry Representative
Vacancy 1, Industry Representative
Jerome Hierseman, State Bar of Wisconsin
Eric Farnsworth, Wisconsin Association for Justice
Bud Chumbley, M.D., Wisconsin Medical Society
Timothy Crummy, M.D., Wisconsin Medical Society
Matthew Stanford, Wisconsin Hospital Association
Committees
The Board is assisted by an Underwriting and Actuarial Committee, a Legal Committee, a Claims Committee, an Investment/Finance and Audit Committee, a Risk Management Committee, and a Peer Review Council. The Board and its committees meet quarterly.