Anna Buhlinger
Federal Affairs Director
Erin Collins
Senior Vice President - State and Policy Affairs
Tony Cotto
Director of Auto and Underwriting Policy
Bri Dahl
Public Policy Analyst
Katherine Duveneck
Federal Affairs Director
Kristin Eichhorn
Assistant Vice President – Political Involvement Programs
Alex Gleason
Assistant Vice President - Federal Affairs
Jimi Grande
Senior Vice President - Federal & Political Affairs
Tom Karol
General Counsel - Federal
Lindsey Klarkowski
Director of Data Science & AI/ML Policy
Ross Lien
Regional Vice President, Midwest
Patrick McCarty
Federal Affairs Manager
Caitlin Murray
Regional Vice President - Southeast
Matt Overturf
Regional Vice President, Ohio Valley & Mid Atlantic
Cate Paolino
Director of Public Policy
Andrew Pauley
Associate General Counsel
Christian Rataj
Senior Regional Vice President – Western Region
Colleen Scheele
Public Policy Counsel, Solvency & Tax Policy
Jon Schnautz
Vice President - State Affairs
Ward Tisdale
Regional Vice President - Southwest
Brandon Vick
Regional Vice President – Northwest Region
Rory Whelan
Regional Vice President – Northeast
Ross Lien serves as NAMIC’s Regional Vice President, Midwest. Lien advocates on members’ behalf in Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. He comes to NAMIC from the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where he advocated on important business issues including economic development, health care, and tax policy. He has also served in the Missouri Governor’s Office and worked on political campaigns in several states.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of North Dakota.