2023-24 FDCC Officers & Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is elected each year at the Annual Meeting.

Officers

Chairman of the Board
Howard A. Merten
Partridge, Snow & Hahn
Providence, RI
hm@psh.com
Secretary & Treasurer
Marc H. Harwell
Harwell & Hurst, PLLC
Chattanooga, TN
marc@harwelllawgroup.com
President
Craig A. Marvinney
Bricker & Eckler
Cleveland, OH
 cmarvinney@bricker.com
Executive Director
Bernd G. Heinze, Esq.
King of Prussia, PA
bernie@thefederation.org
President-Elect
Heidi G. Goebel
Goebel Anderson, P.C.
Salt Lake City, UT
hgoebel@gapclaw.com

Senior Directors


Tiffany Alexander
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Berwyn, PA
tiffany.alexander@nelsonmullins.com


Jennifer E. Johnsen
Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA
Greenville, SC
jjohnsen@gwblawfirm.com

Heather Sanderson
Sanderson Law
Calgary, Canada
hasanderson@sanderson-law.com

Sean C. Griffin
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Washington, D.C.
sgriffin@dykema.com


R. Jeff Kelsey
Federal Express Corporation
Memphis, TN
jkelsey@fedex.com


Marisa Trasatti
Cipriani & Werner
Towson, MD
MTrasatti@c-wlaw.com

Lee M. Hall
Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC
Huntington, WV
lmh@jenkinsfenstermaker.com
 


Francisco Ramos, Jr.
Clarke Silverglate, P.A.
Miami, FL
framos@cspalaw.com

Kile T. Turner
Norman Wood Kendrick & Turner
Birmingham, AL
kturner@nwkt.com

Directors

 
 
Caroline J. Berdzik
Goldberg Segalla
Princeton, NJ
cberdzik@goldbergsegalla.com



 
Alison R. Christian
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Boston, MA
Alison.Christian@libertymutual.com
  
Charlie T. Frazier, Jr.
Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, LLP
Dallas, TX
cfrazier@adjtlaw.com
 

Jeffery M. Guillory
First Acceptance Insurance Company
Columbia, MO
jguillory@acceptance.com
  

Valerie Kellner
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Valerie.Kellner@wilsonelser.com 		 

Daniel W.McGrath
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Chicago, IL
dmcgrath@hinshawlaw.com

 


Alycen A. Moss
Cozen O'Connor
Atlanta, GA
amoss@cozen.com 		 

Alan Rutkin
Rivkin Radler
New York, NY
alan.rutkin@rivkin.com 

 


John Trimble
Lewis Wagner
Indianapolis, IN
jtrimble@lewiswagner.com

  





Front Row (L-R): Secretary-Treasurer Marc Harwell; President Craig Marvinney; President-Elect Heidi Goebel; Board Chair Howard Merten

Middle Row (L-R): Marisa Trasatti; Sean Griffin; Heather Sanderson;
Valerie Kellner; Jennifer Johnsen; Lee Hall; Caroline Berdzik; Frank Ramos

Back Row (L-R): Kile Turner; Tiffany Alexander; Alison Christian; Alan Rutkin; Executive Director Bernie Heinze, John Trimble, Jeff Kelsey, Daniel McGrath. Alycen Moss

Not pictured: Charlie Frazier and Jeffery Guillory