The MEMIC Group's president and CEO John Leonard hasbeen re-elected by the ACORD board ofdirectors as the 2011 chair. Lawrence Blakeman of MetLifewas elected as the board's vice chair. The announcements were madeby ACORD president and CEO Gregory A. Maciag.

Leonard is President and CEO of Maine Employers'Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC). He began with MEMIC in 1993, thecompany's first year, after a lengthy career with The Travelers,where he led the commercial lines agency marketing and underwritingdivision. MEMIC customers now account for approximately 65 percentof the commercial workers' compensation premium in Maine.

He is a former president of the American Association of StateCompensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF) and chairman of its executivecommittee. Leonard is also the current chair of the board ofdirectors for the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)and is a member of its compensation and nominating/governancecommittees. Previously, he served as a member of the NationalWorkers' Compensation Reinsurance Pool board.

Blakeman is senior vice president and CIO inMetLife's information technology group supporting the recentlyformed U.S. Business organization. In 2007, he was appointed seniorvice president and CIO of Individual Business IT where he ledinformation technology and operations for MetLife's IndividualBusiness organizations.

In 2008, he assumed the additional responsibility for the Auto& Home organization bringing together all IT support for theretail business under his leadership. In 2006, he took onresponsibility for MetLife's enterprise data management andenterprise architecture functions.

In addition, ACORD added three new directors by membershipelection: John Kellington, Cincinnati Financial; RobertKelly, Steadfast Group; and Achim Stegner, Munich Re.

Also announced at that time was the appointment of MoniqueHesseling of Zurich as chair of the ACORD standards committee whichfocuses on the development, maintenance, and enhancements of theACORD standards. Spero Zacharias, Chubb & Son, was named chairof the ACORD 2020 advisory committee which focuses on thelong-range vision of ACORD Standards within the industry and thevalue proposition to implementers.

The following is a complete listing of the 2011 Board ofDirectors:

• John Leonard, MEMIC
• Lawrence Blakeman, MetLife
• Gregory A. Maciag, ACORD
• Sal Branca, Chartis
• Andrew G. Cassidy, Council of Independent Agents & Brokers(CIAB)
• Jeremy D. Cooke, Marsh
• David Findley, outside director, immediate past vicechairman
• Andy Fogarty, outside director
• Al Iuppa, Zurich
• Art Jetter, National Association of Independent Life BrokerageAgencies (NAILBA)
• John Kellington, Cincinnati Financial
• Robert Kelly, Steadfast Group
• James Knight, Chubb & Son
• Barbara Koster, Prudential Financial
• Sue Langley, Lloyd's of London
• Frank Liu, China Life Insurance Company
• Dennis Mahoney, outside director
• Brian O'Connell, The Hartford
• Jim Pedersen, Fireman's Fund
• William Pieroni, State Farm Insurance
• Keith Savino, National Association of Professional InsuranceAgents (PIA)
• Markus Schmid, Swiss Re
• Bob Slocum, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers ofAmerica (IIABA)
• Achim Stegner, Munich Re
• Tim Wright, Willis Group