Ken Cornell, Executive Vice-President - Ken is responsible for the business development, growth and profitability of JCH Environmental. He has over 21 years of experience in the environmental insurance industry. Prior to joining JCH in September of 2006, Mr. Cornell was Executive Vice President of AIG Environmental. His responsibilities included the management of underwriting and business development for Corporate and National Accounts divisions, and managing the activities of AIG Environmental’s Legal and Surety units.

Mr. Cornell is President of the National Brownfield Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to stimulating responsible redevelopment of brownfields. He is currently on the faculty and the Board of Governors of the International Institute of Environmental Risk Management, LP, affiliated with Texas State University. He serves as the Director of Environmental Insurance for the Environmental Risk Management Program. He is also a former member of the National Association Mutual Insurers Environmental Impairment Committee. Mr. Cornell, a frequent speaker at insurance trade and environmental technical conferences, received his undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College and his Masters in Environmental Management from Duke University.

James C. Herrmann, Managing Director - Jim began his insurance career in 1986, specializing in healthcare professional liability, financial services and environmental insurance and founded JCH Insurance Brokers. Jim has been a speaker and participant at both local and national meetings and conventions and was honored to speak at the National Brownfields Summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC. He is currently a member of The Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority, the State University of New York College at Old Westbury Foundation, The Perfect Health Insurance Company and The Foundation of UCP of Nassau.

Kathleen Moriarty, Senior Vice President - Kathleen has been involved in the marketing and underwriting of environmental insurance products since the 1980’s when these products first became available. Prior to joining JCH she was the Southeast Regional Underwriting Manager for AIG Environmental where she was responsible for the underwriting of Cost Cap policies as well as all other environmental coverage. With over twenty years commercial insurance experience, Kathleen has specialized exclusively in environmental insurance since 1988. She specializes in commercial real estate transactions, brownfield redevelopment, merger & acquisition transactions, BRAC and DoD GFPR contracts and complex environmental insurance programs. She developed two environmental insurance products currently marketed by AIG Environmental and other insurers. Kathleen is a certified instructor for the State of Georgia and North Carolina in environmental insurance for agents’ licensing continuing education credits. She also lectures at Georgia State University and Georgia Tech on environmental insurance issues and products and their role in brownfield redevelopment. She is a frequent guest speaker at environmental conferences and forums.

Gene P. Devine, Esq., Senior Vice President - Gene joined JCH in 2001. Prior to JCH, Gene was a Vice President and environmental specialty broker in the New York City office of Marsh & McLennan where he managed numerous major accounts including multiple site transactions, finite, and blended finite insurance programs. For five years prior to joining Marsh, Gene was a managing attorney in AIG's Environmental Claims Department where he handled claims brought under Cost Cap and other environmental policies. His technical experience as a field biologist and environmental analyst for a local regulatory agency in New York round out his understanding of environmental law and the issues surrounding regulatory enforcement. He is responsible for JCH’s manuscripted environmental insurance policies and negotiating policy terms and conditions with insurance carrier’s counsel. Gene is a member of the New York State Bar Association's Environmental Law Section.

Michael E. Herrmann, P.G, Senior Vice President - Michael is a professional geologist with over 15 years of consulting experience in environmental site assessment and remediation. Michael provides the technical expertise required to characterize the complicated environmental risks associated with commercial property transactions and facilitated the marketing and placement of comprehensive coverage to address a clients’ unique risks. Michael has been primarily involved in the design and marketing of the reclamation and closure bonding program for the mining industry and is the liaison to Federal, State and Local regulators regarding financial assurance negotiation and placement.

Jim E. Hamilton, Vice President - Jim brings over 15 years of Environmental Risk Management experience in the insurance brokerage and claims mitigation business. Prior to joining JCH, Jim was the Director of Marketing for Dispute Resolution Management, Inc. (DRM), an international consulting firm that specializes in non-litigious solutions for the settlement of complex, long-tail and latent insurance claims, predominantly of the Environmental, Asbestos, Product Liability or Insolvent Carrier nature. This included detailed insurance policy archaeology, policy form review, interpretation of coverage, environmental claim quantification and qualification, claim allocation to historical coverage, settlement targeting and review/development of post-settlement risk transfer options. Prior to joining DRM, Mr. Hamilton was an environmental & complex commercial accounts insurance broker and the founder and president of the environmental insurance and risk management division of a leading US insurance brokerage firm. Mr. Hamilton’s past clients include numerous Fortune 500 and TSE 100 companies, brownfield redevelopers, Superfund PRP groups, TSD facilities and environmental engineering firms and contractors. His familiarities with complex environmental and asbestos claim settlements, as well as Governmental perspectives, environmental risk and cost quantification, the remedial redevelopment business and innovative risk transfer and structured finite programs provide a breadth of experience to the JCH team.

Kerry Simon, Associate Vice President - Kerry brings extensive underwriting expertise to the team. With over 15 years in the insurance industry, her background includes almost 10 years specializing in underwriting environmental risks, including nine years as Underwriting Manager and Product Line Manager for AIG Environmental. Prior to AIG, she served as an underwriter for Chubb and as an account executive for Bollinger Fowler of New Jersey. Kerry has an MA in Environmental Management.