Dear John Street Club Members,

First and foremost, I extend my warmest wishes to everyone for a joyous holiday season and a Happy New Year!

It’s hard to believe that another year has flown by. Just about a year ago, our outgoing President, Steve Robinson, remarked to me that the year would pass remarkably quickly—and he was right! We have just concluded our final formal event of 2024, marking another successful year for the John Street Club.

At the start of 2024, I outlined the following High-Level Objectives:

1. Sustain the club’s strong momentum established post-pandemic (raising the club’s profile through external communications, with a strong emphasis on social media).
2. Position the club for a vibrant future (through engaging speakers, strong attendance, outreach, membership growth, and new involvement opportunities).
3. Enhance communication with members (e.g., publishing speaker schedules six months in advance, email updates, St. John’s scholarships, etc.).

I am proud to say we achieved these goals. Our club has grown significantly across key metrics:

• Significant increase in participation at the July Golf Outing.
• Double digit growth in active JSC membership and total income.
• A substantial rise in LinkedIn followers and impressions.

Additionally, our monthly event attendance held steady, averaging 77 attendees—comparable to the 80 attendees in 2023—demonstrating continued strong engagement.

In 2024, we hosted an exceptional lineup of diverse industry leaders across nine formal events. These leaders recognize the John Street Club as the premier risk and insurance social network community in the country. With robust connections to senior executives, a central location at the heart of commerce, and a diverse membership base, the JSC remains a beacon of excellence in our industry.

I extend my deepest gratitude to our 2024 Officers:

• Paula Trinchera, Membership Chair (concluding her role this year).
• James Murphy, Treasurer (who transitioned out in November, succeeded by Chris Hilbrecht).
• James Riviezzo, Speaker Chair.
• Michael Hodson, Secretary and Golf Outing Chair.
• Kim Boldi, Vice President.

And to our 2024 Board of Governors:

• Brendan Mahoney (Scholarship Chair).
• Qi Hang (Social Chair).
• Anders Land.
• Ayesha West.
• Stacie Lilian.
• Gillian Russo.

Finally, I’d like to thank our 2024 JSC Advisors: Steve Robinson, Kerry Dunn, Alan Carlson, and Hilary Ruby.

Looking ahead, by now you have received a ballot to vote for the 2025 Officer candidates. I strongly encourage your participation to uphold the tradition and momentum that define our club.

We look forward to seeing you at our Annual General Meeting on January 9, 2025 where we will celebrate 2024’s achievements and introduce the 2025 Officers.

Best holiday wishes!

Peter Linn

President

Dear members, advisors, and governors of the John Street Club,

I hope this message finds you well. It's hard to believe that we have already reached the halfway point of 2024. Looking at our formal event calendar, we have already completed more than 50% of our scheduled meetings for this year.

I am pleased to report that the John Street Club has had a fantastic start to 2024 and I would like to express my gratitude to the Board of Governors, advisors, members, guest speakers, and event attendees for your active participation, engagement, and valuable feedback.  Our very positive post-pandemic trajectory continues.

So far this year, we have hosted approximately 400 people at the 3 West Club. Our guest speakers have included industry leaders such as John Mina (CEO - Risk Strategies), Kevin Rabinowitz (COO - Relation Insurance), Michelle Sartain (President & CEO - Marsh US and Canada), Bobbie Collies (Chief Insurance Officer - Coterie), and Hemant Shah (Co-Founder & COB - Archipelago). Each of these speakers has provided us with unique and insightful perspectives on their roles and experiences within the Risk & Insurance ecosystem.

I am delighted to announce that we have welcomed 9 new members, bringing our current membership roster to 286.  Please contact Paula Trinchera with any membership inquiries.

In addition to our regular monthly meeting activities, we have conducted a membership survey and participated in external events.   Our LinkedIn page presence continues to grow and is now at 1,426 followers and increase of over 500 from one year ago.   And the JSC remains in a healthy financial position. 

I am excited to share details about two upcoming summer events:

1. John Street Golf Outing: Join us on July 25 from Noon to 6:30 PM at Knoll Country Club in Boonton, NJ for a day of golf and networking, coordinated by Michael Hodson, Secretary. 

2. Joint Mixer with Water Street Club: On August 8 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM, we will be hosting a joint mixer with the Water Street Club at Industry Kitchen in NYC. This will be a great opportunity to connect with members from another esteemed club, coordinated by Qi Hang, Events Chairperson.

Our monthly speaker schedule will resume on September 12 with Julie Wood, CEO of QBE North America. We also have upcoming 2024 speakers including Joel Wood from CIAB (October 10), Vince Tizzio from AXIS Capital (November 14), and we are scheduled to close out 2024 with Mark Wilhelm from Safety National on December 12.  We are always seeking industry speakers for our pipeline.  If you have any ideas please reach out to our terrific Speaker Chairperson, James Riviezzo.

Lastly, I am thrilled to announce that the John Street Club will be launching an online Shopify store in Fall 2024. This will provide members with the opportunity to purchase club merchandise. Thanks to our Vice President, Kim Boldi, for her hard work behind the scenes on this.

If we don't have the chance to see you at our upcoming summer events, I hope you have a wonderful summer. As always, we welcome and appreciate any feedback you may have.

Kind Regards,

Peter Linn

Dear John Street Club Membership,

In March 2024, we conducted a membership survey and we would like to thank you for your participation. The Board of Governors has carefully reviewed all the feedback received and we are pleased to provide you with this summary.

We received 37 responses for a response rate of 16% to our eight question survey. 

Overall, we received very favorable feedback (very satisfied, or satisfied) to most questions with our highest ratings in the areas of "Quality of Guest Speakers", "Opportunity to Network and Socialize", "Overall value of JSC Membership", and "Proactive Communications".

However, we have also identified areas where we can make improvements (i.e. "Avenues to learn and grow", and "Ability to showcase personal branding").

Based on the feedback, we have identified the following themes for response or improvement and have outlined the corresponding actions we will take:

1.   Availability of "SWAG" (name tags, pins, ties, scarves, etc.) is an important and recurring theme. We are actively working on addressing this and will provide a communication update soon.

2.   We have received some requests for virtual events (Zoom/Teams). While we understand the sentiment, the JSC is primarily focused on in-person events, except under extraordinary circumstances.

3.   Dinner events (as opposed to luncheons) have been previously considered and will be reconsidered in 2025.

4.   Showcasing a panel of young professionals is a great idea, and we plan to experiment with this during an upcoming summer mixer.

5.   A "speed networking" opportunity with senior industry leaders has been suggested and will be considered for 2025, possibly with a charity component.

We encourage you to provide any additional feedback or comments to me or any JSC Governor either in person or via email.  We are also considering conducting an annual membership survey each January to track our progress.

Thank you once again for your participation and valuable input.

Best regards,

Peter Linn, President

Dear Members, I deeply appreciate the vote of confidence by the board and the members. I am honored to have been selected President and will do my very best to lead the John Street Club in 2024. The club is in excellent shape, and there is a fantastic team of officers, governors, and advisors. I am particularly grateful to past presidents Steve Robinson, Kerry Dunn, and Andrew Weitzman for their leadership through unprecedented conditions: “The Pandemic Presidents.” Not only have we endured but we have flourished. 2024 will be our 78th year of continuous operation – an impressive accomplishment, especially when you consider the many historical events of impact since 1946. The John Street Club is the most prestigious risk and insurance social network community in the country. We have robust connections to the most senior executives in our industry; we reside in the heart of commerce; and we have a vast network of members who represent all aspects of industry demographics.  This position offers us a great opportunity to promote, advocate, educate, and contribute to the health of the risk and insurance industry. In order to keep momentum going we need to have constantly evolving goals.  This led me to consider our primary objectives for 2024. I have discussed these goals & objectives with several officers and governors. They are simple but meaningful: Continue the strong club momentum reestablished in 2022. This includes continuing to raise the profile of the club using various external communications methods including a strong emphasis on social media. Position the club well for the future through high-interest speakers, event attendance, outreach, membership growth, and opportunities for membership involvement. Improved cadence and depth of communications with members (i.e. publish speakers once confirmed, bimonthly updates via email or website or LinkedIn, meet our Calascione scholarship recipients, etc.) The John Street Club can only be effective and successful through the engagement and energy of our members, officers, governors, and advisors. We are fortunate to have a terrific 2024 John Street Club leadership team:  2024 Officers Vice President – Kim Boldi Secretary – Michael Hodson (also Golf Outing Chair) Treasurer – James Murphy Membership Chair – Paula Trinchera Speaker Chair – James Riviezzo 2024 Governors Gillian Russo Brendan Mahoney (Scholarship Chair) Joseph Vitale Stacie Lilien (support the Membership and Speaker Chairs) Anders Land Qi Hang (Social Chair) 2024 Advisory Board Steve Robinson Kerry Dunn Alan Carlson Hilary Ruby We are excited for 2024 and look forward to delivering a great program of events, speakers, and engagement opportunities. Kind Regards, Peter Linn

Dear Members, At today's Annual General Meeting, my term as President of John Street Club will end, and we will begin a new act in our history. When I reflect on my duration on the Board of Governors and as President, I'm reminded of a quote from Shakespeare's play: The Tempest: "What's past is prologue," meaning what's transpired before is the opening of what is to come. Last year, 2023, our Club finally exited the pandemic era. It began early in Andrew Weitzman's first term in March 2020 with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, continuing under Kerry Dunn in 2022 for our reopening, and concluded this year with the ending of the federal emergency response on May 11, 2023, which also happened to be, poetically, our largest luncheon event all year. With my departure the last of the pandemic Presidents will have moved on. I benefited greatly by serving as Secretary under Andrew and Vice President under Kerry and appreciated both staying on the Advisory Board this year. They are both profiles in leadership, and our resurgence this year was in large part because of their efforts. When we refreshed our branding earlier this year, I insisted we add the year we were established: 1946, because we've collectively earned every one of our 78 years of continuous operation and rightly should wear it with pride. I'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge our guest speakers. Our signature event, the speaker luncheon, is only possible because industry leaders are willing to make the time to stop by and speak to us. It's always a thrill to find out many have been to one of our meetings before! You would be amazed at the time and energy spent preparing for our events. On behalf of the Club we are truly appreciative. This year was an astonishingly productive year for our Club. Some of the highlights were: Refreshed the Club's iconic branding. Completed the migration of Club records to the new Admin platform. Relaunched the website. Created a LinkedIn group that attracted over 1,100 followers. Created sponsored tables for luncheons to help defray the cost of speaker luncheons. Enhanced our Club's Governance by adopting modified Robert's Rules, updated our Operational Plan, and created Standing Rules to track Board of Governors resolutions. Recruited 26 new members and convinced many former members who had lapsed during the pandemic to return (thank you to our phenomenal Membership Chairperson Paula Trincera). Forged partnerships with the Water Street Club and The Bridge with a social mixer event and joint luncheon, respectively (thank you to our liaisons David Lynders and Kirk Hudson). Conducted nine Speaker Luncheons, with four consecutive luncheons having more than +100 attendees (Jonathan Zaffino of Ascot, The Hard Market, John Lupica of Chubb, and Sara Robson of Marsh w/ The Bridge) and held four special events. Rebooted our Annual Scholarship Golf Outing benefiting the Stephen M. Calascione Memorial Scholarship Fund for the first time since 2021 and raised $1,500 benefiting the scholarship fund (thank you Dennis Brown, Michael Hodson and James Murphy). Proposed and ratified eight changes to our Bylaws encompassing adding inclusionary principles to our Object clause; moving our default luncheon day to Thursday; designating Speaker and Membership Chairperson permanent Officer positions, and changing future elections so that the membership will directly elect all Officer roles (in addition to President). All these accomplishments were only possible with the time and energy of our Board of Governors and Advisory Board. It is indeed an exceptional group of accomplished professionals, thank you for your service. Thank you to Hilary Ruby for serving as our Club Secretary for three terms; one if not the most challenging and time-consuming jobs on the board, and to Kim Boldi, our Speaker Chairperson, for recruiting a full slate of fantastic speakers last year. Thank you to all of our member volunteers, in particular Stephen Farrelly for another fantastic year organizing and hosting the Annual Governors Dinner. Congratulations to Alan Carlson, who is the winner of the Hawley T. Chester Award for Excellence in Service to The John Street Club, for his six years of service on the Board of Governors. He's served in whatever way he was asked, including Membership Chair, Treasurer, and Governor. He was always a valued and consistent contributor for his entire time on the board – this honor is well deserved. Congratulations to the Stephen M. Calascione Memorial Scholarship recipients this year: Grace Comas and John Pappas. Also, thank you to Ned Browne, current Member and former President, who serves on the board of another organization set up in Steve Calascione's honor for the benefit of SNACK, for facilitating a generous donation to the scholarship fund. While I never met Steve, I'm amazed at the impact his legacy continues to have to this day. This year's nominating committee was comprised Kim Boldi, Alan Carlson, and Hilary Ruby, and it presented its recommendations for new board members last month. We are fortunate to have recruited five terrific new members to the Board of Governors , and we will undoubtedly see their positive impact in the years to come. In addition, the committee recommended a very qualified and dedicated candidate as our next President: Peter Linn. A quick word about Peter: It has been a pleasure serving alongside him on the Board of Governors for several years now through the pandemic, reopening, and resurgence. Through it all, he remained steadfastly committed and was an ambassador of our Club to the industry beyond. He most recently served as Vice President and was responsible for pushing forward a few of the previously mentioned initiatives. He was also formerly the Speaker Chairperson, bringing that valuable experience to this role. Congratulations, Peter, I'm confident you will do great. It's been an honor and privilege to serve as the 76th President of the John Street Club and on the Board of Governors; even through the tempests. My time is now a small part of our storied past. That past has always inspired me, but I'm still even more excited for our future. And if our past is prologue, we can expect great things at the John Street Club for a very long time to come. Best regards, Steve Robinson The Board of Governors for the 23-24 term was: Steve Robinson – President Peter Linn – Vice President Hilary Ruby – Secretary James Murphy – Treasurer Kim Boldi - Speaker Chairperson Paula Trinchera - Membership Chairperson Alan Carlson - Governor Brooke Ellis Moriarty – Governor Michael Hodson – Governor Brendan Mahoney – Governor Gillian Russo – Governor William Sutherland - Governor The Advisory Board was: Kerry Dunn Ian McMullin Andrew Weitzman, MBA The Luncheon Speakers were: Santi Hernandez , CEO of Arch Re Facultative Elizabeth (Greer) Geary , President Insurance Solutions at Liberty Mutual Rose Hall, Head of Innovation AXA XL Ecosystem Jonathan Zaffino, Group President and CEO of Ascot Group Ltd. The Hard Market John Lupica, Chairman, Chubb Group and President North America Insurance Sarah Robson, CEO of Marsh Canada Limited Rajiv Punja, Chief Product Officer at Ledger Investing Hank Watkins , Regional Director and President – Americas at Lloyds

The renewal date for all members is March 1st.

The annual dues are set every January; by the Board of Governors, prior to first renewal email solicitation sent in early February.

The current annual dues for the 2023-2024 period are as follows:

• Junior / Non-Resident Membership - $150.00
• Resident-Membership - $250.00

For all new members the above amount is pro-rated based on when your membership is approved by the Board of Governors.

My Fellow Members,

As we kickoff the 2023 Speaker Luncheon series, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself, apprise you of what we have accomplished since the new term began and share what you can do to help.

For those who don’t know me, I’m Steve Robinson, the current President of the Board of Governors. I joined the Club in September 2015 and have served on the Board since 2018, most recently as Vice President.

We are fortunate to have an extremely talented and committed group of club Officers, Governors and Advisors. They can be viewed here: Board of Governors. I ask that you provide them your encouragement and full support.

There’s no question that our Club has been through a very difficult period; for reasons we all know. Now is the time to turn the page. Since our term began at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on January 12th, there's been an extraordinary amount of progress made on many of the current and legacy matters brought before the current and previous Board of Governors.

I’m delighted to report that we are off to a running start. Our recent February event hosting Santi Hernandez, CEO of Arch Re Fac had over 50 attendees!

In addition, thanks to the herculean efforts of our Board of Governors, we have:

• Refreshed the Club's iconic branding.
• Relaunched our website and made it more user friendly.
• Finished the migration to a new event and club admin platform (which Guests can now pay on their own!).
• Launched a LinkedIn page which attracted over +430 followers in the first 30 days.
• Developed an easy-to-use online membership application for Membership Candidates.
• Created information and marketing materials for future potential Guest Speakers.
• Secured world-class speakers for the 1H of 2023.

While this is a strong start, there is still work to be done including: developing inclusionary principles into our by-laws, improving our annual Scholarship Golf Event and reconnecting with Members with incorrect contact info in our system.

I’ve asked a lot of this Board to upgrade this Club for future sustainable success and they have delivered. Here's how you can help:

Renew your Membership!

• As of today, we have ~67% of Members who have renewed (with more coming in today!) in advance of the March 1st deadline.
• Important Notice: The Board decided to reinstate all memberships that lapsed during the Pandemic (2020 to present). If you lapsed during this period, log into the website (with the same email you registered with) and request a password. You will be eligible to renew for the 23-24 term.
• • Let me be absolutely clear, we want you back!

Attend our upcoming events!

• Thursday, March 9th – Rose Hall, SVP Head of Innovation AXA XL Ecosystem
• Thursday, April 13th – Elizabeth Geary, President of Insurance Solutions at Liberty Mutual
• Thursday, May 11th – Jonathan Zaffino, Group President & CEO of Ascot Group Ltd.
• Thursday, June 8th – The Hard Market

Bring guests and get the word out!

• If you are attending an event, bring Guests (Members can pay for Guests or they have ability to pay on their own using the Guest Pin).
• Follow our LinkedIn page and share our event posts with your network.
• You can also invite people to follow this group (our goal is 1K followers by YE 2023).
• If you know any senior leaders who would want to be a Guest Speaker let our Speaker Chair know! We are still building our 2H 2023.

The key measure of our Club’s resurgence, in my mind, will be hosting an event which exceeds 128 attendees; which was the attendance at our last meeting prior to the pandemic. As many of you remember that event was March 6, 2020, and our Guest Speaker was John Q. Doyle, the current CEO of the Marsh & McLennan Companies. The Board set a goal at the start of the term to exceed that pre-pandemic attendee count this year, but lately were feeling optimistic we can do it sooner rather than later with our impressive spring speaker lineup!

The Board of Governors, particularly the Officers, have been working tirelessly to make the club a better experience and to make it a more inclusive and welcoming place. We envision a Club that’s inspired by its history and excited for the future. The Board has truly poured their hearts and souls into the project of renewal and reinvention. Whether these efforts will be enough, to turn the page to the next exciting chapter in John Street Club history, is ultimately up to you.

Thank you for your prior and future support.

Best regards,

Steve Robinson, President - Board of Governors. John Street Insurance Association

Guests can pay for their own luncheon by utilizing the event pin number provided within the event invitation email sent to Club Member.

For events where Guests are invited to attend, they can enter the pin number in the prompt on the Event Registration page of the John Street Club website and enter their own payment information.

The Member that provides the event pin number will serve as the Escorting Member and is responsible for assisting the Guest in attending the event.

We welcome and invite Members to bring guests to our luncheons! Throughout our Club's history It has served as an important tool to recruit future Members and as a way to build awareness.

There are two ways Escorting Members can bring Guests:

• The Escorting Member can register (and pay) for your Guest through the web site when you register yourself.
• The Escorting Member can provide the event pin number to the Guest which will allow for self-service registration (and payment). This process is explained further here: FAQ: How can my guest pay for their luncheon?

If you have any additional questions you can reach out to our Speaker Chair at: events@johnstreetclub.com

The cost of a luncheon is set by the Board of Governors. The current price, which was set by the Board in 2023, is:

• $80.00 for Members
• $125.00 for Membership Candidates
• $125.00 for Guests
• $1,5000.00 for Sponsored Tables (set for ten)

The Member rate is only available for those Members who are in Good Standing.

To sponsor a table please follow these instruction: