Whitney Alt serves as the Vice President of Distribution, overseeing distribution strategies for both Velocity Risk and WKFC. She joined Velocity Risk in 2021 and expanded her leadership to include WKFC in 2025. Prior to joining Velocity, Whitney was at ICAT for 9.5 years where she held numerous roles including Vice President, National Distribution. Her…
Jake Rothfuss is CEO of Velocity Risk Underwriters, LLC and WKFC Underwriting Managers, both part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers, following the acquisition of Velocity Risk Underwriters, LLC in 2025. He became CEO of Velocity Risk in 2023, after serving as President beginning in 2020. He first joined the firm in 2018 as Chief Operating…
Brendan brings 25 years of experience in property insurance across diverse geographies and industries. He began his professional journey as an engineer in various heavy industry sectors before joining FM Global in 2001 as a Field Engineer. Over his nine-year tenure at FM Global, Brendan held roles in Account Engineering, Underwriting, and Sales. In 2010,…
Dieuly joined WKFC in September of 2015 as Associate Underwriter in their property division. He was given the opportunity to lead the newly created Renewal Express Department (RED) Team in 2016, which was designed to help optimize and enhance servicing of renewal property accounts across all the WKFC offices. The RED team has since grown…
Joan Bauer is Chief Operating Officer at WKFC and CorRisk Underwriting Managers. Previously, she served as Director of Strategic Initiatives, leading the BOP program and co-leading the Deductible Buyback Program. She has been with WKFC since 2010, initially training as an underwriter under Dawn D’Onofrio. Joan is instrumental in the implementation of new initiative and…
Doug has spent his career with the WKFC team. Upon graduating from SUNY Farmingdale in 2008 with a degree in management technology, Doug started at WKF&C Agency, Inc. as a claims assistant to Robert Klipera. Through the mentoring by Robert Klipera, Doug rose the ranks in the organization. Doug held various positions from Claims Analyst…
Jim joined Ryan Specialty in February of 2017 and has over 30 years of underwriting experience in Commercial Property & Marine. Jim has extensive experience in building profitable underwriting portfolios and has a wide range of experience in underwriting Energy, Mining, Marine, Railroads and Agriculture. Most recently, he was SVP of Zurich Specialty Wholesale, where…
Ravi Singhvi was named President of WKFC Underwriting Managers in March of 2023. Prior to that position, he was WKFC’s Chief Operation Officer, with his primary attention on administration of audit, new product innovation, and catastrophe management. Previously, Ravi served as Vice President of Analytics at AJG/RPS from 2011-2018 and led the creation of RPS’…