Speaker
Howard Siegel
CEO
Irwin Siegel Agency
Howard Siegel became President and CEO of Irwin Siegel Agency (ISA) in June of 2000. Mr. Siegel joined ISA in 1979 as a Personal Lines underwriter after receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from Ithaca College and his Property and Casualty License. By 1984, Mr. Siegel had advanced to Commercial Lines underwriting and was instrumental in introducing the first comprehensive insurance package for providers of services to people with developmental disabilities. In 1994 Mr. Siegel was named Executive Vice President and COO.
Mr. Siegel is a strong supporter both personally and professionally with local, state, and national organizations that enhance human service programs. In 1994, Howard developed the Award for Improvement in the Quality of Life for People with Disabilities to honor direct support staff. Howard has also sponsored several other awards, including the American Association on Mental Retardation's Robert Guthrie Award for Advances in Biochemical and Molecular Genetics, United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association's Irv Rutman Award and the President's Committee on Mental Retardation- John F. Kennedy, Jr. Award for Excellence as a Direct Support Professional.
Mr. Siegel currently serves his local and professional communities as a board member for a newly formed federally qualified health center (FQHC) operating in the Bronx, as a board member for the Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency as well as serving on the board of the Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress. He is also a member and past President of the Monticello Rotary Club. He has also served as President for the Rock Hill Business and Community Association, Inc., and a past trustee of NYSARC Trusts.
Additional memberships include the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce, which in 2010 awarded him with their Business Person of the Year Award and the National Safety Council, which in 1998 awarded him their Distinguished Services to Safety Award recognizing him as a leader of "Best Practices" in safety for those with disabilities. Previously, he has served as an Advisory Board member of Reaching Up, Inc., as well as a board member of the Town of Thompson Planning Board, the Partnership for Economic Development, and the Holiday Mountain Ski Commission.
ISA's Developmental Disabilities Program continues to be the cornerstone of the agency's Human Service programs today. Through Mr. Siegel's direction, ISA is positioned as a leading provider of insurance and risk management services to the Human Service field. Mr. Siegel has guided ISA's transition to becoming a program administrator in the program division of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and Chubb.
As CEO of a company that embodies his vision, Mr. Siegel is ideally placed to address critical issues within the human service field and carry on ISA's mission of "Supporting Those Who Support Others.®"
Mr. Siegel is a strong supporter both personally and professionally with local, state, and national organizations that enhance human service programs. In 1994, Howard developed the Award for Improvement in the Quality of Life for People with Disabilities to honor direct support staff. Howard has also sponsored several other awards, including the American Association on Mental Retardation's Robert Guthrie Award for Advances in Biochemical and Molecular Genetics, United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association's Irv Rutman Award and the President's Committee on Mental Retardation- John F. Kennedy, Jr. Award for Excellence as a Direct Support Professional.
Mr. Siegel currently serves his local and professional communities as a board member for a newly formed federally qualified health center (FQHC) operating in the Bronx, as a board member for the Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency as well as serving on the board of the Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress. He is also a member and past President of the Monticello Rotary Club. He has also served as President for the Rock Hill Business and Community Association, Inc., and a past trustee of NYSARC Trusts.
Additional memberships include the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce, which in 2010 awarded him with their Business Person of the Year Award and the National Safety Council, which in 1998 awarded him their Distinguished Services to Safety Award recognizing him as a leader of "Best Practices" in safety for those with disabilities. Previously, he has served as an Advisory Board member of Reaching Up, Inc., as well as a board member of the Town of Thompson Planning Board, the Partnership for Economic Development, and the Holiday Mountain Ski Commission.
ISA's Developmental Disabilities Program continues to be the cornerstone of the agency's Human Service programs today. Through Mr. Siegel's direction, ISA is positioned as a leading provider of insurance and risk management services to the Human Service field. Mr. Siegel has guided ISA's transition to becoming a program administrator in the program division of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and Chubb.
As CEO of a company that embodies his vision, Mr. Siegel is ideally placed to address critical issues within the human service field and carry on ISA's mission of "Supporting Those Who Support Others.®"
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