Straight Laced.

• Author: Acunto, Steve
• Position: [FOREWORD]

Linda Lacewell has been nominated Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services. She would succeed Maria Vullo in the role. Ms. Lacewell most recently served as Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Governor. In that role, she oversaw Executive Chamber operations, as well as ethics and law enforcement matters. Ms. Lacewell previously served as executive director of a cancer foundation initiative in Culver City, California. Prior to that, Ms. Lacewell served as Chief Risk Officer and Counselor to Governor Cuomo where she built and implemented the first statewide system for ethics, risk and compliance in agencies and authorities. Ms. Lacewell was formerly special counsel to the Governor, as well as the architect of Open NY, a state-of-the-art open data initiative. She also served as special counsel to Attorney General Cuomo, where she oversaw the public pension fund pay-to-play investigation and the out-of-network health insurance investigation, both of which led to nationwide systemic reform. Prior to that, Ms. Lacewell spent nine years as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, including two years on the Enron Task Force, and received the Henry L. Stimson Medal and the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service. Ms. Lacewell earned her B.A. from New College of the University of South Florida and her J.D. with honors from the University of Miami School of Law. She clerked for a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. She serves as an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law, teaching ethics in government, and previously served as an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University School of Law, teaching international criminal law.... Amazing Pamela Newman just received the Woman of Inspiration Award from Business Insurance. Pamela was our inspiring Insurance Person of the Year in 2016 and continues to lead the field of accomplished women across the country.... The Hill, a leading political newspaper, has named Bob Rusbuldt, Big "I" president & CEO, and Charles Symington, Big "I" senior vice president of external, industry, and government...