Judy Busby, MBA, MSMOB, PMP

Judy Busby is Senior Vice President and Managing Director for The Jacobson Group’s executive search practice, managing C-level, Board Director, Vice President and other executive-level searches for clients in the health and property and casualty insurance markets. In this role, Judy delivers meaningful search and selection consulting, helping her clients access the leaders they need to drive their businesses forward.

Judy offers an impressive track record of organizational development and high-performance leadership. Most recently, Judy served six years as head of Jacobson’s executive search practice, providing leadership and strategic direction to the team. Her transition to Managing Director allows her to leverage her passion for helping executives and leaders realize their organizations’ strategic objectives by working hands-on with clients and directly impacting their search engagements. In fact, through her strategic and consultative approach to executive search, she has even inspired a few of our clients to shift their organizational structures to better align with their missions, visions and objectives. Her expertise in human behavior science also uniquely positions her to successfully identify high-impact leaders who will be successful in their roles.

A successful entrepreneur, prior to joining Jacobson, Judy owned a well-established management consulting firm specializing in high-performance leadership and executive coaching. Her impressive career record includes tenures with large publicly traded corporations, where she was responsible for leading several hundred technical and professional employees and contractors through strategic business initiatives. She also directed projects nationwide for new product development, process improvement and leadership development. Judy has held Executive Director positions in publishing, biotechnology, transportation and process management consulting, leading functions such as customer service, engineering, facilities, human resources, maintenance, operations and quality.

Judy is dedicated to fostering future leaders, serving as a mentor for Women Unlimited, Inc., a program that develops high-potential women in major corporations. Additionally, she presents at the Emerging Leaders Conference each year to educate and celebrate rising stars in insurance. A recognized thought leader, she regularly conducts workshops on leadership, facilitation, personal branding and talent management. Judy remains actively involved in the insurance community through speaking engagements and participation in industry events, including those of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, National African American Insurance Association, Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association and Society of Actuaries.

Judy received her Master of Science in Management and Organizational Behavior with a major in organization development from Benedictine University, her Master of Business Administration in operations management from St. Joseph’s University, and a bachelor’s degree in business logistics from Penn State University. She is a certified Project Management Professional® and has earned the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate from the University of South Florida Muma College of Business.

Yuval Man

Co-Founder & CEO of DigitalOwl, leading an innovative company that harnesses the transformative power of AI to streamline and elevate the review of medical data. With a focus on making the process faster, more efficient, and more precise, DigitalOwl empowers insurance, healthcare, and legal professionals to unlock the full potential of their medical data for better outcomes. Compelled to find a better way to evaluate and summarize medical information for underwriting and claim analysis, Yuval co-founded DigitalOwl alongside his brother Amit. Their collective vision has propelled DigitalOwl to become a recognized leader in InsurTech.

Dave Rengachary, M.D.

Dr. Dave Rengachary is Senior Vice President and Head of Underwriting for U.S. Mortality Markets at RGA Reinsurance Company, where he has served instrumental roles in setting the risk philosophy for the department, oversight of US Manual development, leadership roles across numerous USMM underwriting initiatives and regulatory engagements.  He previously served as Chief Medical Director for RGA. Prior to joining RGA in 2013, he was a general neurologist in practice at Missouri Baptist Medical Center where he also served as medical director for their Primary Stroke Center. In 2021 Dr. Rengachary accepted a position as chair of ACLI’s Risk Classification Committee.  Prior industry roles include President of the Midwestern Medical Directors Association; Deputy Director of the Longer Life Foundation; Medical Consultant for the Academy of Life Underwriting; and member of the Educational Committee of the American Academy of Insurance Medicine.

Angel Teta

An open mind, a desire to learn, and an innate ability to connect led Angel Teta to Portland, Oregon in the dawn of the cocktail renaissance. Liquor licenses were cheap and the scene was just beginning to blossom. Angel decided to draw on her years behind the stick, her knowledge rooted in growing up in restaurants, and her desire to improve upon her foundation in hospitality to make a career out bartending. At the time, it was mostly men making noise in the industry. She wasn’t content to keep it that way.

After diving into the local scene, becoming active in the USBG, and volunteering for every cocktail fest she could find, she started to gain some momentum. She believed that a rising tide would float all boats –making not only more space for women in a male-dominated industry, but also creating, innovating and empowering others –along the way creating a name for herself. She racked up honors in national competitions including Tales of the Cocktail and Speedrack, led the bar program for a top restaurant with a Michelin-star chef, and started paying attention to a growing brand that caught her eye: Angel’s Envy.

Since 2012 she has represented Angel’s Envy, first as a local Whiskey Guardian, before moving to more regional roles as she honed her voice in the industry. Angel now resides in Louisville, where she travels the world on behalf of Angel’s Envy, responsible for brand education, cocktail strategy, industry advocacy, and drink innovations. Last year, Angel was named the Bourbon Women – Women of Whiskey Brand Ambassador of the Year. With a deep knowledge and desire to educate on fortified wines and secondary barrel finishing, she has not only a wealth of knowledge about Angel’s Envy but knows the foundational building blocks that make it unique as a house of finished whiskies. Her approach to cocktailing, and to life, is at once joyful and diligent. Angel is not just raising the bar — she's redefining it.