Scholarship Review Committee
The duty of the Canadian Insurance Scholarship Review Committee is to review applications for scholarships and make awards to applicants who meet the established criteria.
TODD HOCHBAN
Todd began his insurance career in 1977. He has been a commercial lines underwriter, broker and has been training brokers full time since 1989. Todd served 10 years as education director with a provincial broker’s association. During that tenure he participated on many national committees and was involved with the development of many national educational programs. As President of West Coast Training Ltd., Todd instructs over 100 classroom days per year and speaks at many conferences and conventions.
www.westcoasttraining.ca
NEIL McGREGOR B Admin, FCIP
Bio and photo coming soon!
RENATE M. MUELLER, CA
Current President and owner of AMAC Consultants Inc., a Vancouver headquartered firm that specializes in Mergers and Acquisitions and Executive Search services for the insurance industry.
As a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. since 1975, Renate spent seven years in public practice and eight years in forensic accounting for the Federal Government. She was also a former owner of M.G. MacGregor Insurance Agencies Ltd., a B.C. brokerage that specialized in commercial and group association business.
Renate served as President of the Insurance Brokers Association of B.C from 2001-2002, and was also involved in writing and teaching licensing seminar courses for the IBABC. From 1998-2000, she was a director of the Insurance Brokers Association of Canada. She served as a director of Edelweiss Credit Union for 13 years as well as Chairman for two years and a director for four years of the CUMIS Group of Companies that owned Canadian Northern Shield Insurance Company.
Renate was also Director of the Travel Assurance Board of B.C. and had sat on a review committee for the travel industry. Renate was appointed to the audit committee of the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board in 2001 and still sits on that committee. Recently Renate joined the finance committee of Shaughnessy Golf Club.
In 2006 Renate was recognized by her peers when the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC awarded her with the Community Service Award. Renate is also very involved with Big Sisters of the Lower Mainland, for which she started and chaired an annual charity golf tournament in the Lower Mainland. The tournament has raised approximately $500,000.00 for the Charity. Renate is also a Director of Parkinson’s Society of B.C. and served for one year on its charity golf committee.
www.amacconsultants.com
SHELLEY RIDGEWELL
Shelley wrote her Fundamentals of Insurance in 1993, after studying Arts and Economics at the University of Regina. She worked at a brokerage on Vancouver Island for 2 years, completing her Level 2 licensing, before leaving the insurance industry to study Massage Therapy in Vancouver.
After graduating from college, she moved to England where she worked as a physical therapist for 2 years. In London Shelley made a career change and was employed with Micromuse/IBM, Deloitte Consulting, and the England National Rugby Team.
After returning to Canada in 2005, Shelley returned to the insurance industry as a Project Manager at ILScorp. She currently is the Program Coordinator for the Canadian Insurance Scholarship Program.
Shelley has been a volunteer for the Canada Winter Games (BC), Future Hope School (Calcutta), Mentor for the Boys and Girls Club, Director of Comox Valley Community Foundation, Strathcona Rotary member and continues to be involved with other community-based activities.
Interested in joining the committee? Email Shelley Ridgewell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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