I-Day 2015 | "Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges"

Brenda Powell Wells holds both a BA of Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Risk Management and Insurance from UGA. In 2009 she moved to ECU to build a new risk management and insurance program and to become the first holder of the Robert Byrd Endowed Chair in Risk Management & Insurance.

During her career she has taught Principles of Insurance, Risk Management, Commercial Liability Insurance, Commercial Property Insurance, and Insurance Company operations, Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning. She is the Faculty Advisor to the ECU Society of Risk Management and Insurance.

Eddie has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. He has broad experiences having worked for Travelers Insurance, National Council on Compensation Insurance, Liberty Mutual Insurance, and Synergy Insurance.   He has held progressive leadership roles in Operations and Claims Management, as well as Quality Assurance and Attestation.

He obtained his CPCU designation in 2007 and is currently serving as CPCU Governor for the North Carolina region.  He also has been certified as a Workers’ Compensation Claim Law Specialist and in Six Sigma as a Green Belt. Eddie has a Master’s in Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University.

Susan K. Burkhart, a partner with Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP since its founding in 1992, focuses in the Insurance Coverage Practice Group. Susan counsels and defends large and small insurers and agents in their most complex and sensitive insurance cases.
Susan's decades of professional achievement are recognized in her attainment of the highest (“AV”) rating in Martindale-Hubbell, the most prestigious peer review rating for attorneys. She has litigated over one hundred declaratory judgment actions for insurers in her twenty-nine year career, including coverage actions arising from class action lawsuits.

Davin Olsen is in his 18th year with the franchise. Olsen oversees the daily operations and functions held at PNC Arena. He contracts, schedules and coordinates all logistical and technical aspects of events that take place at the arena.

While he is based in Raleigh, Olsen also consults on other Gale Force Holdings ventures, including Germain Arena in Ft. Myers, FL., and Compuware Arena in Plymouth, MI. Prior to joining the Hurricanes, Olsen served as the director of recreational facilities at the UNC Charlotte. With more than 27 years of experience in arena management, Olsen has also administered the New Haven Coliseum, the Hartford Civic Center and UNC-Charlotte.