Lisa Katterman was named by the Board of Directors to serve as the new President of the Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (PAMIC) in May, 2022. Prior to such time, Ms. Katterman served Penn National Insurance in Harrisburg, PA, for over 27 years. Most recently, she acted as the Sr. Corporate Counsel and Director, Industry Relations and Compliance for Penn National where she was responsible for legal, government and industry affairs, and corporate compliance and ethics matters, as well as acting as administrator of the Company’s political action committee.
Although her official role as President began this year, Lisa’s service to PAMIC spans decades where she served as Board of Director, Chairman of its PAC Trustee and Government Affairs Committees, as well as Convention Committees. She has served as Chair and Committee member on numerous other state trades, as well as being heavily involved in national industry trade associations over her career, including serving NAMIC on its Federal Affairs Committee.
Katterman received her Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from West Virginia University, where she actively served on the University’s Board of Governors and attended Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, receiving her Juris Doctor degree from that institution in 1992. Ms. Katterman was a founding member of the Women’s Law Caucus at Widener.
Voted in 2006 as a Rising Star Lawyer in Pennsylvania and one of the Top Young Lawyers in Pennsylvania in 2005, Lisa has served as corporate counsel forging meaningful relationships within the community, local, state and federal government, as well as, within the insurance industry. She formerly served as 2008-2010 President of the Board of Directors of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the 2010-2012 President and former Board of Director of the Association of Corporate Counsel in Central PA. She more recently served as 2019 President of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, a statewide insurance defense association, where she has served as an officer or director since 2008. She also remains active in Women in Pennsylvania Government Relations, the Pennsylvania Association of Government Relations, Pennsylvania and Dauphin County Bar Associations, and St. Thomas Moore Society. She serves as a volunteer for the United Way, where she is a member of the Women’s Leadership Network, the YWCA, Central PA Food Bank, and Caitlin’s Smiles. She has spoken on a variety of topics including federal and state compliance initiatives, in-house practice, regulatory and governance frameworks, legislative issues and legal trends. Ms. Katterman was a 2008 recipient of the YWCA Women of Excellence Award. She is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Katterman lives in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and is the proud mother of three grown children.
Lisa would be happy to hear from you! She can be contacted at lkatterman@pamic.org or by phone at (717)680-6568.
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