Nick Koenemann

Nick Koenemann is a Vice President at Risk Consulting Partners’. Nick has more than ten years in the insurance industry with extensive experience in the Private Equity space, as well as a variety of other industry sectors. In his role, Nick collaborates with his clients/prospective clients to craft an innovative risk management program and/or employee benefit programs that gives them a clear, competitive advantage in their market space. In doing so establishing a strong connection between their risk management program and balance sheet for protection and reduction in cost of capital. Prior to joining Risk Consulting Partners, Nick was with Marsh as an Assistant Vice President and was responsible for managing numerous complex clients risk management and employee benefit programs. Prior to Marsh, Nick was with Lockton St. Louis. Nick is involved with the St. Louis Sports Commission, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and is a supporting member of Association of Corporate Growth, Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He is involved in a variety of charitable boards and activities in St. Louis. Nick received his Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from The George Washington University.

Heather Gardere

Heather Gardere is CEO and Chief Growth Officer of Risk Consulting Partners. Ms. Gardere is responsible for business development across all geographies, recruiting, developing, and retaining key people, client service and the overall growth and success of the firm. Heather is a founding principle of RCP and has been instrumental in building the firm based on the vision of the Chairman, Tim Danis.

Prior to joining Risk Consulting Partners, Ms. Gardere founded and was President of Crestone Risk Management, a specialty insurance broker in Dallas. Her firm focused on executive liability including directors and officers, errors and omissions, fiduciary, crime and other related exposures.

Ms. Gardere began her career over twenty years ago at Corroon and Black in Boston as part of the management training program. Ms. Gardere then joined Aon Risk Services in Chicago as the national practice liaison for voluntary benefits. She was the top producer in 1999 and 2000, in a group of more than 100 sales associates. She joined Lockton Companies in Dallas focusing on large corporate opportunities and complex risk management strategies.

Ms. Gardere received her Bachelor of Arts in both Political Science and Psychology from Saint Louis University. Ms. Gardere is married and has been for 27 years. She and her husband have a daughter 24 and a son 22.

Scott Uhl

Scott Uhl is the National Practice Leader of the Executive Risk unit at Risk Consulting Partners, LLC. Scott’s core placement and consulting focus is on Directors, Officers and Corporate Securities Liability (D&O), Technology Errors & Omissions, Information Security & Cyber/Privacy Liability, Professional Errors and Omission Liability, Employment Practices Liability, and Fiduciary Liability. He has direct access to both the domestic and the Lloyd’s of London marketplaces. Scott regularly speaks and writes on management and professional liability matters.

Prior to joining RCP, Scott served was a Senior Vice-President at EWI Re’s Specialty Casualty wholesale underwriting and captive reinsurance units. Earlier assignments include serving as the Practice Leader of Lockton Financial Services Governance Risk Management Group and Technology unit, based in Silicon Valley and Dallas, as the Western U.S. Underwriting Manager for Liberty International underwriting D&O, EPLI, Fiduciary and Financial Institutions unit, and as the Branch Manager and lead IPO management liability underwriter at American International Group (NYSE: AIG) and as a Risk Manager for CLP Resources (NYSE: TBI).

Scott earned his Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Chico in Economic Geography and attended graduate school at the University of California. Scott was the Southwest Regional Director of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriters Society (PLUS) and Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS). From 2006-2012, Scott served two-terms on the Advisory Board of the National Association of Corporate Director, North Texas Chapter. He regularly lectures at the University of Texas, Dallas (UTD) Department of Risk Management.

When left to his own devices, Scott can usually be found doing something outdoors with his kids, watching the history channel or C-Span or searching out live music or running a 5K. Scott is also an Assistant Scout Master (ASM) for BSA Troop 928 at Whites Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas, and is member of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Ft. Worth.