Company Leaders
Texas Mutual Insurance Company is led by its senior leadership and board of directors.
Senior leadership includes our president, chief operating officer and representatives from each of our divisions.
Our board of directors represents a diverse range of Texas industries and regions. The governor, with the advice and consent of the Texas Senate, appoints five of the nine directors, including the chair. Our policyholders elect the other four directors.
Senior leadership
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Ron Wright President Ron Wright served as chief operating officer at Texas Mutual from 1997 to 2009, when the company's board of directors appointed him president. Before joining Texas Mutual, Mr. Wright held a range of management positions at Travelers, including manager of the Dallas claim office, vice president of field operations and senior vice president of commercial lines. He was also the senior vice president of workers' compensation for Travelers Aetna Property and Casualty Corporation. Mr. Wright holds a BS and an MBA from the University of Memphis. | |
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Lisa Corless Chief Operating Officer Lisa Corless served as Texas Mutual senior vice president of claim and underwriting operations from 2005 to 2009, when the company promoted her to chief operating officer. Prior to her promotion, Ms. Corless served as vice president of claim field operations between 2001 and 2005. From 1998 to 2001, she held management positions in Texas Mutual's Dallas, Lubbock and Houston regional offices. Ms. Corless has served as advisor and chair of the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds Claims and Rehabilitation Committee and chair of the American Insurance Association Workers' Compensation Subcommittee. |
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Mike Barron Senior Vice President Financial Services Mike Barron is a certified public accountant with over 30 years of experience in accounting and financial management. Prior to joining Texas Mutual in 2003, he spent over 18 years with Big-8 accounting and consulting firms. He also served as the CFO of a major pension fund and two state agencies. Mr. Barron is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and a graduate of the University of Texas. |
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Lynette Caldwell Vice President Human Resources After graduating from the University of Texas with honors, Lynette Caldwell spent eight years in HR leadership positions at TN Technologies Inc. She joined Texas Mutual in 1999, serving as senior manager of human resources and senior manager of compensation/benefits. In June 2008, the company promoted her to vice president of human resources. She is a certified senior professional in human resources, certified Seven Habits of Highly Effective People facilitator, and former advisor/chair of the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds Human Resources Committee. | |
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Terry Frakes Senior Vice President Public Affairs Terry Frakes is a Texas Mutual® pioneer. He became the company's second employee when he came on board in 1991, and he was its first executive council member. Mr. Frakes represents the company during legislative sessions, serves as media contact, and oversees communications initiatives. His 25-year public affairs career includes stops as regional director of governmental affairs of a major national trade association, director of government affairs at the Texas Department of Insurance, and special assistant to the House Insurance Committee. |
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Cecily Gallagher Corporate Actuary & Chief Risk Officer Cecily Gallagher provides actuarial analysis of long-term and critical strategic issues for senior management and the board. She also oversees the pricing and reserving actuarial function, heads up risk quantification analysis, and assists with risk mitigation efforts. Mrs. Gallagher formerly served as Texas Mutual’s senior vice president of underwriting and actuarial services. Prior to joining the company in 1998, she worked as a consultant and principal with Tillinghast/Towers Perrin for almost 20 years. Mrs. Gallagher earned a bachelor’s in mathematics from Trinity University in San Antonio and a master’s in statistics from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. |
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Randy Johnson Senior Vice President Investments Randy Johnson joined Texas Mutual Insurance Company in 1995. His Investments team is responsible for managing the company's $4 billion diversified investment portfolio. Mr. Johnson is a University of Texas graduate who has over 20 years of senior-level financial and management experience. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Texas Society of CPAs. |
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Steve Math Senior Vice President Underwriting Steve Math comes to Texas Mutual from Argo Insurance Group, where he served as senior vice president and chief actuary. Prior to that, he served in chief actuary roles at ACE Insurance Group and CNA. Mr. Math holds a bachelor’s in mathematics from MIT and a master’s in management from the University of Texas at Dallas. He has earned the Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society designation, the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter designation, and the Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (M.A.A.A.) designation. |
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Bill McLellan Senior Vice President Information Technology Bill McLellan joined Texas Mutual Insurance Company in 2003, after spending the last five years in senior-level Information Technology (IT) positions with Motorola. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Texas. In his 25-year career, he has held senior-level IT positions with the Texas Army National Guard, Tracor, and Motorola Semiconductor Product Sector. He retired as a major from the U.S. Army, with over 20 years of combined active and reserve duty. |
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Mary Nichols Senior Vice President/General Counsel Mary Nichols joined Texas Mutual Insurance Company in 1995. She oversees the Office of the General Counsel, which includes the legal, special investigations, and subrogation departments. Before joining the company, she practiced law for ten years at Vinson & Elkins, LLP, where she started as a public finance attorney and later moved into insurance-related litigation. She received her J.D. with honors from the University of Texas, and she is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Travis County Bar Association. |
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Jeanette Ward Senior Vice President Claims Jeanette Ward joined Texas Mutual in 1993 after earning her Bachelor of Arts in Government from the University of Texas at Austin. She has since climbed the company’s ranks, serving as operations analyst to the chief operating officer; senior manager of corporate planning, budget and accounting; vice president of claim and information services; and vice president of claim support services. In that role, she directed system implementation for the company’s certified workers’ compensation health care network. She has also overseen process and system management, statewide claim offices, the claim intake unit and the imaging unit. Mrs. Ward is now responsible for claim operations, claim quality and compliance, the company call center, and network and medical operations. |