About Us

Amber Rohde, FCAS is a founding NAWA Board member and the Non-Profit’s first President, and involved in the development of various Impact committees. Amber is an active volunteer for the Casualty Actuarial Society. She is a former President of the Casualty Actuaries of Europe (regional affiliate), chair of the International Member’s Services Committee since 2017, member of the International Leadership Group, and a part of the Members Engagement Advisory Working Group, a subset of the Marketing & Communications CAS team. Amber has been in the Property & Insurance industry for over 17 years with experience worldwide. She is passionate about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion both within her own company (having been involved with many initiatives over the last 15 years), as well as externally. When she connected with others sharing that passion to drive change and address bias across our field, the formation of NAWA was a natural next step. She looks forward to continuing the development and drive toward empowerment and advancement of Actuarial women and the allies that support them.

Adrienne Ostroff, FSA, EA, CERA, FCA, MAAA is a NAWA Board member and currently serving in an officer role as Secretary. She also chairs two impact committees – he Partnerships committee and the Mentorship Program sub-committee. For her day job, Adrienne is the Founder & Principal of Athena Actuarial Consulting, a certified woman-owned small business offering actuarial consulting services and analytical modeling to the private, public and non-profit sectors. She is passionate about empowering the undervalued and underserved as a business owner, consultant, mentor, volunteer and actuary, and she looks forward to pressing forward with NAWA’s mission in the coming years.

Aree Bly enjoyed 25 years as an actuary in the healthcare industry before refocusing herself as a success coach for actuaries. She has a rich history of leading large projects, managing diverse teams, and developing key training initiatives in both consulting firms and health insurance companies. With her focus on supporting colleagues in their personal and professional growth, she has played a pivotal role in developing internal mentoring and coaching programs. Today, Aree leverages her unique blend of technical acumen and people skills to help individuals navigate their values, strengths, and skills, enabling them to lead and succeed. As a passionate advocate for women in the actuarial field, Aree is excited to join the NAWA team.

Kristen is the Director, Actuary for the Colonial Life Financial Planning & Analysis team at Unum and has held prior positions in Group Pricing, Corporate Actuarial, and Voluntary Benefits Valuation. She holds a degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Western Ontario. Kristen also serves as a mentor to many peers, leads initiatives for the development program associates based out of Unum's Chattanooga office, and volunteers with the SOA and NAWA. She is passionate about mentoring and helping other women in the actuarial profession, actively participating in industry networks and initiatives to foster growth and diversity. When she is not working or volunteering, she enjoys shopping, exercising, reading, and spending time with friends and family. Kristen is excited to join the NAWA Board to help further the growth, development, and empowerment of women within the actuarial profession.

She is a VP and Treaty Casualty reinsurance pricing team lead at Everest. She has been a P&C actuary for over 15 years and in reinsurance since 2019. She is excited about the opportunity to give back to the profession and support a cause she truly cares about through my involvement with Community & Connection at NAWA. She also volunteers on the steering committee of the Women’s Networking Group at Everest and serve as a mentor in their mentorship program. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her family – her husband and her adorable, highly energetic 6-year-old son. She also likes to travel, read, spend time with her friends, and ski.

She is the North America practice leader at URS, and services clients on reinsurance and retro structuring, capital and exposure management, portfolio management and climate risk. She started her career as an Investments actuary with experience in the London market, US, Bermuda, Asia, Italy and Canada.

At NAWA, she steers our community engagement initiatives and support the Partnerships team. She chairs and supports multiple working parties at the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries and lead education initiatives as Board member of the U.S. Reinsurance Under 40s.

She currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband, and won’t turn down a row on the waters or a hike in the beautiful north shore mountains.