​Staff Directory​​​
Group Disability Reinsurance​​

James Rathburn

Senior Vice President and
Head of Life, Accident and Disability Reinsurance
jrathburn@rgare.com

Jeff Schuh

Vice President, Senior Actuary
jschuh@rgare.com

Curt Zepeda

Vice President and Chief Underwriter
czepeda@rgare.com

Joe Black

Senior Underwriter
Disability Reinsurance
jblack@rgare.com

Christina (Tina) Rostamo

Senior Marketing Underwriter
Disability Reinsurance
crostamo@rgare.com

John Mayberry

Regional Vice President
Marketing and Sales
jmayberry@rgare.com

Daniel Hayde, FLMI, CLU, HIA

Regional Vice President
Marketing and Underwriting
dhayde@rgare.com

Mark Taylor

Director
Claims, Consulting and Disability
mtaylor@rgare.com

Sue Favilla

Senior Disability Claims Consultant
sfavilla@rgare.com

Dawn Kraemer

Relationship Manager
dkraemer@rgare.com

Taren Weyer

Relationship Manager
tweyer@rgare.com

Kathleen Thiesen

Market Research Analyst
kthiesen@rgare.com

Cristine Dahl

Lead Account Manager
Life, Accident and Specialty
cdahl@rgare.com

Jill Schroeder

Account Manager
Life, Accident and Specialty
jschroeder@rgare.com

Dan Fix, FSA

Product Actuary
dfix@rgare.com

Pat Hurley

Product Development Actuary
phurley@rgare.com

Joe Shenk, FSA

Senior Actuarial Associate
jshenk@rgare.com

Diane Weisman

Manager
Life and Health Reinsurance Claims
dweisman@rgare.com

Jaime Backhaus

Senior Life Claims Analyst
jbackhaus@rgare.com

Karen Brenteson

Senior Claims Analyst
kbrenteson@rgare.com

Sharon Scheuermann

Administrative Assistant​
sscheuermann@rgare.com