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Excerpts of the IICF Opening Keynote by
Grace Vandecruze:
"Today's speed is determined within minutes, tomorrow will be seconds"
“Each and every step can be the difference between success or failure, survival or extinction and life or death.” In this high pressure environment, the stakes could not be higher and there are vital lessons to be learned from mountain climbing to the challenges we are facing today.”
"In ever evolving landscape, mountaineer mindset becomes a strategic advantage"
& MORE
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"California Wildfire Claims Ignite Industry-Wide Credibility Crisis", Insurance Journal, February 25, 2025
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"Conquering Financial Goals and Mountain Peaks", Wharton Magazine, January 21, 2025
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"Homeless to Millionaire", AM Best TV Interview, June 20, 2024
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"Homeless to Millionaire", AM Best, June 18, 2024
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Keynote Speaker at Empowering Women in Insurance: A Night of Inspirational Connection with ISC Group, June 12, 2024
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Keynote Speaker at Women's Business Collaborative, The Meaning of Belonging: Igniting Inclusion; Sparking Action, April 15, 2024
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Keynote Speaker at Ronald McDonald House, Beyond the limits, April 2024
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Keynote Speaker, Nationwide Insurance Women's Empowerment Lunch, March 2, 2023
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Keynote Speaker, Beyond the limits, PIMCO, February 9, 2023
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Honored with the North Star Award by NationalCARES, February 2024
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Featured in SAConnects, "Boundless Grace" by Warren L. Maye, December 2022
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Presented the 22nd annual "UN 21 Leaders for the 21st Century" award, October 2022
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Keynote Speaker, Unstoppable, WELD Ohio, April 2022
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Speaker at the Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies ESG Forum hosted by Baker Tilly, PAMIC, December 1, 2021
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Awarded the Inspiration Award, Savvy Ladies' Annual Gala, November 18, 2021
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"Speak Up and Lift Up": Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Financial Industry Today, ISC Podcast, November 12, 2021
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Investing in a Post-Covid World, Momentum 2021: The Power of Penn Women, October 2, 2021
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Panelist, Financial Empowerment, Momentum 2021 - University of Pennsylvania, October 2, 2021
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Insurers Must Focus on the 'S' in ESG Investing, AM Best, May 27, 2021
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Author Experiences Firsthand the Difference Insurance Can Make, AM Best, May 2021
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WELD National Executive Women's Series, WELD, April 1, 2021
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SPACs May Be Wall Street's Version of Title IX - Here's Why, Forbes, March 20, 2021
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Phyllis Newhouse and Isabelle Friedman are busting up the SPAC Boy's Club By Bringing Athena to the Market, Forbes, March 19,2021
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Athena Technology Acquisition Prices $250 million IPO, Athena Technology Acquisition, March 17, 2021
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Appointment to Links Logistics' Board of Directors, Business Wire, February 17, 2021
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Financial Literacy Workshop - Measuring Financial Wealth, Speaker, Florida Memorial University, January 28, 2021
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A Decade by Decade Approach to Retirement, AARP/The Links Incorporated - Reston Chapter, January 23, 2021
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Designed the financial literacy curriculum for Florida Memorial University, January 2021
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Inclusion and Innovation in Insurance, National Underwriter, November 20, 2020
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Harnessing Innovation, Inclusion to solve insurance’s toughest problems, PropertyCasualty360, October 16, 2020.
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Insurance AUM Journal, "Grace Vandecruze: From Homeless to Millionaire", September 3, 2020
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Women's International Conference, Delaware, March 7, 2020
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Black History Month Gala, “Investing in an Abundant Future”, Cristo Rey New York High School, New York, February 29,2020
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BLM Celebration - Investing in an Abundant Future, Keynote Speaker, Bard High School, New York, January 28, 2020
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20th Annual I Have A Dream-Martin Luther King Jr. Brunch, Florida, January 20,2020
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2019 Business Insurance Women to Watch, New York, December 2019
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77WABC-A Climb to the Top:Stories of Personal Transformation, December 2019
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D&I Breakfast Panelist, Verisk Velocity Conference, New Jersey, October 2019
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CyberRisk Summit, Insurtech International Conference, Paris, October 2019
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Global Insurtech Leaders Summit, New York, June 2019
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Life Insurance Reinvented, Global Insurance Leader Summit Panel Moderator, New York, June 2019
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Wharton Business Radio-Women@Work, Pennsylvania, May 2019
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Order and Chaos, From Theories in Mathematics to Applications in Business, Global Insurance Summit Panelist, New York, May 2019
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Wharton TedTalk Symposium, Philadelphia, May 2019
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BLM Celebration - Investing in an Abundant Future, Keynote Speaker, Bard High School, New York, January 29, 2019
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Closing Keynote, The Future of Work, IICF Women in Insurance, Chicago, June 2018
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Fintech - Assessing its Impact: Now and the Future Panelist, FWA, New Jersey, June 2018
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Lessons for the insurance industry from mountain climbing, Property Casualty 360, May 18, 2018
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Keynote Speaker, Beyond the Limits, CUNA Mutual Group, Wisconsin, May 2018
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“Investing and Creating a Sustainable Legacy”, Speaker AARP/The Links Incorporated - Reston Chapter, April 7, 2018
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Market Watchers: Feds Will Soon Remove SIFI Designation From Prudential, End ‘Hotel California’ Regs, AM Best, Oct 2017
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“Financial Empowerment” Interview on Black America - CUNY TV, September 2017
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Life insurance stocks gain despite DOL's surprise fiduciary rule move, SNL, May 2017
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Insurance Execs Say M&A Appears Poised for New Cycle, AM Best Interview, April 2017
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Drivers in Place for M&A Resumption, AM Best TV Interview, April 2017
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Life insurers’ value side amid concerns over investment income, SNL, July 2016
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Coming Together: Culture M&A, Best Review, May 2016
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Insurance industry execs say conditions still ripe for M&A, SNL, April 18, 2016
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Insurance execs urge industry to embrace tech, SNL, April 14, 2016
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MetLife victory gives hope to other ‘too big to fail’ firms, Business Insurance, April, 10, 2016
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Insurance M&A and Regulations, AM Best TV Interview, April 2016
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Raymond James SVP Calls MetLife SIFI Rescinding Slap in Face to FSOC, Bestwire, March 30, 2016
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Insurance M&A Scoreboard, Q3’15, SNL, November 12, 2015
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Changing Insurance Regulations, AM Best TV Interview, August 2015
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FSOC’s SIFI Reforms are ‘Too Little, Too Late’—Critics, American Banker, January 28, 2015
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Evolving Regulation and Its Impact on Insurers’ M&A Strategies, Insurance Journal, December 2014
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MetLife Poses Potential Stability Threat, Regulators Say, Law 360, December 2014
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FSOC Rejects MetLife’s SIFI Appeal, Insurance News Net, December 2014
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Private Equity ‘ready, willing and able’ to do insurance deals, SNL, October 17, 2014
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Keynote Speaker at Baker Tilly International Insurance Conference, Insurance M&A Themes, October 2014
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Keynote Speaker at Saul Ewing Insurance Seminar. Let’s Make a Deal: M&A Outlook and Trends, September 2014
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Mountain-Climbing Financial Advisor Counts on Valleys, Charleston Gazette, September 2012
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Economy Will Take Years to Recover, Expert Says, Charleston Daily Mail, April 2009
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Insider Training – Wall Street Veteran Shares Stock Savvy, Charleston Gazette, January 2008
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Quoted in the American Medical News, a publication of the American Medical Association, on physician-owner insurers and the medical malpractice crisis.
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Featured in the book “Doing it for Ourselves – Success Stories of African Americans” by Donna Ballard
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Featured in the book “100 Women Who Loved their Jobs and Why” by Joann Gordon, and wrote several articles in industry publications.