The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities and enriching lives, recently announced the establishment of the IICF Minnesota Chapter, part of the IICF Midwest Division. Based in Minneapolis and serving the Twin Cities region, this new Chapter will broaden the Midwest Division’s support in local communities and grant focus on education, health and safety.
The IICF Minnesota Chapter is led by a board of senior industry leaders from prominent insurance companies and businesses across the region. Jennifer Gentry, Senior Vice President and Minneapolis Branch Manager at Chubb, will serve as the Founding Chair of the IICF Minnesota Chapter Board of Directors.
The IICF Minnesota Chapter Board of Directors recently hosted its inaugural meeting where they determined charitable grant focus areas and elected an Executive Committee in addition to Board Chair Jennifer Gentry, including Vice Chair Michael Koelbl of Liberty Mutual, Development Co-Chairs Jamie Drugg of HUB International and Tom O’Donnell, and Grants Chair Jon Bauman of The Hanover.
The Founding Board Companies of the IICF Minnesota Chapter include Aon, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, Burns & Wilcox, Chubb, CNA, HUB International, Integrity Insurance, Liberty Mutual, Marsh McLennan Agency, The Hanover, The Hartford and Zurich.
As an international philanthropic foundation representing the insurance industry for more than thirty years, IICF operates four divisions in the United States in the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast and Western regions. The recently launched IICF Canada Division, based in Toronto, is IICF’s second international division, joining the IICF UK, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2025. The IICF has granted $50 million in community grants and contributed more than 355,000 volunteer hours of service through over one thousand nonprofit partners since 1994.
Source: IICF