COLLEEN GILESHARRIS
Director of centralized office services
RISK PLACEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Age: 35
As director of centralized office services for
Risk Placement Services, Colleen Giles-Harris created the standard operating procedures to help centralize various support staff functions from five satellite offices to the company’s main office in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
A 13-year industry professional, Giles-Harris has been underwriting and managing a large national program since the onset of her career. In 2015, she was involved in the implementation of two additional large national programs at her office; together, the three national programs produce $4 million in premiums.
Outside of RPS, Giles-Harris was the first woman elected as president of the AAMGA Under Forty Organization in 2010; she then served on the AAMGA board as UFO past president until 2012.