Meet the leadership of the NYCREW Network: Christine Chipurnoi

Christine Chipurnoi, MS, CPCU, RPLU, is senior vice president-risk management service at Wells Fargo Insurance Services. She joined Wells Fargo in 2002 after a successful career in insurance brokerage management with a substantial Long Island firm. She has over 25 years experience in large line property, casualty, and loss sensitive insurance programs with special expertise in construction/development and real estate companies. She also has significant expertise in financial products such as various types of professional liability, employment practices liability, directors & officers liability, fiduciary, technology/cyber, environmental and crime coverages. Chipurnoi has been instrumental in developing, placing and maintaining insurance programs for regional, national and international clients her entire career. Chipurnoi is responsible for the Wells Fargo Cross Sale Initiative with the various real estate groups of the bank. She is also an active member of Wells Fargo Insurance Services Real Estate & Construction Practice the Global Resource Team, Wells Fargo Insurance Services Security Committee and the National Retail Practice Group. Chipurnoi is an executive board member and secretary for the New York Commercial Real Estate Women Network (NYCREW) and is active on their membership and communications committees. NYCREW is an organization that focuses on advancing the success of women in commercial real estate fields through outreach, mentoring, networking and professional development. Chipurnoi also serves on the executive board of directors of the Insurance Brokers Association of New York (IBANY), as the executive vice president. In 2012, she will become IBANY's first female president in over 110 years. Run by a board of volunteer brokers, IBANY represents the interests of New York's leading commercial insurance producers and works to ensure that brokers' voices are heard. The Association's professional development efforts also include frequent interaction with insurance company leaders and other industry experts