People Moves: Galla Joins Alliant as EVP, Alliant M&A; EPIC Expands Leadership in Northern California
Galla Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Executive Vice President, Alliant M&A
Pete Galla joined Alliant Insurance Services as executive vice president and senior director, Alliant Specialty, within the company’s mergers and acquisitions vertical.
Galla has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry. He most recently served as deputy head of the industry vertical division and head of P&C, private equity and transaction solutions at WTW. He previously served as an assistant vice president at Marsh.
Alliant is headquartered in Irvine, California.
EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants Expands Leadership in Northern California
EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, headquartered in San Francisco, appointed several leadership members to its Northern California team.
William Ferree will lead the Northern California region as regional president, and Matt Sitzmann will be chief operating officer. Both will work with Robyn Pawlo, who will assume the role of executive managing principal, employee benefits. Curt Perata and Brian Quinn have been named vice chairmen in the region.
Ferree will continue as co-lead of EPIC’s Pacific Central territory and will take on an expanded role as regional president of EPIC’s Northern California region. Ferree started his career in retail commercial insurance production in 1997 and joined EPIC following the acquisition of Integro USA in 2019.
Sitzmann is the managing principal for EPIC’s Lafayette, California office and will add the role of chief operating officer for the new region. Sitzmann joined EPIC as a managing principal in 2022 through EPIC’s acquisition of SLCO LLC.
Pawlo is the executive managing principal, employee benefits and will continue in this role in the new region. She joined EPIC in 2014 through the acquisition of Jenkins Insurance Services.
Perata and Quinn take on expanded roles as vice chairmen of EPIC’s Northern California region. Perata joined the firm in 2014 as part of EPIC’s purchase of Jenkins Insurance Services from the Leavitt Group, with a background in commercial property and casualty business, sales, and management.
Quinn, specializing in construction and food and agriculture-related businesses, joined the firm in 2007 from AJ Gallagher & Co. and was part of the original group that formed EPIC’s first headquarters in California.
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