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Board of Trustees

GHI’s  Board of Trustees is comprised of experienced professionals with diverse backgrounds, including earthquake science and engineering, international development, architecture, law, finance, and urban planning. Each has longstanding, strong ties in academic, business or government sectors. 

Bill Churney

Boston, Massachusetts

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Bill Churney is the former President of Extreme Event Solutions, the catastrophe modeling division of Verisk (formerly known as AIR Worldwide), where he led the organization from 2016 to 2023. Over his 20-year tenure, Bill played a pivotal role in establishing AIR as a global leader in catastrophe modeling for the insurance industry and for risk transfer to financial markets. He oversaw the firm’s expansion into new perils and regions, and led efforts to incorporate forward-looking views of climate change into its modeling capabilities.

Bill holds a B.A. in Economics from Haverford College and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

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