Gary S. Koppele

Gary has been an Associate/Principal at ICA for over 20 years. His achievements on behalf of Clients in the fields of Risk Management and Insurance stems from his experience in Public Accounting (becoming a CPA in 1976) and from being an Executive Officer and CFO of a major regional supermarket operator for 20 years. Gary’s background is fundamental in lending itself to business’ operational excellence and human resource management. Gary’s professional acumen qualifies him to serve as the Associate supervising ICA’s Professional Practices Committee, which is at the heart of ICA’s core services.

Gary is a key figure contributing to both ICA’s and Clients’ strategic and operational planning. Throughout his tenure at ICA, Gary developed dominance in managing a complex variety of risks that face the Clients he serves. Gary attributes his success to being an instrumental team player, as he also recruited and developed a team of consultants with the expertise and commitment to overserving the firm’s client base, consistently exceeding Clients’ expectations of their risk management programs. Such Clients are in diverse business industries, ranging from publicly held organizations to privately held and not-for-profit organizations in the middle market, with specialty areas in the real estate, construction, development, retail, hospitality, professional services, and transportation sectors and managing retail and wholesale risks.

Gary’s credentials are additionally enhanced through the achievement of a BBA degree (Cum Laude status) in 1973, an ARM designation in 2002 and having completed 6 of 8 courses towards his CPCU designation both through The Institutes Risk and Insurance Knowledge Group. He has been a past President, Treasurer, and Board Member of the Society of Risk Management Consultants over the past 10+ years and has excelled in various industry speaking engagements in the aforementioned business segments.