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Michael Saltzstein is a visionary leader of global risk services, risk financial structures, multi-line claims, strategic planning and enterprise initiatives. He is effective in delivering multimillion-dollar expense reductions and bottom-line improvement, maximizing coverage, and minimizing cost. In the past, he has optimized award-winning risk programs, economic strategies, reserving, best practices and state-of-the-art coverage.

An adaptable and collaborative team leader, Michael Saltzstein leads with expertise in areas such as alternate risk financing, loss control, technology solutions, workers’ compensation, safety, occupational health and safety, crisis leadership, strategic alignment, change management, self-insured/deductible analysis, actuarial studies, retain/transfer decisions, win-win negotiations, coverage evaluation, and growth strategies.

Michael Saltzstein served as the Chairman for Risk Management Task Force, Local General Chairman, Local Officials Chairman, and Local Safety Chairman for USA Swimming. A recipient of the USA Swimming Pettigrew Award for Outstanding Service to the Sport, he was selected to be an official at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games for pool and open swimming and selected to be a national and international referee and technical official. He is an inductee of the San Diego Hall of Champions–Officials Hall of Fame. As a veteran USA Swimming leader, Mr. Saltzstein drafted a six-point plan for ridding the sport of sexual misconduct, becoming of a whistleblower about this issue.

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