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Mr. Freudenthal is a nationally recognized expert in the area of flood risk, whose innovative services have demonstrated the ability to convert flood risk into opportunities that create enterprise value. His innovative leadership in the field of flood risk has delivered hundreds of millions of dollars of additional flood coverage through clients’ property insurance policies at no additional cost, has saved clients millions of dollars every year on flood insurance costs, has added tens of millions of dollars to property values, and has prevented many uninsured losses.

Mr. Freudenthal co-founded and serves as President of Flood Zone Correction, Inc. and Premier Elevation Certificate Network, Inc. His companies have delivered specialized flood risk consulting services on a nationwide basis to leading commercial real estate companies that collectively own and operate over 2 million multifamily units and over 10,000 commercial properties, as well as to leading companies in the retail, hospitality, storage, restaurant and other industries.

Mr. Freudenthal has been a speaker at risk management and real estate conferences about the topics of flood risk, flood insurance, flood zone correction, and elevation certificates, and he has published numerous articles in real estate, risk management and insurance industry publications. Mr. Freudenthal has been a member of the Independent Insurance Agents of America, Risk and Insurance Management Society, National Multi Housing Council, National Apartment Association, Community Association Institute and other professional organizations.

Mr. Freudenthal earned a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami. He currently holds property and casualty insurance licenses in all 50 states and DC.

Mr. Barrett has more than 25 years of diverse experience in the insurance industry, where he has demonstrated the ability to convert risk into opportunities that create value for his clients. Mr. Barrett has served middle market and large corporations while an executive of global and regional insurance brokers and has professional experience working for insurance carriers.

At Aon and Alexander & Alexander, Mr. Barrett served as Senior Vice President and a Middle Market Practice Leader. In this position, Mr. Barrett served clients in multiple industries for which he performed thorough risk management and insurance program analyses, negotiated sophisticated insurance and alternative risk transfer programs including captives, assisted with mergers and acquisitions, exposure analyses and other functions. He also has specialized in the structuring, placement and servicing of wrap-ups, owner controlled insurance programs (OCIPS), contractor controlled insurance programs, multi-year builder's risk programs and large multilayered property programs.

Mr. Barrett served as Vice President of Johnson and Higgins, where he was a leader within the Sports and Entertainment Practice. In this capacity, he served a diverse group of clients including the Florida Marlins, Florida Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Pro-Player Stadium, American Media, NCCI and the PGA of America, for which he also served as Interim Risk Manager.

As Vice President of Republic Hogg Robinson, Mr. Barrett served FPL Group (Florida Power and Light). In this position, he performed a feasibility study to help FPL develop a captive insurance company, administered a corporate automobile program with over 4,500 vehicles, and negotiated and placed coverage for various FPL Group companies such as Qualtec, Colonial Penn Insurance Company and FPL Energy.

Mr. Barrett served as Corporate Planner at FCCI Mutual Insurance Company, where he developed short and long-term strategic plans for FCCI, FEISCO Risk Services and Florida Employers Life Insurance Company for this $400,000,000 premium organization.

Mr. Barrett holds an Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation, and earned Bachelors Degrees in Risk Management and Insurance as well as Marketing Management from Florida State University. He holds a property and casualty license in the State of Florida as well as Series 7 and 66 securities licenses.