Dana Popish Severinghaus will serve as Director of the Illinois
Department of Insurance (IDOI).* Popish Severinghaus has
extensive legal, policy, government relations and insurance
industry-related experience, Popish Severinghaus was formerly
Legislative and Regulatory Counsel at Allstate Insurance Company
where she advised Allstate and its subsidiaries on legal,
regulatory and legislative matters across the Midwest. Before
that, she served as Senior Policy Advisor at the State of
Illinois in Central Management Services where she saw oversaw
the Bureau of Benefits. Prior to that, Popish Severinghaus
served as the Director of Government Relations for Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Illinois. Popish Severinghaus is a Member of the
Association of Corporate Counsel, Board Member of the Illinois
Insurance Guaranty Fund, Secretary of the Illinois Insurance
Association, Advisory Board Member and Co-Chair of Government
Relations Advisory Council for the Chicago Children’s Advocacy
Center, Women in Law Mentor at Chicago Kent College of Law and
Auxiliary Board Member of ChildServ. She earned her Bachelor of
Arts in Communication Studies and Journalism & Mass
Communications from the University of Iowa and Juris Doctor from
Chicago Kent College of Law.
* Appointments pending confirmation by the Illinois Senate.
[Office of the Governor JB Pritzker]
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