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Board of Directors

Meet our Board of Directors.

Spence Angerbauer

Director since 2016

Mr. Angerbauer currently is the CEO/President and Managing Partner of Venture Slopes, LLC (aka SS Investments I, LLC), owner, CEO and Principal Manager of MavenXP (dba SS Holdings I, LLC), CEO and director of Joonto, Inc., and Manager of the Angerbauer Investment Group, LLC. Mr. Angerbauer previously served as the Founder, President, and CEO of EQUINOX Business Solutions, a SaaS, back-office, and insurance firm in the commercial transportation industry. Mr. Angerbauer also founded a handful of SaaS and technology companies, including MotionSlice LLC, Tabitop LLC, Critical Spoke LLC, and MotionVest, LLC. Mr. Angerbauer also serves as a member of the Boards of Directors of Mountain West Group, AAA Club Partners and AAA Life Insurance Company.

Yvette Bright

Director since 2020

Ms. Bright is the president of Brighter Horizon Foundation, whose mission is to support high school students in becoming the first in their family to pursue a four-year college education. Ms. Bright retired in 2018 as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia. She currently serves on several Boards of Directors, including Cityblock Health, Independence Health Group, Myers Industries and National Life Group.

Richard “Dick” Daniels

Director since 2020

Mr. Daniels retired as executive vice president and chief information officer for Kaiser Permanente's hospitals and health plans. He had previously served as Kaiser's senior vice president of enterprise shared services and senior vice president of information technology for health plan and hospital operations. Before joining Kaiser, Mr. Daniels was senior vice president and divisional CIO for the Auto Finance Division of Capital One and a senior vice president at JPMorgan Chase. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors for Fastly and Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI).

Peter Havens

Director since 2022

Mr. Havens is founder and Chairman of Baldwin Management, LLC, an investment management concern created to service families, foundations and non-profit institutions. He previously held senior positions with the Bryn Mawr Trust Company and Kewanee Enterprises, a private investment firm. He serves on the boards of AAA Club Alliance, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Lankenau Medical Center Foundation and Main Line Health.

Mary Hennessy

Board Chair (2021-present) and Director since 2012 

Ms. Hennessy is an independent consultant to the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance industry. Ms. Hennessy’s professional background includes over 40 years of both consulting and executive roles in the insurance and reinsurance industries. She has held CEO and C-suite roles at Overseas Partners, Ltd (Bermuda), American Re-Insurance Company, GMAC Personal Lines Insurance, and TIG Holdings, Inc. And, she has spent over 20 years consulting in insurance strategy, operations and merger/acquisitions as a principal at Towers Watson. Ms. Hennessy serves on the boards of AAA Club Partners, AAA Club Alliance and AssuredPartners.

Maria Hernandez

Director since 2025

Dr. Hernandez is President and COO of Impact4Health LLC, a healthcare consulting firm. Dr. Hernandez is considered a thought leader in advancing health equity and organizational strategies to advance wellbeing at work. She has served on the boards of Mission Housing Development Corporation and the National Youth Law Center and two terms as a Trustee for the Alameda Health System. Since 2015, she has also served on the board of Mountain West Group.

Kathleen Krueger

Director since 2025

Ms. Krueger is currently Chief Operating Officer at Marshall & Melhorn, LLC, a prominent Toledo-based law firm, overseeing operations, financial performance, and strategic growth. Previously, she served as President & CEO of AAA HealthCONNECT and was a member of the Executive Leadership Team at ProMedica Health System, a $7.5 billion national healthcare organization, where she led business integration, performance improvement, and international operations. Ms. Krueger initially joined the Board of Directors of AAA Northwest Ohio in 2011 and continues to serve as director for AAA Club Alliance.

Ralph "Mike" Michael

Director since 2012

Mr. Michael is the Chairman of the Cincinnati region of Fifth Third Bank. Mr. Michael served in various executive positions with Fifth Third Bank, U.S. Bank, Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, and PNC Financial Services Group. He is the Chair of AAA Club Alliance and serves on the boards of Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., SERVE Insurance, TriHealth, and Xavier University.

Wendy Paskin-Jordan

Director since 2021

Ms. Paskin-Jordan is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Paskin & Berler Capital Advisors. She previously worked at Montgomery Asset Management and Wells Fargo. She currently serves on advisory boards for Harvest Funds Management and PIMCO RIA. She also served on the Corporate Board of Real Property Funds II, IV, and V, sub-advised by Buchanan Street Partners from 2008 to 2017. Ms. Paskin-Jordan is also the Chair of Mountain West Group board of directors and a member of the AAA Club Partners board and the American Automobile Association board.

Donald Smith

Director since 2018

Mr. Smith retired as chief executive officer and a director of CopperPoint Mutual, with more than four decades of experience in the insurance business. Mr. Smith previously spent 20 years at Continental, a New York-based insurance company, where he previously served as vice president and director of its Mid-Atlantic region. For five years beginning in 1995, Mr. Smith served as a Deputy Secretary in the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. Mr. Smith has been serving on the AAA Arizona (now Mountain West Group) Board of Directors since 2012.

Bashir Wada

Director since 2025

Mr. Wada is a financial and business consultant and a chartered financial analyst. He most recently served as a senior vice president at Capmark Financial Group Inc., an international real estate financial company. Previously, Mr. Wada was a senior executive for an emerging markets alternative asset manager and a founding partner of a venture capital firm. Mr. Wada also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Mountain West Group.

Vanessa Washington

Director since 2023

Ms. Washington retired from the Bank of the West, where she was Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and led the legal, regulatory relations and corporate secretary functions. Prior to joining Bank of the West, she served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Catellus Development Corporation, a publicly traded real estate company, and California Federal Bank. She is also a member of the Boards of Directors for First Hawaiian Inc., First Hawaiian Bank and the Audit Committee of Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Bay Area.

Arlene Yocum

Director since 2025

Ms. Yocum retired in 2017 as an Executive Vice President with PNC Bank’s Asset Management Group with 26 years of experience in key leadership roles. These roles include P&L responsibility for various business units, being a member of the merger and acquisition team and being a subject matter expert in critical areas of wealth management, institutional and endowment services, client acquisition and service, compensation and P&L management. Ms. Yocum currently serves as a director for Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. Ms. Krueger has served as director for AAA Club Alliance since 2023.

Michael Zukerman

Director since 2023

Mike Zukerman was appointed president and CEO in May 2024 after serving as interim CEO. He leads a team that cultivates innovation in a customer-driven organization focused on serving AAA members during life’s uncertainties. Mr. Zukerman was named 2017 Corporate Counsel of the Year by the San Francisco Business Times, and has been a frequent speaker at various technology, intellectual property and software law seminars. For several years he was a guest lecturer on law and entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Mr. Zukerman also serves on the board of Keep Tahoe Blue, The League to Save Lake Tahoe. He earned his law degree at the Washington College of Law at American University and his BA at the University of California at Berkeley.