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Brother Dobrolinsky received his Bachelor's of Science degree from Bradley University in 1985. Dobrolinsky served on the Sigma Chi Headquarters staff as the Director of Housing and Insurance from 1987 to 1989, and he was the founding Program Director of the Risk Management Foundation and Constantine Capital, Inc.

He has served on the Risk Management Foundation Board since 2006.

After spending seventeen years with Arthur J. Gallagher and Co. in several sales leadership roles, he joined Willis North America as a National Partner in 2005 to lead their North American Captive, Actuarial and Pooling Solutions Practice. In 2008, Brother Dobrolinsky joined Assurance, a leading independent insurance and risk management brokerage. He serves as Partner and uses his expertise to focus on placing conventional and excess insurance and reinsurance for public entity, non-profit, education and religious risks; in addition to alternative risk groups and consortiums.

He is a member of the Association of Governmental Risk Pools (AGRIP), the Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA), and the University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA).

He was inducted to the Circle of Honor by the Delta Rho Chapter in 2009, and he was inducted into the Fraternity’s Order of Constantine in 2017.

Brother Klein graduated in accounting from Oklahoma State University, where he served as his chapter’s Pro Consul and as IFC President. At the beginning of his career, Klein served in sales and management positions with prominent computer technology companies, including IBM, specializing in sales and installation of large scale systems for banks and brokerage houses. In 1974, Mr. Klein joined his family’s construction business. He diversified KLEINCO from its home building roots into related fields of construction management, land development, remodeling and property management. He served as its President and CEO from 1982 until 2007, when his daughter became the 3rd generation of KLEINCO ownership. He has since served on both public and privately held company boards.
 
As an industry leader, Mr. Klein served as President of the Oklahoma State Home Builders Association, Vice President of the National Association of Homebuilders, Board Chair of Trustees of the Home Builders Institute, and is a trustee of the National Housing Endowment. He chaired Tulsa’s Building, Housing and Fire Prevention Board of Appeals for 15 years. Brother Klein served on the Habitat for Humanity International Board of Directors from 2004-2012. As its Board chair (2009-2011), he worked closely with world leaders on housing policy and led Habitat’s commitment to impact housing availability for at least one million underserved families each year by 2020.
 
Ken has been recognized as Oklahoma’s Small Business Person of the Year and is a member of the Oklahoma Housing and National Remodeling Halls of Fame. Brother Klein is a Significant Sig, former Constantine Capital Inc. Board member, and has served his chapter as a House Corporation member, Chapter Advisor, and Building Committee Chair.
Brother Schock graduated from NAU after serving his chapter as Rush Chairman and two-term Consul. Following graduation, Schock then served on the Sigma Chi Headquarters staff as an Assistant Executive Secretary from 1973-1975. In 1977, he went to work for CBRE in their property management division where he was able to experience all facets of investment real estate operation and was named the Managing Director of property management operations in their Kansas City office in 1979. Since 1999, Schock has been Senior Vice President/Director of Property Management for the Yarco Company in Kansas City, a family owned business involved in the apartment development/investment and management business since 1923. He and his team oversee the day-to-day operations of a portfolio of over 10,000 units across 8 states.
Schock earned the Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation from IREM and the Certified Commercial Institute Member (CCIM) from the CCIM Institute. For the past 17 years, he has been the local instructor for the Ethics class required by IREM for the CPM designation.
Schock has served the Fraternity in a variety of roles: Chapter Advisor for the Beta Phi chapter, a Balfour Leadership Training Workshop participant in a variety of capacities for 43 years, including serving on the Workshop’s Board. He has also served as Grand Tribune, a Grand Trustee, and has been Chairman of Constantine Capital Inc. since 2013. Bob is a member of the Order of Constantine.
Brother Williams graduated from Saint Mary’s University, majoring in Accounting. During his career he has provided claim investigation and resolution services for commercial and complex risks throughout Canada and the United States. He has managed several offices while remaining resident in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Currently he is a partner in the firm of AMG Claims Inc. serving as company President.
 
He has attained the distinction of a Fellowship Insurance Professional from the Insurance Institute of Canada, holds a Certificate in Environmental Management and has completed courses in Risk Management. Within the Fraternity he is an active member of the Gamma Rho House Corporation and assists with the placement of the Chapter’s Insurance program. He has also been a member of the Risk Management Foundation Board of Directors since 2015.
 
Williams graduated from Saint Mary’s University in 1991. During his career he has provided claim investigation and resolution services for commercial and complex risks throughout Canada and the United States. He has managed several offices while remaining resident in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He has attained the distinction of a Fellowship Insurance Professional from the Insurance Institute of Canada, holds a Certificate in Environmental Management and has completed courses in Risk Management. Currently he is a partner in the firm of AMG Claims Inc. serving as President of the company. Within the Fraternity he is an active member of the Gamma Rho House Corporation and assists with the placement of the Chapter’s Insurance program. He has served on the RMF Board since 2015 and the CHI Board since its inception in 2017.
Brother Cummings graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Commerce and Business Administration. While an undergraduate, Cummings was Magister and assistant to the Director of the annual Sigma Chi Derby. Since graduation, he has been an active member of the South Alabama Alumni Chapter and a treasurer of the local House Corporation, and was instrumental in the construction of the existing Eta Epsilon Chapter House on the University of South Alabama campus. He was also a group leader in the Capital Campaign for the Iota Iota Chapter House  at UA.
 
After graduation Cummings was employed by the Merchant’s National Bank of Mobile in its Officer Training Program. After two years he left to join the family business, Cummings Realty Corp., which specializes in commercial income property development, leasing and management. He currently serves as President of the Company. He is past President of the Mobile Commercial Real Estate Exchange Club, and served on numerous committees serving the interests of commercial Realtors dealing with City, State and Federal issues. He is a past member of the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army, a past member of a fundraising leadership class for the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and is a lifelong member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church.
 
Cummings is the Past President of Mobile County Wildlife & Conservation Association, and is involved in numerous other wildlife conservation and habitat protection organizations and efforts. He is married, with three married children, and four grandchildren. He was a lifelong resident of Mobile, Alabama until recently moving to Fairhope, Alabama.
Brother Colton graduated from the University of Arizona. He was a member of the Beta Phi Chapter of Sigma Chi where he served as Consul during his junior year. He began his Real Estate career in San Diego working in a beginning position for AVCO Community Developers. He joined The Irvine Company in 1973 where he learned project management on the Irvine Ranch.
 
In 1976, Colton joined DAON, a Vancouver based real estate developer. He worked for Daon or one of its affiliates until 1991. During that period, he managed more than $300MM of Southern California property for DAON in a variety of roles. His main job was to purchase, entitle, develop, and sell entitled and finished lots to merchant builders. Between 1985 and 1990, Colton was a project manager for Rielly Homes, a homebuilding offshoot of DAON.Between 1998 and 2007 he worked for Playa Capital, LLC and Standard Pacific Homes at Playa Vista, a major urban planned community in Los Angeles, CA. Playa Vista is a mixed-use project with a focus on commercial and high intensity residential uses. Brother Colton designed and built 4- and 5-story residential buildings over subterranean parking as apartments or condominiums.
 
In 2007, he retired to Tucson, AZ. He joined the Beta Phi Housing Corporation in 2008. His main achievement as President of the Housing Corporation has been to design, permit, and construct a new chapter house, which opened in 2014.
Brother Tipton is the Georgia Regional President of IBERIABANK and co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Georgia Commerce Bank (which was acquired by IBERIABANK in 2015). Tipton earned his Bachelor of Science from the College of Arts & Sciences in 1978, and was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He earned his Master’s in Business Administration from Baylor University in 1981.
 
Before joining IBERIABANK, Tipton held senior positions with First Union Corporation (which merged with Wachovia Corporation in 2001), including executive vice president and head of commercial banking for First Union National Bank of Georgia. Prior to that, he served as group president for the bank’s North Atlanta region. Tipton began his banking career with Texas Commerce Bank in Houston in 1981.
 
A proud Tulane alumnus, Tipton is a member of the Tulane Board of Trustees and an emeritus member of the Tulane Fund Advisory Board. He is a past member of the Tulane Athletics Advisory Council; his 30-Year and 35-Year Annual Fund Reunion Committee; Alumni Admissions Committee; Alumni Council Careers Committee; Tulane Alumni Association Board of Directors; and the Tulane Athletics Fund Advisory Board.
 
Tipton serves on the board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta, where he was a three-time past board chair. Additionally, he is a member of the Georgia Tennis Foundation board, the Skyland Trail board, and the Carter Center Board of Councilors. He and his wife Diana live in Atlanta, Georgia.

Matt is a Partner and Executive Officer of JB Matteson, Inc., a private capital real estate investment manager with over $1.1 billion in assets under management.  On behalf of its partners and several hundred private capital investors, JB Matteson owns and operates Class A multifamily and mixed-use communities built after the year 2000 and located in major metropolitan areas on the West Coast. 

Joining JB Matteson, Inc.’s predecessor company in 1987, Matt has served as in-house General Counsel, Chief Operating Officer, and President/CEO.  He currently focuses on overall strategic oversight of the company and its portfolio as well as client relations and counseling with the firm’s private capital investors. 

Prior to joining JB Matteson, Matt practiced real estate law with the San Francisco based international law firm of Morrison & Foerster, where he specialized in land use and entitlements, institutional commercial transactions, purchase and sale transactions, real estate development, high-rise office leasing, and debt financing.

Matt graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Southern California in Business Administration (1981) where he was a Trustee Scholar.  He earned his law degree from Stanford University in 1984.

Matt is active on behalf of Sigma Chi Fraternity and his USC Sigma Chi alumni entities.  Matt has acted as Pro Bono legal counsel to Trojan Sig House Corporation (TSHC) from 2014, when TSHC was founded and acquired the Alpha Upsilon chapter property from the University of Southern California, to the present, as TSHC prepares to construct a new chapter facility on the property.  From the inception of TSHC, Matt and the TSHC board targeted best practices and excellence for TSHC operations, resulting in Sigma Chi Gold Awards to TSHC in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.  He also serves as Secretary and is a member of the Board of Directors of Trojan Sig Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity and affiliate of TSHC currently engaged in a $15 million capital campaign to fund the construction of the new Alpha Upsilon chapter facility while establishing a $1.5 million scholarship endowment for deserving undergraduate members of Alpha Upsilon. As an undergraduate, Matt served as Quaestor of the Alpha Upsilon Chapter.   

A California native, Matt lives in San Francisco with his wife Betsy. 

Tom completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland and started his professional career at Ernst & Whinney, CPAs in Philadelphia.  After four years, during which time he earned Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant designations, Tom matriculated at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where he earned an MBA.  Following Wharton, Tom moved to Baltimore to work as an asset manager at USF&G.  In 1992, Tom joined Alex. Brown Realty, a privately held real estate investment manager.  Tom initially served as an asset manager, and in 2005 was appointed Chief Investment Officer, and then later also Chief Operating Officer.  In 2019 Tom was appointed Senior Managing Director and he currently co-heads the firm. 

Tom's service to Sigma Chi began with his election as Quaestor at the Gamma Chi Chapter where he was initiated in 1981.  He later served as Consul.  Upon graduation, Tom started alumni chapters in Philadelphia and Baltimore and, beginning in 1992, served on the Gamma Chi Housing Corporation for over ten years.  He also served for over 15 years on faculty of the Financial Management Division at Leadership Workshop and then served for 12 years on the Constantine Capital Inc. board, including four years as Chairman.   Tom is currently a Board member, and President, of the Gamma Chi Foundation for Education.  In 2013 Tom was inducted into the Order of Constantine.  Tom and his wife Christine split their time between Baltimore and the Jersey Shore and have three grown children

Davidson was hired in 2004 to lead the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) as Managing Director after earning a Master's degree in Public Service Administration from DePaul University. He was named Executive Director in 2011, prior to the organization’s 25th anniversary in 2013. As Executive Director, Davidson is committed to higher education and non-profit endeavors, supporting new and innovative risk management education for undergraduate students and alumni volunteers across the continent.
As COO, Davidson supports the Board of Directors for multiple organizations including RMF, Constantine Housing Initiative (CHI), and the Nazarene Higher Education Risk Management Consortium (NHERMC). With more than 20 years of experience in higher education, he oversees both litigation and claims management as well as loss control and prevention orders.
Davidson is also in his 10th year as Secretary and Director of the James R. Favor & Company (JRFCO) Board, responsible for the company’s bylaws; and rules, policies, and procedures. JRFCO, insurance brokers and risk management consultants, has been the exclusive provider for Lloyd’s of London insurance products for fraternities and sororities since 1985. He has been involved with the Sigma Chi Fraternity in a number of staff and volunteer capacities, including service as the Headquarters VP of Operations from 1998-2003. Davidson has earned the Certified Risk Manager (CRM) and Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designations from The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research.
Justin majored in political science and psychology. In college, he participated in the McConnell Scholars Program, interned in Washington, D.C., and served as student body president during his senior year. After graduation, Justin joined the Chapter Support team at Sigma Chi Headquarters where he spent three consulting with chapters, serving on multiple fraternity committees, and handling administrative duties in Evanston. Justin joined the RMF team in August 2015, with primary duties focused on property claims, the Constantine Housing Initiative, educating undergraduate chapters, and supporting the Executive Director in day-to-day operations. Brandt has earned designations as a Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) and a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) from The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research.
Brother Hillmann brings over 30 years of industry knowledge to the property inspection and lending programs administered by CHI, helping House Corporations provide active chapters and alumni with long-term, sustainable housing opportunities.
With a B.S., Journalism/Mass Communication from Murray State University in western Kentucky, Hillmann initially joined State Farm Insurance, before turning to manufacturing. In almost 18 years with Lubrizol Corporation, he developed skills in process safety, emergency management, and operations; he also served on Lean Six Sigma quality teams, helping his company obtain ISO9000 certification. He took a leave in 2006 to serve the KY Dept of Revenue as PVA in Marshall County.  
Hillmann returned to property & casualty claims with State Farm in 2016, where he continued developing skills in risk assessment and mitigation for residential housing, while conducting independent claims investigations and field underwriting inspections. 
He and his wife, Cathy, moved to Florida in 2019. They have two sons – DJ Story and Hunter Hillmann – who are both Sigma Chis Murray State 
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Berg was hired in 2016 as one of the Regional Coordinators in the Chapter Support Department at Sigma Chi Headquarters. Art helped start the Regional Chapter Support Program and has had significant impact on the success and growth of the program and on the chapters and provinces he supported. Berg’s previous experience includes entrepreneurship and real estate.

As the Member Services Manager for RMF and Chi, Berg will focus on client-oriented services and tasks in support of the RMF and CHI missions while supporting the Executive Director, Operations Director, and staff with day-to-day operations. Additionally, he will provide appropriate informational programs and communications to RMF/CHI clients and other stakeholders.

Art graduated from Ohio University (Delta Pi) with B.S. Communications/ Organizational Communications. Many years later he served as Colony Advisor for the chapter’s re-chartering in 2016, and then held several volunteer positions within the Fraternity.
Pam joins the RMF with a wealth of business experience, including more than a decade in banking, roles as executive assistant and office manager, a 10-year partner at Huntsville Construction & Maintenance, and most recently as the department manager for maintenance and repairs at the Palms Resort & Conference Center. 
Her extensive work in bookkeeping, property maintenance, and office management allows her to be an immediate, integral contributor to the RMF team. She has experience obtaining contractor bids and coordinating major renovation projects, including certificate of insurance and contract issues with subcontractors and vendors. 
Pam has led previous companies in all aspects of accounting: A/R, A/P, sales tax, payroll & payroll tax filings, 401k reporting, bank reconciliations, and year-end tax preparations for CPA and audit partners. 
Within the community, Pam is both a Board Member and Treasurer of the Musical Echoes Native American Flute Festival, an all-volunteer 501(c)3 corporation that presents a festival of music and education in Fort Walton Beach each spring.
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