2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

Aimee Grmoljez
Attorney
Crowley Fleck PLLP

Aimee Grmoljez is a Partner and Director of the Government Affairs section at Crowley Fleck, PLLP. As an experienced attorney and leader, she regularly applies her knowledge of the law, business acumen and inclusive leadership skills to share information and guidance that adds value to her clients critical business and policy decisions. Aimee delivers forward-thinking, sound and practical advice on government relations and strategic planning and policy development. She partners nationally with policy experts through the State Law Resources Network and cross- functionally with her clients’ senior leadership and other relevant stakeholders on policy matters. Aimee also is and has been on various business and non- profit boards and is active with her husband and daughters in Montana activities.

Christina Kindstedt
President
Advantage Insurance Management USA

Christina joined Advantage in 2017 after 14 years with the world’s 3rd largest broker where she built and led its RRG Practice. In 6 years, she grew her clientele from zero to a portfolio of captives that together write over $3 billion of annual premium. Captives under her management are owned by entities ranging from Fortune 200 to non-profits.

Christina has been forming and managing all types of captives in various industries and domiciles. For companies that consider captives, Christina conducts feasibility studies and formation services. For companies with existing captives, Christina provides strategic review, expanded use analysis and improvement plans.

Fred E. Karlinsky, Esq.
Shareholder
Chair, Global Insurance Regulatory & Transactions Practice
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Fred Karlinsky is a Shareholder and Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice Group. Fred has over 30 years of experience representing the interests of insurers, reinsurers, and a wide variety of other insurance-related entities. He is a recognized authority on national insurance regulatory and compliance issues, has taken a leadership position in many insurance trade organizations, and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Florida Trend 500, and Florida Trend’s “Legal Elite” for his work in insurance law. Recognized as the only Band 1 Florida insurance lawyer by Chambers & Partners and one of the most influential leaders in Florida politics by City & State Florida and INFLUENCE Magazine, Fred has in-depth knowledge of insurance compliance matters and has been a primary strategist in virtually all types of Florida insurance-related legislative initiatives. In addition to his role with Greenberg Traurig, Fred has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Florida State University College of Law since 2008. Since 2014 Fred has served on and currently chairs the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC), where five of the seven current sitting Justices of the Florida Supreme Court have been appointed during Fred’s tenure on the JNC.

Kari Leonard, CPA, CFE
Captive Coordinator
Office of the Montana Commissioner of Securities & Insurance

Kari has worked for the state of Montana for over twenty-five years. Since 2014, she has been with the Office of the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, Montana State Auditor, working first in the captive insurance regulation department, later moving into a supervisory role over traditional and captive insurance company analysts, and finally accepting the Chief Examiner/Captive Coordinator position in July 2023. She obtained her BA from Baylor University and her MA from Atlantic University. She is a certified public accountant and has also obtained the certified financial examiner designation from the Society of Financial Examiners.