With more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry on both the broker and client side, Kristen Peed has a proven track-record of implementing complex risk management strategies that have kept assets protected, people safe, resources effectively allocated while supporting innovation and growth.
Kristen is Head of Corporate Risk at Sequoia, a leading human resources technology platform and advisory services company headquartered in San Mateo, California. At Sequoia, she is responsible for the placement of Sequoia’s corporate insurance programs, claims management, and the implementation of risk mitigation strategies. Additionally, she is a highly accomplished captive leader, receiving accolades for her success including Captive Review’s “Top 20 Captive Owners” in 2024 and a nomination to join the International Center for Captive Insurance Education’s Board of Directors in 2024.
Prior to Sequoia, she was the Director of Corporate Risk at CBIZ, Inc. and part of the risk management teams at Swagelok and STERIS Corporation. Earlier in her career, she gained invaluable experience as a commercial lines broker with a concentration in professional and executive liability at BB&T and Oswald Companies. In 2016, Kristen was honored as one of Business Insurance Women to Watch and she currently holds the following professional credentials: RIMS-CRMP, AIC, ACI, ARM-E, CPCU, CRM, RPLU.
Kristen has been actively involved with RIMS throughout her career, initially as an officer and board member for the RIMS Northeast Ohio Chapter. She joined RIMS global Board of Directors in 2018 and has served on its Executive Committee as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, and now as RIMS 2025 President.
She earned her B.A., Industrial Relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.