Pinnacol CEO Named Chairman of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado


DENVER, Jan. 10, 2010 - Ken Ross, president and CEO of Pinnacol Assurance — Colorado’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance — has been elected as the 2010 chairman of the board for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado. Additionally, Lindsay Brown, Vice President of Tenant Representation at Jones Lang LaSalle and Paul VanDenBosch, the Regional Vice President of the Rocky Mountain Regional Office at Allied Insurance, a Nationwide Company were added to board at the organization’s December board meeting.

“Big Brothers Big Sisters is an organization that has a positive impact on the lives of children in need of mentoring and I am extremely proud and honored to serve as board chair this year, said Ross. “As the head of an organization that employs over 600 people, I know how important it is to help children reach their full potential so that they can lead productive lives.”

“Ken has been a board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters for more than three years now and we are really lucky to have him,” said Dave DeForest-Stalls, president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado. “With Ken leading the board’s efforts and with the addition of Lindsay and Paul, I am thrilled to see how our organization will continue to grow and be even more influential in our community this year.”

About Pinnacol
For more than 90 years, Pinnacol Assurance has been Colorado’s assured and trusted source of workers’ compensation insurance for Colorado employers. Through its affiliated agents, Pinnacol provides comprehensive, competitively priced coverage; comprehensive attention to claims; a highly qualified network of medical providers; and proactive safety programs to approximately 55,000 Colorado businesses. Over the past five years, Pinnacol has returned $347 million in general dividends to its policyholders statewide ― a mark of the company’s stable and strong financial health.

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Suzi Stolte
Associate Vice President of Communications and Public Relations
303.361.4777
suzi.stolte@pinnacol.com