CHRISTINA “CINA” WELCH
PRESIDENT & CEO, FCCI INSURANCE GROUP, SARASOTA
FCCI provides commercial property and casualty insurance, surety, and risk management services, working through independent agents in 20 states and Washington, D.C. Employing more than 800, the firm has regional and branch offices in seven states. Welch has been with FCCI for 23 years and became CEO in 2020. “My path to getting to the CEO position was anything but linear. I had to be open-minded and willing to take risks, many times taking on roles that were way out of my comfort zone or roles that were brand new to the organization altogether.”
| EDUCATION | University of Florida (BS), Stetson University (JD) |
| CIVIC EFFORT | FCCI offers employees eight hours per year of company-paid time to volunteer at the charitable organization of their choice. In 2019, FCCI established the FCCI Charitable Foundation to ensure 99 cents on every dollar helps those in need. |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | People are surprised to learn how much I love adventure and challenge. Everything from swimming from Alcatraz across San Francisco Bay to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to trekking through the world’s largest cave in Vietnam for five days. |
| SABBATICAL TOPIC | Great white sharks. Two years ago, I was able to cage-dive with great whites at the Isle of Guadalupe. |
| READING | These Truths: A History of the United States, by Jill Lepore |