Join the IICF Western Division for a night of celebration, connection, and community support…
Loren Nickel is a director at Google and heads the business risk and insurance team which is responsible for all Alphabet companies. Loren’s team provides risk advisory, captive management, insurance placement, and analytical support to Alphabet. He joined Google/Alphabet in April 2015.
Loren has twenty-nine years of experience in the risk and insurance industry, including fifteen years as an actuary and four years as an underwriting manager with Aon and Allianz. He has been called on to explain in-depth actuarial, risk management, and underwriting concepts to a variety of audiences around the globe including Board members, CEOs, CFOs, and Risk Managers. He is a six year past-President of the Casualty Actuaries of the Bay Area, past Chairman and President of the M200 Association and is on the advisory board for the UC Santa Barbara actuarial program.
He is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and Charter holder of the CFA Institute. Loren is a 2011 and 2022 Business Insurance - Innovation of the Year Award Recipient and in 2017 he was named the Risk Manager of the Year by RIMS.
The Tierra del Sol Foundation was founded in Sunland, CA, in 1971. Originally conceived by parents as an alternative to institutional care, Tierra began as an early demonstration of self-advocacy. The founding parents were determined to raise their sons and daughters as permanent members of their families, rather than abandon them to the State. The notion was simple; all people have gifts, and our community is richer when all our citizens are valued for their contributions. We have never lost these important principles.
In the 90s, Tierra began pushing perimeters. Tierra shifted its model of service to integrated workforce development. Tierra identified volunteerism and paid employment as a way of expanding our clients’ potential to obtain meaningful employment. More than 25 years later, different industries and businesses have recognized the value of Tierra workers in many areas, such as clerical, retail, janitorial and assembly work and Tierra remains a leader in advancing productive community citizenship. Our partnerships with local employers continued to grow.
In the early 2000s, Tierra continued its track of innovation and personalized services. Through embracing the utilization of the PATH (Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope) model, Tierra services began to focus on individual career identification for those they serve.
In 2007, Tierra launched our College to Career model, NEXUS, in order for young adults with developmental disabilities, including autism, to experience success in higher education.
Over the years, it has become clear that Tierra is not a place, rather it is a dynamic organization that empowers people with developmental disabilities to achieve excellence through Workforce Development, College to Career, and Careers in the Arts.
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"It's hard for some people to imagine what it means for a youth who can fit all of their entire belongings into a single shopping bag and then be able to come to a free store dedicated to foster youth to find new clothes and shoes with tags they can cut off. Our store supports 2,500 foster youth. Funding from IICF means you are helping to directly impact the confidence and self esteem of these amazing youth who deserve our support."
Donors like IICF have enabled us to keep our doors open, providing youth with the services they need, while achieving our growth goals so we can serve more youth. This outpouring of support has not only confirmed what a special community we are a part of at Covenant House California but has also been the source of encouragement and love for our youth and staff.
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