Dean's Advisory Board

David  Anderson                                           

Chairman & CEO
American Family Insurance Group

David Anderson joined American Family Mutual Insurance Company as budget director in 1975 and held various positions in the controller/finance area until his election as vice president of information services in 1996.  Anderson was elected president and chief operating officer in February 1999 and on January 1, 2007 assumed his current role as chairman and CEO.

 Based in Madison, Wis., American Family Insurance offers auto, homeowners, life, health, commercial and farm/ranch insurance, plus financial services, in 18 states. Founded in 1927, the company employs more than 8,300 people (including 3,800 in the Madison area) and sells its products through 4,000 independent contractor agents. American Family is the third largest mutual property/casualty insurance company and the sixteenth largest p/c company in the nation.

 Anderson is also a member of several industry boards including the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety.  In addition, he serves on the boards of Meriter Health Services, Inc./Meriter Hospital, Inc./Meriter Management Services, the Wisconsin School of Business Dean's Advisory Board, and the U.S. Bank Advisory Board.  He continues to serve on the Boards of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, Future Madison Housing and United Way of Dane County.