Staff
Executive Director
Dennis Jay is executive director of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. He has served as chief executive officer since the Coalition's founding in 1993.
He oversees the Coalition's three main areas: government affairs, public outreach and research.
Dennis coordinated drafting of a comprehensive model insurance fraud law, which 19 states have passed wholly or partly. In 1996, Dennis initiated breakthrough research on why Americans do and don't tolerate insurance fraud, which was conducted again in 2007.
He is a frequent speaker on insurance fraud, and has testified before state and federal legislatures. He currently serves on the advisory board to the fraud bureau within the Virginia State Police, and in 2007 he was appointed to a state blue ribbon panel to recommend ways to strengthen anti-fraud efforts in California.
Former Maine Gov. Angus King also appointed Dennis to a commission studying insurance fraud and recommending reforms to the legislature, which resulted in passage of a comprehensive insurance fraud statute.
In 2000 he initiated the chartering of the New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud, and now serves on the alliance's board. NYAAIF has raised nearly $3 million to help educate consumers about the fraud issue and how it affects them.
He also is advisor to the board of directors of the International Association of Special Investigation Units, and has served as a guest lecturer at the FBI Academy’s in-service training on white-collar crime. In 2008 he was appointed advisor to the board of governors of the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Dennis is a sought-after news source for the media, and is widely quoted in newspapers, magazines and on television. He has authored more than 100 articles and reports on insurance fraud, and currently writes Insurance FraudBlog, a popular Internet weblog on issues and analysis of current fraud topics.
He’s a frequent public speaker on fraud issues in the U.S, and internationally, including in Europe, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
In 2003, Fraud International magazine named him “Fraud Fighter of the Year” for his efforts in leading anti-fraud initiatives during the first ten years of the coalition’s existence. The website Insurance-Portal.com named Dennis one of the 100 most powerful people in the insurance industry for the last three years.
He formerly served as vice president of communications for the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, where he developed joint industry-consumer coalitions and worked in consumer affairs, public relations and publishing. He holds a BA in business administration.Director of Government Affairs
Howard Goldblatt is director of government affairs for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. He has headed the Coalition's government operations since its founding in 1993.
Howard's 25-year career in government
and public policy also spans local politics in New York and 10 years
on Capitol Hill, where he served on the legislative staffs of several
members of the U.S. House.
He also was a government affairs specialist in the D.C. office of the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, and government affairs director for the National Health Council.
Howard frequently speaks on legislative and insurance-fraud issues, and has testified before numerous legislative committees. Howard also has published articles on insurance fraud issues.
Howard is a member of the New Mexico Insurance Fraud Policy Advisory Group, appointed by the state insurance superintendent.
He serves on the board of the Washington Area State Relations Group (WASRG), an association of state government affairs professionals.
He is a member of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Commission on Juvenile Justice, serving for a three-year term.
Howard received a BA in political science from SUNY-New Paltz, and an MA in politics and government from New York University.
Director of Communications
James Quiggle is the Coalition's director of communications and fomenter of buzz.
A 20-year veteran of public relations and journalism, Jim joined the Coalition staff in March 2000. He's stirring public outrage and stoking consumer support with outreach campaigns that tell the tale of fraud, wag the tail of reform, and unite society to combat it.
He oversees the Coalition's outreach
strategy, positioning the Coalition as one of America's most-trusted
authorities on insurance fraud.
Jim's award-winning career has ranged from smoke-filled newsrooms to mahogany-paneled boardrooms.
He has headed public relations for two major national trade associations — the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Most recently he was a public relations consultant and business journalist, specializing in high-tech, banking, trucking, youth services and other industries.
Jim also was an editor and reporter for a small-town daily newspaper, manager of communications for a Washington think tank covering the media's reporting of business, and lead writer for a public relations firm promoting prominent national sports events.
He has been published in news outlets such as The Washington Post, Miami Herald, Chicago Sun Times, Reno Gazette Journal, Virginia Business and others. Jim also has won several public relations awards.
Jim received a BA (cum laude) in psychology from Dickinson College.
Communications Specialist
Jennifer Tchinnosian is the Coalition’s communications specialist and innovation enthusiast. She’s the chief strategist for social media marketing via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social platforms. She also handles publication design and video production.
Jennifer thrives in environments where accuracy, creativity and public outreach converge.
She worked at the Associated Press in Rome. There, she covered foreign leaders, and medical fraud and other crimes. At La Nacion in Buenos Aires, Jennifer created graphics, animations and audio slide shows about home energy conservation, local sites and interactive traffic maps.
Studying graphic design at the acclaimed Parsons The New School for Design, she created catalogues, logos, brochures and slide presentations. She graduated from the George Washington University with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. There, she used her skills in writing, photography and film to create multimedia content for the independent student newspaper, The GW Hatchet.
She also freelanced coverage of the election and inauguration of President Obama, creating online content picked up by CBS News.
Jennifer won the Creative Non-Fiction from the school’s Mortar and Pestle Literary Magazine: and the GW Review Award for Photography.
