Three longtime WILMIC board members were recently elected to new three-year terms on the WILMIC board, while another was elected for the first time.

Linda de la Mora, Marna Tess-Mattner and Richard Orton were all elected to serve new terms, while Kristine Burck was elected for the first time.

Linda de la Mora

Linda de la Mora has been on the board since 1999. She currently serves on WILMIC’s Executive and Investment Committees. de la Mora practices at the von Briesen law firm in its Waukesha office, focusing on estate planning, trusts and estates, trust administration, probate. marital property law and residential and commercial real estate transactions.

Marna Tess-Mattner

Marna Tess-Mattner has been on the WILMIC board since 2013. She is a member of the board’s Audit, Governance and Long Range Planning committees. Tess-Mattner is a shareholder at Schmidt, Rupke, Tess-Mattner & Fox in Brookfield. She represents employers in employment and labor matters.

Richard Orton

Richard Orton has been on the WILMIC board since 2017 and is currently the board vice-chair. He also serves on the Executive, Governance, and Long Range Planning committees. Orton is a trial attorney at the Milwaukee firm of Gass, Weber Mullins focusing on products liability, general liability, professional liability, and commercial, construction and insurance litigation and appeals.

Kristine Burck

Kristine Burck joins the WILMIC board this year, and will also be serving on the board’s Audit and Governance committees. She is General Counsel for Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Company. In addition to working as in-house counsel for two property and casualty insurance companies, Kristine has practiced as a solo practitioner, associate in small to medium size firms, and as a government lawyer of the Wisconsin Office of the Insurance Commissioner.

Kristine has also served on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Defense Counsel organization and as the Vice Chair for the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance.