Eric is a graduate of the Katie School of Insurance at Illinois State University, and completed the Gallagher Internship Program in 2003. In 2006 he spent six weeks in London training at Lloyd'sand learning the London marketplace. Eric is a Managing Director of Gallagher's Higher Education Practice Group and serves as the insurance broker for several public and private higher education institutions. In 2011 and 2013, Eric was the recipient of the Risk and Insurance Power Broker Award for Education.