Michael L. Conklin joined Ryan Specialty in August of 2023 as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer.

From July 2020 through August of 2023, Michael served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer for WSFS Financial. From 2013 to 2020, Mr. Conklin served in numerous HR Leadership roles at US Bank,  supporting strategy and corporate affairs, communications, marketing,  HR, consumer and business banking, legal and global payments. In Mr. Conklin’s last assignment at US Bank, he served as Senior Vice President for Global Human Resources, Global Payment Services and Strategy & Corporate Affairs. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Global Human Resources for Pentair’s process technologies business unit.

Mr. Conklin has served on several nonprofit boards, including most recently the Community Education Building Board of Directors, chairing the Human Resources and Leadership Committee, as well as serving as a board advisor to Drexel University’s Solutions Institute. Mr. Conklin served in the Marine Corps Reserve and is a veteran of the Gulf War. He holds an M.B.A. from Regis University with a concentration on general management and a B.S. in Political Science and Psychology from Augsburg University.