Chris Fereday joined PDCM in 2001 after working six years as a broker in one of the world’s largest insurance brokerages, focusing on a variety of industries including manufacturing, technology, public entities, and higher education, from 1995 to 2001.

Mr. Fereday received a BA degree in Marketing from the University of Notre Dame and had earned the prestigious Certified Risk Manager designation.

Mr. Fereday teaches both property and liability insurance courses for University of Northern Iowa Entrepreneurial Program and is an author of various articles dealing with corporate safety, risk transfer, health issues, and with specific risk  management issues.

Becky Knutson is a senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm in the Litigation Division with a general practice including Labor and Employment Law.

She advises both public and private sector clients.  She has been involved in litigation and advising clients on employment matters including handbooks and policies, compliance with local, state and federal laws, discipline and discharge, collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, employee organization and union organizing issues, unfair labor and prohibited practices, professional conduct and licensing, civil rights, OSHA, workers’ compensation, wage and hour compliance, drug testing, and individual employment, compensation and severance agreements.  Her litigation practice includes appearing before state and federal courts, the NLRB and Iowa PERB, and a variety of administrative agencies at the trial and appellate levels.