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Leadership: Officers
 Bob Kyte is president for Adventist Risk Management, Inc., (ARM), and its affiliated companies, Gencon Insurance Company of Vermont and Gencon Insurance Company International, Ltd. ARM, located in Silver Spring, Maryland, provides risk and insurance services for the Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide and is owned and operated by the church.
As president of ARM, Kyte serves as the risk manager for the Seventh-day Adventist Church handling the full range of church risks with heavy exposures in liability, property and employee benefits. He provides leadership to more than 150 employees in three offices: Silver Spring, Maryland, St. Albans, England and Brasilia, Brazil.
Kyte is an attorney with more than 20 years of legal experience and previously served as general counsel for Healthwise, Incorporated, a nonprofit consumer health information company, in Boise Idaho, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Silver Spring, Maryland, and with the firm of Skinner Fawcett Law Office, Boise Idaho. He was also general counsel and president of Pacific Press Publishing Association in Nampa, Idaho.
He received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Walla Walla College, in Walla Walla, Washington, and a juris doctor from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Kyte is a member of the Idaho State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the American Bar Association, as well as licensed to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.  Steve Blackburn is responsible for the overall financial strategy for ARM and its seven affiliated companies. In addition to financial oversight including actuarial and financial analysis, Blackburn will provide administrative oversight to the organizations Information Technology and Healthcare Plan departments.
Blackburn has been with ARM for the past five years serving in Quality Assurance and subsequently as a manager of the Field Services department. Prior to joining ARM, he served in financial leadership positions in the Church’s education programs. He also worked in the insurance industry as President of Telcom Insurance Group, a captive insurance in the telecommunications industry. Blackburn holds a Business Administration and Accounting degree from Washington Adventist University and an MBA from The George Washington University. He is a Chartered Public Accountant and holds an Associate in Risk Management designation.  Tim Northrop has been named Vice President for Sales and Client Services. In his new position he will lead all sales efforts for ARM through its Field Services program as well as the client services programs.
Northrop joined ARM ten years ago and has held positions in Underwriting, Placement Services and Field Services. Most recently he has served as Manager of Placement Services where he was responsible for placing insurance in domestic and international markets for the Church. Prior to joining ARM, Northrop, a Business Administration graduate of Southwestern Adventist University, worked for Huguley Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.
Northrop has designations as an Associate in General Insurance and Associate in Risk Management.  Arthur Blinci heads up the risk management and loss prevention program of Adventist Risk Management, Inc. Blinci heads the team addressing the growing needs of the Church both through enterprise wide risk management programs, as well as micro programs focused on assisting local churches and schools better anticipate and prevent losses in their activities.
Blinci has more than 30 years of risk management experience within the Adventist Church. He has presented numerous risk management and leadership seminars around the world. Prior to joining ARM in 1986, Blinci served as assistant treasurer for the Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, where he oversaw employee services and insurance. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Andrews University and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from the Ken Blanchard College of Business at Grand Canyon University. Blinci has also received the Associate of Risk Management designation and is a certified facilitator for the Development Dimensions International leadership courses. In addition, he has been a board member of the Washington, D.C. based Nonprofit Risk Management Center, an organization for which he has also served as president. In 1999, Blinci was privileged to testify on behalf of the non-profit sector before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Emergency Management.  Sharon Mabena is vice president and Chief Accounting Officer of Adventist Risk Management, Inc. Mabena also serves as Secretary Treasurer and handles compliance matters for the companies that are registered in various countries and states. She is responsible for all accounting activities for ARM and its seven affiliated companies. She will also be in charge of audits and will give oversight to other activities related to ARM and GENCON in its Underwriting and Reinsurance programs.
Mabena joined ARM in 2003 as an internal auditor and has served in various management positions most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to her service with ARM, Mabena was a senior accountant in the Grants Management Department of Loma Linda University. As such she provided comprehensive fiduciary management of federal and private research grants exceeding $22 million.
Mabena began her career as a budget analyst for Braun, Inc., a subsidiary of the Gillette Company, where she oversaw the preparation of annual budgets and forecasts for a team of managers.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Oakwood University and a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting from Vanderbilt University. Mabena is also a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor.  Harry Janke serves as chief information officer of Adventist Risk Management. Within this position, he provides direction for enhancing operations through the realignment and implementation of modern and effective information technologies. Janke ensures the expansion and maintenance of IT infrastructure and data storage for ARM business processes.
With over 40 years of experience operating and managing within the IT sector, Janke has succeeded in building strong teams of talented and motivated individuals. Prior to joining ARM as CIO, Janke served as assistant CIO and executive director of IT operations for Adventist Health West in California. In addition to his position at Adventist Health West, he brings his experience in IT consulting where he has been known to encourage growth of efficient IT systems that improve the delivery of services at medical and insurance institutions such as Kettering Medical Center, Shawny Mission Medical Center, and ARM. He holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science and a master’s in business administration from Avila University. |
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