CANNASURE INSURANCE SERVICES - Key Persons


Jim McErlean

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Manager
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Jim is a talented and respected business executive. His business acumen and collaborative nature has consistently yielded sustainable growth and profits.

Joe Foley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Director of Business of Cannasure
Joe Foley has over 20 years of experience as an advisor and principal in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, strategy and operations. Joe serves as Director of Business of Cannasure. His responsibilities include oversight of corporate financial operations, strategic M&A and IT initiatives, forecasting and investor relations. Prior to joining Cannasure, Joe was a partner at Falcon and previous co-founder of Greencastle. His career spans time in New York with Merrill Lynch before eventually returning to Cleveland as an investment banker at National City Bank (now PNC) and later joining the Cleveland Clinic as Director of Business Development where he played a central role in the development of their emerging global initiatives. Additionally, Joe's expertise spans key industry segments including insurance, healthcare, and renewable and clean energy. Joe graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and received an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. Outside of work, Joe spends his time traveling and relaxing with his wife and two children. Joe is an avid skier and mountain biker, enjoys his time on the ice playing hockey and loves to cook.

Kieran J. O'Rourke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Underwriting Manager - CPCU, CRM, CIC
Kieran J. O'Rourke has over 30 years of impressive commercial underwriting, product and program development experience in the insurance industry. Prior to joining Cannasure, Kieran was Assistant Vice President of Property Underwriting of AmTrust Financial Services, Inc (AFSI). Kieran's career experience spans P&C underwriting, MGA underwriting for alternative energy products and alternative market product development, oversight of research and product development and directing regional commercial insurance sales for a Fortune 500 carrier. Kieran is a talented and respected leader. His disciplined underwriting approach and business fundamentals consistently yields sustainable growth and profits relative to proprietary program development. At Cannasure, Kieran manages the firm's Program division and guides the company's development of future cannabis and hemp programs. Kieran's expertise keeps him busy and is well sought after by leading media outlets and speaks at insurance and cannabis industry events. Kieran has a unique perspective and thought-leadership of underwriting relative to the emerging trends and risk transfer solutions in the cannabis and hemp arena. A graduate of The University of Akron, Kieran holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation, as well as the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Certified Risk Manager (CRM) designations. Now retired from his civic duties, Kieran held elected office for over 20 years as a Trustee on the Village of Seville's (Ohio) utility board. He now devotes his free time to family, which includes a growing number of grandchildren.

Patrick McManamon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Chairman of the National Cannabis Insurance Association
  • Founder / Cannabis Program Practice Leader
Patrick serves as Chairman of the National Cannabis Insurance Association's (NCIA) insurance and finance committees. In addition, Patrick is a founding member of NCIA of Ohio. Patrick is also an active member of ArcView Group (Cannabis Investment and Market Research).