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UP CLOSE: Stephanie Mapes

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UP CLOSE: Stephanie Mapes

BURLINGTON, VERMONT-BASED PRESIDENT

Paul Frank & Collins P.C.

PREVIOUS POSITION: Burlington-based executive management team member and head of captive insurance group of Paul Frank & Collins.

GOALS FOR NEW POSITION: We're continuing to build out the brand and in particular on the non-Vermont side, the more worldly side. We are adding to that with our immigration practice (for multinational companies coming to do business in the United States) and patent practice.

CHALLENGES FACING INDUSTRY: There are a lot of changes in the health care sector ... driven by the federal law changes. We have captives from all industries, but in particular the risk retention group is heavily weighted in health care, so there will be a lot of challenges there.

FIRST INDUSTRY JOB: This is it. I graduated law school in 1988, and I joined this firm that same year.

WHAT SURPRISED ME: It was learning what the industry was. When you are in law school, you don't learn about captive insurance, especially not back then.

ADVICE: The best advice might be that at first it feels overwhelming, but it really is a small, friendly business ... Get involved in the industry organizations and network.

OUTSIDE THE INDUSTRY, A DREAM JOB: If I could do anything, I would teach. I love to teach, and I've never been shy.

HOBBIES: Skiing, which I do with my 12-year-old son. My husband is a Vermonter, but he doesn't ski — he thinks it's too cold. My family, all three of us, like to paint with oil paints. On those long, cold winter nights we light a fire and get out our oils and our canvases.

FAVORITE BOOK: “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker.

BEST CITY: Burlington and the fact that Montreal is less than a two-hour drive across the border. We enjoy this small city and small state, and when you need your city fix you can hop across the border and be in a great international city with food and flavor.