Tommy T. Martin Chair of Insurance
2025 Inductee Deborah Ropelewski

Deborah Ropelewski’s many years of dedicated service to the insurance industry, her leadership in promoting education through PLUS, her mentorship of countless students, including MTSU interns, and her involvement on numerous professional boards, among many other accomplishments, made her a truly outstanding and deserving candidate for this honor. Deb has spent decades in the professional liability sector and has given selflessly of her time in writing curriculum, delivering quality insurance education resources, and writing many articles on critical insurance topics. She is highly worthy of a place in the Insurance Hall of Fame.

Dr. Dave Wood, Martin Chair of Insurance
Dave.Wood@mtsu.edu

Rebecca Darden, Risk Management & Insurance Program Coordinator
Rebecca.Darden@mtsu.edu

The Martin Chair of Insurance at MTSU is named in honor of Thomas T. “Tommy” Martin
