Leadership Team

Board of Directors

Steven D. Hauschild

Steven D. Hauschild

Chairman of the Board

  • United Heritage Financial Group
  • United Heritage Life Insurance Company

Mr. Hauschild has been in banking since 1980 and has served in various senior positions including chief credit officer, chief approval officer and senior portfolio manager. He holds a BBA from Gonzaga University and a MBA from Washington State University. He joined the board of United Heritage Life in 2000 and has been a Director of the holding company since it was formed in 2001.

Diane L. Polscer

Diane L. Polscer

Vice Chairman of the Board

  • United Heritage Financial Group
  • United Heritage Life Insurance Company

Ms. Polscer is the managing partner of the law firm Gordon & Polscer, LLC in Portland, Oregon. Ms. Polscer has experience in complex commercial litigation including business and insurance disputes and appeals. She serves on many law-related and community Boards and committees, has been named an "Oregon Super Lawyer" and listed as one of the Best Lawyers in American Insurance Law. She has a BA from Pennsylvania State University and a JD from the University of Oregon. She joined the Board of Directors in 2013.

Todd H. Gill

Todd H. Gill

President & Chief Executive Officer

  • United Heritage Financial Group
  • United Heritage Life Insurance Company

Mr. Gill joined United Heritage in 2004 as the CFO, and was promoted in 2018 to COO. He was appointed as President and CEO of United Heritage Financial Group and United Heritage Life Insurance Company in 2021, and President and CEO of Sublimity Insurance Company and United Heritage Property & Casualty in 2023. He is a CPA that started his career in 1992 with Deloitte after graduating from Northwest Nazarene College.

Jeff C. Kinneeveauk

Jeff C. Kinneeveauk

  • United Heritage Financial Group
  • United Heritage Life Insurance Company

Mr. Kinneeveauk currently serves as a board member for both Idaho Power Corporation and the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC). He previously served as President and CEO of one of ASRC's largest business units, ASRC Energy Services. He worked for ASRC for over 20 years, holding various executive management positions for more than 10 of those years. Mr. Kinneeveauk has served on numerous non-profit, profit, and church boards in Alaska along with being recognized in 2013 as an awardee of the NNU Centennial Medallion in Alumni in Business, Corporate Leadership. Mr. Kinneeveauk earned a bachelor's degree in physics with an emphasis in engineering from Northwest Nazarene College (now Northwest Nazarene University) in Nampa, Idaho. He joined the Board of Directors in 2023.

John W. Holleran

John W. Holleran

  • United Heritage Financial Group
  • United Heritage Life Insurance Company

Mr. Holleran recently retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Itron Inc. He was first named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Itron in 2007. Prior to Itron, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer for Boise Cascade Corporation and Boise Cascade, LLC. He has a BA and a JD from Gonzaga University, and attended the Stanford Executive Program. He joined the Board of Directors in 2016.

Michael M. Brem

Michael M. Brem

  • United Heritage Financial Group
  • United Heritage Life Insurance Company

Mr. Brem has worked in the agriculture industry for over 40 years and retired as President of SupHerb Farms, a grower, processor and marketer of culinary herbs and specialty products. He remains active in the agricultural industry and in his community, serving on the Board of Directors of California Endive Farms and the Sierra Cascade Nurseries. Mr. Brem has a BS in Farm Management from California Polytechnic State University. He joined the Board of Directors in 2014.

Michael M. Mooney

Michael M. Mooney

  • United Heritage Financial Group
  • United Heritage Life Insurance Company

Mr. Mooney retired following a 42-year banking career, having served as President of the Bank of the Cascades, Idaho Region, Executive Vice President of the Rocky Mountain Region for KeyBank, President for KeyBank of Idaho, and President and CEO of Farmers & Merchants State Bank. He serves on the Boards of Delta Dental of Idaho, The Andrus Center, Idaho Business for Education, and the Idaho Energy Resource Authority. Mr. Mooney is an advisory member of the Boys and Girls club of Ada County, the Shakespeare Festival, and the Idaho Not For Profit Center. He has a BS in Finance from Utah State University and an MBA from Idaho State University. He joined the Board in 2016.

Michelle E. Hege

Michelle E. Hege

  • United Heritage Financial Group
  • United Heritage Life Insurance Company

Ms. Hege currently serves as the President & CEO for Desautel Hege Communications, a communications firm in Spokane, Washington. Ms. Hege has 25 years of experience in advertising, public relations, and branding. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Politics from Whitman College and later graduated from Eastern Washington University with a Master of Science in Communications. As President & CEO of Desautel Hege Communications, Ms. Hege provides both strategic counsel to clients as well as support to a team of talented people within the company. She joined the Board of Directors in 2022.

Zachary D. Tudor

Zachary D. Tudor

  • United Heritage Financial Group
  • United Heritage Life Insurance Company

Mr. Tudor is the Associate Laboratory Director of Idaho National Laboratory's National and Homeland Security Science and technology directorate, a major US center for national security technology development and demonstration. A retired US Navy submarine electronics officer, he is the former Chair of (ISC)2's Board of Directors, a member of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative advisory board (Virginia), and is the former Vice Chair of the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection at George Washington University. Mr. Tudor holds an M.S. in Information Systems from George Mason University concentrating in cybersecurity, where he was also an adjunct professor teaching graduate courses in information security. He joined the Board of Directors in 2023.

Corporate Officers

Todd H. Gill, CPA, FLMI

President & Chief Executive Officer

Jeffrey D. Neumeyer, JD

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer,
General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary

Dean D. Sandros, CPA

Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, and Treasurer

R. Shane Nelson

Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Johanna C. Hale

Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer

Stefanie A. Thiel, SHRM-SCP, MBA

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Mathew D. Dahl

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Shawn R. Turner, MCSE

Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer

Lori A. Blake, CPA

Vice President and Controller

Jill L. Evoy, FCAS, MAAA

Vice President, Actuary

D. Michelle Gustavson, JD

Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary