Rekha Skantharaja Schipper

President & CEO, Tangram Insurance Services

As President & CEO of Tangram Insurance Services, Rekha has the opportunity to build and manage corporate insurance programs all over the U.S. With nearly 20 years in the industry, she is passionate about the value of insurance to the greater economy and energized around the talented team of people she works beside every day.

Her mission is to help people see the opportunities available in this industry and empower them to create their own successful career path. Rekha believes this is particularly important for women and minorities, since diversity in the industry will ultimately benefit the whole.

A Bay Area based Company, Tangram has been in business since 1999 and has experienced accelerated growth over the last 10 years with Rekha’s leadership. With a diverse team in gender, ethnicity, background and experience, Rekha is proud to be building a company that is challenging the status quo of the insurance industry.

Rekha began her insurance career in 2001 as an assistant at a brokerage firm in San Francisco. She spent the next 10 years building experience that would eventually lead her into the executive ranks.

Rekha is a first generation American, east coast native and graduate of Boston University where she earned a Bachelors degree in International Relations. She is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, the Insurance Supper Club and a co-founder of her Company’s Women of Influence Group. She is also a board director of a prominent performing arts nonprofit serving 40,000 kids through arts engagement. She was awarded Women to Watch in 2018 and has been on the Hot 100 list for the past 4 years.

Rekha lives in Marin County with  her son, Aidan, and her golden retriever, Winston. She enjoys traveling to far off places, skiing down the steepest runs she can find, and always escaping with a great book.

Learn more about Rekha: http://linkedin.com/in/rekhaskantharaja