About Us | Program Partners

Meet the Program Partners, Inc. Team

Program Partners, Inc. is proud to present our experienced and dedicated team of professionals who are committed to providing the highest quality custom insurance policies for our customers. Our team is dedicated to finding innovative solutions to meet our client's needs, enabling us to achieve our mission of creating the best custom insurance policies in the marketplace today.

President, CEO

Daniel W. Crandall, CIC, ARM

Dan began his insurance career in 1981 as an independent agent selling agribusiness insurance on the hood of a pickup truck in Idaho. From that beginning, he has also served in many capacities within the company ranks, including President and CEO of a 24-state regional insurer, General Fire & Casualty Company, and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

He has built and managed several program administrators and managing general agencies over his career.

Sr. Operations Manager

Mitchell B. Willes

Mitchell graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Economics. Prior to working with Program Partners, Inc. Mitchell worked in banking.

Mitchell provides an outsider's view of the world of insurance, which allows the team to draft insurance policy forms with all audiences in mind.

Contract and Communications Analyst

Jeremy B. Crandall

Jeremy is a recent graduate from Brigham Young University. Before his time at Program Partners Inc., he worked in banking, public relations research, and logistics.

In his current position, Jeremy emphasizes the little things in the contracts and policies to ensure everything is correct, symmetrical, and functioning correctly. He focuses on our knowledge bases, our document automation, and our general policy forms.

General Counsel

Goffrey "Al" Hardaway II

Al is a member of the Tennessee Bar. Al graduated from the John J. Duncan, Jr School of Law at Lincoln Memorial University, where he served as president of the Black Law Student Association, completed an externship with Criminal Court Judge Christopher Craft, and served as a Dean’s Fellow for the law school.

Following graduation Al has worked with personal injury firms and legislation in state government. This has allowed Al to provide legal opinions on various situations, conduct legal research, and offer recommendations to management and other staff regarding issues that intersect with the legal field.

CSO, Chief Science Officer

Curtis R. Crandall, MSc

Curt manages and develops our geospatial information system-dependent underwriting and rating models. He holds a M.S. degree in Hydrologic Sciences and a B.S. degree in Earth Science and Geographical Information Analysis from Boise State University. He has published work and previous experience as a spatial analyst for a regional insurance carrier in catastrophic disease and weather-related perils. Curt is also a decorated infantry non-commissioned officer and veteran of the United States Army.