Jan R. Van Gorder was employed by Erie Insurance Group from November 1981 through December 2006. He held a variety of positions at that company, including his most recent position as Senior Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel from December 1990 through December 2006. He served as a consultant and acting Secretary and General Counsel at Erie Insurance Group from January 2007 - April 2007. Mr. Van Gorder served as a member of the Board of Directors of Erie Indemnity Company, Erie Pennsylvania, from 1990 to 2004. In addition, he served as a consultant and Acting General Counsel from January 2007 to April 2007.

Mr. Van Gorder is presently a director of CastlePoint Holdings, Ltd., a Bermuda-based reinsurance company. He is also a director of the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie, PA.

Mr. Van Gorder's previous affiliations include director, Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania; chairman, Pennsylvania Insurance, Political Action Committee; director, Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association; member, National Association of Independent Insurers Laws Committee; director, Pennsylvanians for Effective Government; chairman, Board of Trustees - Erie Day School; chairman, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Served on United Way Leadership Giving Committee; member, Alexis de Tocqueville Society - United Way; corporator, Hamot Health Corporation; corporator, Discovery Square; member, American, Pennsylvania and Erie County Bar Associations; director, Pennsylvania Assigned Risk Plan; director, Pennsylvania Assigned Claims Plan; president, Pennsylvania Insurance Collection Services; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Review Board; Pennsylvania Lawyers Client Security Fund and board member, Erie Art Museum.