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About Sara Bradshaw Ray A third-generation insurance professional, Sara Bradshaw Ray, brings over 35 years of experience spanning agency ownership, company commercial underwriting, and cluster development. She is widely recognized…

Laurie VanderWal is a licensed insurance professional with 30+ year experience and is currently an independent insurance agent.

Craig Tappel, CPA, CPCU grew up in the insurance business and joined his father in the family company after college. Craig currently leads HUB International’s Property and Casualty Practice in…

Sharon Koches, CPCU, RPLU, AAI, AU, ITP, owner/consultant of Managing Performance, LLC is an Insurance educator, consultant and industry resource. She is also a consultant for Agency Management Resource Group…

About Craig Andrews, CPCU ARM AAI AU-M ARe AIC ASLI AMIM CRIS, is the son of an independent insurance agent. Andrews entered the insurance industry in 1977 as a producer…

About JoLynda Hayes, CLCS, CISR, AIS, AINS is currently a Client Service Supervisor with Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. She began working in the insurance industry in 2004.…

Sam Bennett is an active retail producer, presenter, and shareholder in Harrison Agency, Inc. of Columbia, MO. He began his insurance career in 1987 and has been an Independent Insurance…

Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, joined the insurance industry in 1990. He is the Executive Director of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers…

Michael Gay, MA, CPCU, ARM, AAI, CRIS is the National Sales Manager – Coach & Insurance for Volvo Financial Services, Inc., a part of the AB Volvo Group. He has…

About Virginia M. Bates is the president of VMB Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in education, agency management, and automation issues. Virginia Bates has over twenty years of…