NAILBA

The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) has named Jason Lea, CFP, Brokers’ Service Marketing Group, Providence, RI, to the NAILBA board of directors. Lea will complete the final year of a three-year term recently vacated by Michael Bellig.

David Long, NAILBA’s chairman of the board of directors, noted that Lea “joins the board at a critical time for our organization. With the recent launch of our new strategic plan, it’s important that our leadership is focused on guiding our organization tactically into the future. Jason brings a wealth of senior leadership experience to the board, along with a solid footing in the brokerage community. I am pleased he accepted my invitation to join us.”

Lea joins the following NAILBA member agency principals, continuing their terms on the board: Chairman David Long, senior vice president, CPS Sacramento/Long Insurance Services, Sacramento, CA; George C. “Chip” Van Dusen, IV, Diversified Brokerage Services, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, serving as chair-elect; James Sorebo, Four Seasons Financial Group, Marlton, NJ, serving as NAILBA’s secretary/treasurer; and Barbara Crowley, CEO, Brokers Clearing House, Ltd., West Des Moines, IA, concludes her service this year as the immediate past chairman for 2015; Joseph Bosnack, Katz Nassau Agency, Rockville Centre, NY; Brittany Cross, LFS-Labyrinth Financial Services, Vancouver, WA; Melinda S. Meyer, ValMark Securities, Akron, OH; Seixas “Chad” Milner, III, The Milner Group, Lawrenceville, GA; Jeffrey D. Mooers, H.D. Mooers & Co., Lafayette, CA; Ben Nevejans, LifePro Financial Services, Inc., San Diego, CA; Myra Palmer, The Palmer Agency, Atlanta, GA; Thomas Riekse, Jr., LTCI Partners, LLC, Lake Forest, IL.

“Like our chairman and other members of the board, Jason Lea brings the next generation’s perspective of one of NAILBA’s long-standing, multi-generational agency members. We are delighted to have the future of brokerage so well represented among our leadership,” observed NAILBA CEO Jack Chiasson, CAE.

A biographical sketch for each member of the NAILBA board of directors can be found on the board of directors page of the NAILBA website, www.nailba.org.

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