The Professional Insurance Marketing Association (PIMA) elected its Board of Directors at its Annual Meeting. New PIMA officers are: 

President – Mark Kelsey, president, Kelsey National Corp. /HealthInsurance.com; President-Elect – William Suneson, founder/managing partner, Next Generation Insurance; Treasurer – David Armstrong, president, Sass Associates; Secretary – Shannon Warner, EVP, marketing and affinity programs, Pearl Companies;  Immediate Past President (ex-officio) —Michael Mercer, vice president, Transamerica Affinity Services. 

At-Large Officers/Executive Committee members include Ann Dieleman, chief marketing and business development officer, ARAG Legal Insurance, and David Schaeffer, vice president, AmWINS Group Benefits.

Newly-elected Board Directors are:

Al Drowne, vice president and general manager, American Medical Insurance Agency; Kevin Garvin, president, Affinity North America at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.;  Barbara Baumann, vice president, affinity markets group, Securian Financial Group; Philip Hennig, director, account management, The Hartford; and Jill Fecher, vice president, client services, FARM.

The Professional Insurance Marketing Association (PIMA) connects & empowers leaders in the affinity benefits industry to thrive in a dynamic marketplace.

The PIMA MidYear Meeting and Trade Show will be held July 21-24, 2016 at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. For more information, visit www.pima-assn.org or call 817-569-7462.

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