From Your President

A Challenging But Rewarding Two Years

It is hard to believe two years have passed already. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your President, it has truly been one of the greatest honors of my life. I want to thank the Board of Directors for their hard work and dedication to our Association these last two years. It has been very challenging at times and I dare say more than any of us imagined when we said yes. Your Board has worked tirelessly at times and always had what was in the best interest of this Association at the forefront with every decision.

John McInturff III has done a remarkable job in managing the finances of our Association and has us on very sound financial footing. Ron is putting the finishing touches on rounding out his staff and I look forward to what will be accomplished next year with the new faces and fresh ideas.

Ron and his staff did a fantastic job with this year’s convention and I have had very positive feedback. When you consider that no one on staff had ever attended a IOT convention much less organized one I think what they did was absolutely amazing – very well done. As always, we are looking for opportunities for improvement, and ideas on what would make our Convention more attractive and bring value to your time away from the office. If you have suggestions on things you would like to

Bob and Melinda at the Wilson Dam during the Insurors Convention see at future conventions please reach out to Ron or Jake and share your ideas.

We have a new Women in Insurance (WINS) committee that will kick things off next year and we are excited about the ideas they will bring for our women’s events. Thank you to Janet Smith, June Taylor, Christy Jones, Allison Flores, and Laura Gaunt for agreeing to serve on this very important committee.

Now is the time to be thinking about any legislative issues you feel need to be addressed in the upcoming legislative session. With both D.C. and Nashville closed to visitors due to COVID-19 we were not able to visit our legislators as we have in years past. Even with that complication, both the State and National Association did a great job representing our interests at both levels.

Hopefully, we will have the opportunity to resume in person visits in 2022, which is certainly more effective. I would be remiss if I did not ask for a PAC contribution as you are considering your year-end giving.

I hope everyone had a very thankful Thanksgiving and Melinda and I wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas.

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“Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your President, it has truly been one of the greatest honors of my life.”