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From the President
FROM THE PRESIDENT A NEW DIRECTION FOR THE YPC
RYAN BUTZKE, CIC, CISR President, PIA of Wisconsin Happy New Year from PIAW to you, your families and your agencies. New Year is the time of year for us to all restart our prospecting opportunities, refresh our business planning and create new beginnings in our goal setting. We use this time to close out the chapter of 2021 and open the new chapter of 2022. In opening our new chapter of 2022 I wish you all a Safe, Prosperous and Happy New Year.
2022 brings a new direction and goals to attain for the Young Professionals Committee (YPC). Their new focus will be to engage young insurance professionals throughout the state of Wisconsin. I’ve called on the YPC to organize a series of events/activities in 2022 to help form strong relationships amongst themselves and other young professionals entering into or currently working in the insurance industry. I believe those new relationships will continue to support PIAW advancement and the success of the independent agency channel in Wisconsin for many years to come.
In the past the main focus of the YPC was to organize and execute a successful YPC golf outing. With the partnership of Wisconsin Mutual and other sponsors, the YPC generated over $300,000 in scholarships college students focused on entering or currently working in the insurance industry. Those students submitted an application to the YPC which the committee reviewed and selected the best applicants to receive the scholarship. With the new direction of the YPC in 2022, the committee will no longer organize the PIA Scholarship Golf Outing. We have a new subcommittee within the Events committee that will focus on continuing the success and execution of the golf outing. With the success of Engage 2021 and our Winter Get Away, I’m confident the Events committee is up for the challenge.
What type of new events/activities will the YPC offer in 2022 you may ask? While the first committee meeting for the YPC isn’t until early January 2022 here are some activities I envision for them to discuss moving forward: • Brewery Tour – Lacrosse / Eau Claire • Brewer/Bucks Game - Milwaukee • Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Game -
Appleton • Escape Room – Wausau • Indoor Golf Event at the Turn –
Green Bay • Wine/Beer Tasting – Northern WI
I look forward in seeing how the Young Professionals Committee handles their new direction and the tasks ahead of them. I know they are eager to start their discussions and game plan for 2022. If you have a young professional in your agency and are looking for ways to get them involved in PIA of Wisconsin, please look for future information from PIAW on our website, social media outlets, Newsline email and our magazine. I thank you for your continued support of PIAW and I can’t wait to witness the successes of PIAW members in 2022.
