Congratulations to Keri on winning the Insurance Professional of the Year and AAMGA awards at Regional and to Ruthie for winning the Pinnacle Award!  Even though the Pinnacle Award went to the association, we all know that without Ruthie’s hard work on the various projects she spearheaded that earned us the big points and her constantly “encouraging” the rest of us to earn points, we would never have had a chance to win!  We look forward to getting a complete report on Regional Convention at our next meeting.

Keri, Deb, and I are going to Pittsburgh in June – sounds likes it’s going to be a great convention, too.  We’ll look forward to reporting back to you at the June meeting.
 
 

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We have all heard that Region III is the place to be.  If that is true then the State of Mississippi is rocking and the Insurance Women of Southwest Mississippi is kicking!

At the Awards Luncheon during the Region III Conference our association was awarded for all of it’s hard work!  Out of the seven awards given, our association took home three of them!

Insurance Professional of the Year

Keri Morrell was surprised when our RVP, Frankie Tobias, announced her name as the 2004 Region III Insurance Professional of the Year.  In her acceptance speech she thanked the members of her association.  Keri will go on to represent Region III at National.

Pinnacle Award Category #A
 

The dedication and hard work of our members was evident in the final point total for the Pinnacle Award.  With a total of 3800 points our association took 1st place!  Our association will go on to compete at the National level and was awarded $100 in “NAIW Bucks” to spend at the NAIW store.

AAMGA Award
 

The AAMGA Award is given to a deserving member of NAIW.  This award is given at the state, region, and national levels.  The winner at each level does not move on to the next level.  There is no application for this award and it is given solely at the discretion of the presiding officer at each level.  Keri Morrell won this award at the state level.  We are proud to announce that she also won this award at the Region III Conference.

Keri Morrell was recognized at the Region III conference during the Leadership Luncheon for being a new DAE recipient.

Chris Kelly – Storbeck, NAIW National President Elect and Ruthie Phillips had a great conversation about why NAIW is the association of choice.

Those ladies from Mississippi can’t stay still long enough to even take a picture!