Officers & Directors

President

Pamela Goerlich Findley

CPCU, AU, AINS

Contact: Linked In
Year of CPCU Designation:  2016
Company:  RLI Insurance Company
Position:  Product Manager
Education:  Bradley University - Actuarial Science
Interests: Gardening and scrapbooking

Treasurer

Eric Johnson

CPCU, CLU

Year of Designation:  2013
Company:  State Farm Insurance
Position:  Underwriting Analyst
Education:  Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Columbia College
Interests:  Sports, Travel, Cooking

Secretary

Ken Bergeron

CPCU, FLMI, ARM, AIM, AIS, ACS

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2003
Company: State Farm Insurance
Position: Underwriting Team Manager
Education: Masters of Business Administration from Regis University
Interests: Travel, Sports, Reading, Mentoring

Past-President

Heather Blevins

CPCU, AIC, AINS, AIS, SCLA, ITP

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2016
Company: State Farm Insurance
Position: Underwriting Project Coordinator
Education: BS Organizational Leadership- NSU, Master’s in Education
Interests: Travel, writing, social media, college football 

COE Director

Vickie Hodges

CPCU, CLU, AINS

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2000
Company: State Farm Insurance
Position: P&C Underwriting Analyst
Education: BS in Management from Illinois State University
Interests: Volleyball, Traveling

Director at Large

Scott Homa

CPCU, AIM, AU, AIC

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2012
Company: SECURA Insurance
Position: Research & Development - Product Manager
Education: B.A. Business Management & Computer Science, North Central College
Interests: Family, Giving back to the Insurance Industry,
Racquetball, and University of Illinois Basketball and Football

Director at Large

Aaron Selburg

CPCU, ARe, AU, AU-M

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2014
Company: COUNTRY Financial
Position: Manager, Commercial Underwriting Operations
Education: Bachelor of Insurance & Risk Management, Illinois State University
Interests: Football (real and fantasy), hiking, outdoors, spending time with family and friends

Director at Large

Mike Russell

CPCU, CIC

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2016
Company: Pekin Insurance
Position: Director, PL Products
Education: M.B.A from Utah State University
Interests: Hiking, Riding Motorcycles and Family time. Reading and doing jigsaw puzzles.

Director at Large

Anthony Tupper

CPCU

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2017
Company: State Farm Insurance
Position: Administrative Services Manager - Purchasing
Education: Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration from University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Master of Arts, Management from Doane College
Interests: Family time and sports fan (baseball, college football and college basketball

Professional Development

Amy Cortese

CPCU (2007); CHFC (2012); CLU (2016); INS (1997)

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2007
Company: State Farm
Position: Enterprise Compliance and Ethics Manager
Education: Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration

Chapter Growth

Ajit Kolekar

ChFC, CPCU, CLU, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2016
Company: State Farm Insurance
Position: Technology Analyst, Digital Analytics
Education: MBA, MS - Data Science
Interests: Traveling, spending time with family, cricket

Member Events

Michelle Rushing

CPCU, CLU

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2004
Company: State Farm Insurance
Position: Technology Analyst
Education: B.S. Accounting & Insurance from Illinois State University
Interests: Sports, Shopping, Traveling

Social & Community Events

Diane Kidd

CPCU, CLU, ChFC

Contact:Linked In
Year of Designation:1994
Company: State Farm Insurance
Position: Technology Analyst
Education: Bachelor of Arts from Illinois Wesleyan University
Interests: Cooking, gardening, outdoor activities, reading

Membership

Jackie Mucci

CPCU, SCLA, API, AINS, AIC

Year of Designation: 2014
Company: Country Financial
Position: Supervisor of State Filing and Rate Testing
Education: Bachelor of Arts degree from Marquette University
Interests: Hanging out with my family, running

Technology

Robin Levine

CPCU, ChFC, AINS

Contact: Linked In
Year of Designation: 2016>br/> Company: State Farm Insurance
Position: Lead Software Engineer
Education: Bachelor of Science from Emory University
Interests: Travel, Theatre, Family

Student Relations

Allison Stuepfert

CPCU, ChFC, AIM

Year of Designation: 2002
Company: State Farm Insurance
Position: Scrum Master, Enterprise Technology
Education: B.A. Business from Illinois Wesleyan
Interests: Sports, Theater, Community Volunteering & Events, Gardening

Internal Affairs

Jim Jones

Contact: Linked In
Company: Illinois State University
Position: Director, Center For Insurance & Finance