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Southwest Insurance Agents Alliance has expanded its team with the addition of Nate Call and William R. Gordon as regional vice presidents for Arizona.

Both Call and Gordon will be responsible for membership service, development and insurance company relations for Alliance member agencies in Arizona.

Call most recently was vice president of sales for Diversified Insurance Group. Call was also a sales producer and business insurance broker with Leavitt Group and a client advisor for Marsh USA Inc.

Gordon has an extensive independent and captive agent experience within both personal and commercial lines.

Before Southwest, Gordon was the principal at Gordon Insurance Associates Inc.

Southwest is part of the Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance.

Patriot Underwriters Inc. named Shadi Lang vice president of marketing and underwriting of its California region.

Lang will be based in Woodland Hills. In her new role, Lang will build and manage agency relationships across California, focusing on the southern portion of the state.

Lang comes to Patriot from American International Group, where she was an underwriting specialist. Prior to AIG, positions Lang held include senior underwriter and assistant vice president at Zenith Insurance Co. from 2003 to 2013.

Patriot Underwriters is a program administrator for regional and national insurance carriers.

The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation named Steve Marohn chairman of its Western division board of directors.

Marohn is western zone officer for CNA. As chairman of IICF, Marohn will help guide the philanthropic endeavors of the its Western division.

Marohn has more than 25 years of industry experience. As CNA’s Western zone officer, Marohn is responsible for aligning eight branch offices throughout the Western U.S. to drive growth. From his base in the Bay Area, he also manages CNA’s San Francisco branch.

IICF is directed and funded by the insurance industry. The foundation provides grants, volunteer services and leadership.

IFG Cos. named Vickie L. Potts a regional director in its Scottsdale, Ariz., offices.

Potts will be responsible for leading initiatives for the expansion of IFG’s bind operations in the Western and Midwestern states.

Potts worked for nearly 17 years for W.R. Berkley and its affiliates, where most recently she was vice president of agency relations and business development. Prior to that she was vice president of marketing at Nautilus Insurance Group.

IFG has five principal business units with coverages underwritten by IFG’s affiliated insurers: The Burlington Insurance Co.; First Financial Insurance Co.; Alamance Insurance Co.; and Guilford Insurance Co.

Bolton & Co. named Greg Doherty an executive vice president and managing director of the dietary supplement practice group.

Doherty has experience in the dietary supplement and nutraceutical industry, as well as experience working for brokerage and consulting firms. Prior to Bolton he was with Marsh, Alexander & Alexander, Johnson & Higgins and more recently Poms & Associates.

Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton is a partner of Assurex Global. Bolton provides insurance and risk management services, employee benefits and financial products.

Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC named Paula Robertson-Miller senior vice president of its West Coast executive liability brokerage.

Robertson-Miller will report Jeffrey Lattmann, the national executive liability practice leader.

Robertson-Miller has more than 15 years of experience in executive liability lines. Prior to Beecher Carlson, she served as senior vice president at a brokerage firm where she provided risk management analysis to private equity firm clients.

Atlanta, Ga.-based Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc.

San Diego, Calif.-based Champion Risk & Insurance Services L.P. announced that Marc Crawford has joined the firm as a producer.

Prior to Champion Risk, Crawford worked for the Leavitt Group, where he handled complex risk solutions and worked with a team of professionals that specialize in risk management and individual insurance.

Crawford has more than 10 years of experience as a commercial broker. His focus is on transportation and energy. He also has experience with unique property coverage, excess, professional lines and program specific businesses.

Champion Risk & Insurance is a regional insurance brokerage that provides a range of insurance products and services, focusing on business and personal insurance and financial solutions.