TSLA Announces New Officers and Directors at Annual Meeting
The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced a new slate of officers and directors at its forty-ninth annual meeting held Nov. 7, 2005, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas.
The new officers are: President Don Ethredge, managing partner, Texas Commercial Insurance Facilities, Tyler; Vice President Len Kaplan, executive vice president and CFO, Delta General Agency, Houston; and Secretary/Treasurer Lana Parks, president, The Parks Group Inc., Arlington.
The new directors, elected to three year terms, are: Susan Gropp, Maclean, Oddy & Associates; Anita Herzog, Tejas American General Agency LLC; and Todd Teitell, Colemont Insurance Brokers of Texas LP.
TSLA existing directors include: Rob Arnold, Myron F. Steves & Co.; Gay Aulenbacher, Leicht General Agency; Lorrie Cheshier, McClelland & Hine Inc.; Shannon Dahlke, McClelland & Hine of Houston LLP; Paul Rainey, RSI International Inc.; and Monte Stringer, U.S. Risk Inc.
The TSLA Executive Committee consists of the current officers and the immediate past president, Marshall Leicht, Leicht General Agency.
During the business meeting, the President’s Award was presented to Carl Roeder, chairperson, Legislative Committee and Susan Gropp, chairperson, Inter-Association Activities Committee. Both Roeder and Gropp each received a star shaped paperweight engraved with their name and year received.
The Don King Committee Member of the Year award was presented to Jim Devall, Cunningham Lindsey U.S., for his service on the Inter-Association Activities Committee. He received a plaque for his service and dedication to TSLA. This award is given out each year in memory of past member and friend, Don King.
The Avrohm Wisenberg scholarship recipients were Pam Hooker, McClelland & Hine, and Jeanette DeLeon, Myron Steves. Hooker received a CIC scholarship and DeLeon received a CISR scholarship. In addition, both recipients will receive a cash prize of $100 once their course is completed. The scholarships are donated to TSLA each year by the Society of CIC.
Delta General Agency Corp. was the lucky firm to win the full ACSR scholarship donated to TSLA by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas.
For information about TSLA, contact Executive Director Jean Patterson at (512) 343-9058 or by e-mail at jptsla@tsla.org or visit the Web site at www.tsla.org.