NAILBA announces board picks

Doug Mishkin, president and chief executive officer of Algren Associates, will head up the executive board as chairman.
NOV 19, 2007
The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies of Fairfax, Va. has announced its line up for its 2008 executive and directorial boards. Doug Mishkin, president and chief executive officer of Algren Associates Inc., will head up the executive board as chairman. Gary S. Dworkin, president of DAI/LifeMark, has been named chair-elect/chief of staff. Mark D. Rosen, president of Underwriters Brokerage Service/LifeMark, has been selected as treasurer. As secretary, NAILBA selected Thomas A. Kirke, chairman of The National Benefits Group. John W. Felton, IV, president of Tennessee Brokerage Agency, is the group’s current chairman, and Jack Chiasson is the executive director of NAILBA. The trade group also named to its 12-member board of directors: Barbara A. Crowley, president of Brokers Clearing House Ltd.; Steven J. Finkle, president of National Brokerage Associates Inc.; Raymond S. Phillips Jr., president of The Brokers Source Ltd.; and Dex Umekubo, managing partner of Producer’s XL.

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