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2012 Board Members
Mike Gates , President
PLS Claims 770-381-8855
Janet Nash, Vice President
Collins and Company 404-345-1573
Dominic Thurston - Treasurer
FM Global 770-777-3641
Chris Nichols - Secretary
Acclaim Services, LLC 678-573-5021
Grady Amason - Asst Sec/Treasurer
White-Hart & Associates 770-432-6422
Executive Board Members
John Southall - Past President
FM Global 770-777-3632
Kristin Miller
Engle Martin 404-303-7160
Amara Bennett
Engle Martin 404-303-7160
Alex Hagan
Catholic Mutual 404-803-8623
Leland Quon
Mercury Insurance 770-552-5163
Pete Mobley (Historian)
Mark Adjustment Services 404-317-4626
Howard A. Zandman, CPA – Financial Advisor
Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLC 404-814-4915
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President's Message - January 2012
President's Message - January 2012
Once again, I am honored to serve as President of the Southern Loss Association. Having been a member since 1978, I have many treasured memories of colleagues who have contributed to our industry and community unselfishly over the years. In the spirit of recognizing those contributions, on behalf of the officers, board and membership of the Association, I voice our collective appreciation to John Southall and last year’s leaders who brought about another successful chapter in the fifty four year history of Southern Loss.
When I consider my experience and the original purpose of the Southern Loss Association, I am grateful that for so long a time, we as adjusters, attorneys, accountants, contractors and those providing support services to the property insurance industry have had a forum for continuing education and to establish friendly communications with those who belong and who attend our official events. As has been the goal of every SLA President, I hope to continue our tradition and to expand opportunities to acquire job related knowledge and contacts with others who share our common interests. To that end, I encourage all of you to share with me your ideas about how the Association can grow and better achieve it purposes.
While our membership roster continues to be strong and our vendor support outstanding, I want to focus this year more on consistent involvement in the monthly meetings by as many people as possible. My hope is that if we can turn out hundreds for the golf outings and educational seminar, that we can start having more full members attend the monthly meetings. To help achieve that, I hope to have continuing education credits available through most of our monthly speakers. Additionally, I have talked with some of our long term vendor supporters about ways they can help get those adjusters who need to know more about what’s going on in their profession involved. To that end, I plan to appoint an informal committee of vendors to suggest ideas about how to support membership participation. I am also seeking volunteers to teach recognized curriculum after work such as the AIC courses as sponsored by SLA.
Over the next few months, I hope to put forth some ideas about how to make things better for all who do and will participate in Association activities, both traditional and if appropriate, less conventional. To that end, I ask for your support as President in our joint effort to keep SLA vibrant and to offer an opportunity to the coming generations of insurance professional to learn and to meet those they encounter daily while doing their jobs.
Mike Gates
SLA President - 2012
Created on 01/03/2012 08:45 AM by MEI
Updated on 01/03/2012 08:48 AM by MEI
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