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The Council Foundation Awards $375,000 in Academic Scholarships to Standout Industry Interns
WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 5, 2018 –The Council Foundation announced today that it is awarding $375,000 in academic scholarships to 75 college students interested in pursuing careers in insurance brokerage. Students will receive $5,000 towards their college education. Since 2006, the Foundation—formerly known as the Foundation for Agency Management Excellence (FAME)—has awarded $2.2 million to 450 students across the country, including $1 million to 200 students in the last three years alone.
The Foundation’s Scholarship Program partners with the internship programs of member firms of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers. The program exposes college students from across the country to the commercial insurance brokerage sector with the ultimate goal of keeping them in the business after graduation. Of the 125 students who received scholarships over the past two years, nearly 53 percent have been hired or repeated an internship with a Council member firm.
“Recruiting the next generation of industry leaders is perhaps the biggest hurdle our industry faces, and being able to make a difference in the career trajectory of these students—particularly within the walls of our member firms—is both exciting and rewarding,” said Ken A. Crerar, president/CEO of The Council.
The mission of The Council Foundation is to bring fresh, diverse talent into the brokerage sector by way of internships with CIAB member firms. Students must be formally nominated by the respective brokerages at which they worked. In awarding the scholarships, an independent selection committee looks for candidates who have the potential to excel as leaders and contributors in the commercial insurance brokerage business sector.
“I am extremely appreciative and elated to know that I was selected for this scholarship,” said Doris Silva, a scholarship recipient who interned at Bolton & Company. “It will definitely be a huge help during my last year at school. This summer has been life changing at Bolton, and now more than ever I cannot wait to graduate and get my career started. Thank you to the entire Council team and to Bolton for the amazing opportunity.”
Firms whose interns won scholarships include: Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.; AP Intego; Arlington/Roe & Co.; Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.; Assurance Agency, Ltd.; AssuredPartners, Inc.; Bolton & Company; Borislow Insurance; Broadstreet Partners, Inc.; Brown & Brown, Inc.; BXS Insurance; Cottingham & Butler, Inc.; CRC Insurance Services, Inc.; Cross Insurance; Crystal & Company; Glatfelter Insurance Group; Hays Companies; Heffernan Group; Insurance Office of America, Inc.; Johnson Kendall & Johnson, Inc.; Lockton, Inc.; M3 Insurance; Marsh & McLennan Agency; Pritchard & Jerden; RCM&D, Inc.; Risk Strategies Company; Roach, Howard, Smith, and Barton, Inc.; The Crichton Group; The Plexus Groupe LLC; and TrueNorth Companies.
“This truly is a program that moves the needle,” said Jim Henderson, chairman and CEO of AssuredPartners, Inc. “The Council Foundation’s support in attracting and rewarding new talent into commercial brokerage is immensely valuable. We certainly need to continue to attract the best and brightest to this industry, and this program is making a difference in those efforts.”
The Council Foundation is a 501c(3) organization administered by The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers. Contributions made to the Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
The 2018-19 scholarship recipients are:
| Name | University | Major |
| Thomas Abraham | Bentley University | Finance |
| Andrew Arnold | Stephen F. Austin State University | Finance |
| Greyson Asmus | Temple University | Risk Management and Insurance |
| Calum Beaulieu | University of New Hampshire | Finance, Economics |
| Charlette Campbell | Grand Valley State University | Statistics with an Actuarial Emphasis |
| Andre Carriveau | University of Wisconsin – Whitewater | Marketing & Sales |
| Brandon Chidester | Western Michigan University | Sales and Business Marketing |
| Kayleigh Clinch | Thomas College | Finance |
| Lauren Czeshinski | Loras College | Marketing |
| Ryan Degale | Troy University | Global Business – Risk Management & Insurance |
| Gavin DeHaai | Concordia University – NE | Business Administration |
| Samantha Dever | Providence College | Health Policy Management & Political Science |
| Andrew Dix | Pittsburg State University | Environmental and Safety Management |
| Ryan Eddy | Randolph-Macon College | Business Management & Finance |
| Richard Femia | Bryant University | Accounting |
| Taylor Ficke | Baker | Business Finance |
| Will Fischer | Saint John’s University | Global Business Leadership |
| Tamia Frye-Ford | Virginia Commonwealth University | Risk Management and Insurance |
| Griffin Gaffner | Olivet College | Insurance and Risk Management |
| James Geeslin | TCU | Finance |
| Christopher Graman | Indiana State University | Insurance and Risk Management/Financial Services |
| Sara Hamlin | University of Georgia | Finance |
| Brent Hoffmann | University of Wisconsin Eau Claire | Business Management |
| Chelsea Hummer | Cornell University | Hotel Administration |
| Brendan Jaquay | Temple University | Risk Management & Insurance |
| Juan Jaramillo | University of Miami | Finance & Legal Studies |
| Dianna Johnson | Temple University | Risk Management & Insurance |
| Caringtyn Julian | Baker University | Business Management |
| Austin Karpinski | Illinois State University | Finance & Risk Management Insurance |
| Catherine Kelley | Clemson University | Marketing |
| Matthew Klippel | University of Florida | Business Administration |
| Hunter Klus | University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire | Economics |
| Michael Kolzow | Illinois State University | Marketing – Professional Sales |
| Logan Krause | East Carolina University | Risk Management & Insurance |
| Flora Ky | Seattle University | Marketing |
| Dominika Luszcz | Kent State University | Business Management |
| Jacob McKay | Liberty University | Business Finance |
| Miranda Messner | Florida State University | Risk Management/Insurance |
| Alec Miller | The University of Georgia | Risk Management and Insurance |
| Sarah Misiano | Temple University | Risk Management and Insurance |
| David Moorman | University of Wisconsin Madison | Communication Arts |
| Andrew Morrison | North Carolina State University | Economics and Political Science |
| Jennifer O’Brien | Belmont University | Economics |
| Katie O’Keefe | Drake University | News Journalism and Mass Communication |
| Seth Payton | Indiana State University | Insurance and Risk Management/Accounting |
| Megan Peyton | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | Finance with a Concentration of Risk and Insurance |
| Maxwell Plummer | University of Arizona | Finance |
| Alex Portwood | St. Ambrose University | Sales and Marketing |
| Zachary Pyle | University of Southern Maine | Business Administration |
| Ixchel Quiroz | Georgetown University | Government |
| Kaylin Renfro | California State University, Chico | Liberal Studies |
| Keely Richter | Missouri State University | Marketing Management |
| Adrian Rodriguez | Holy Names University | Accounting |
| Jacqueline Roges | University of Southern California | Economics |
| Susana Ruckle | Florida State University | Risk Management/Insurance and Professional Sales |
| Noah Saffie | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Computer Science |
| Alex Savary | Buena Vista University | Marketing & Finance |
| Yuliya Sierova | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | BSBA |
| Doris Silva | California State University, Northridge | Finance emphasis Insurance and Business Law |
| Samuel Smith | Appalachian State | Risk Management and Insurance |
| Andrew Spadaro | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Actuarial Science |
| Kaitlyn Steinhilber | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Health Care Administration |
| Stanley Szczurek | Millersville University | Business Administration – Marketing |
| Kittika Tarutiyasiri | California State University San Bernardino | Business Administration – Information Technology |
| William Teoh | Swarthmore College | Economics, Political Science |
| Gretchen Tuscher | University of California, Davis | Managerial Economics |
| Sarah van Duynhoven | Fordham University | Mathematics |
| Anna Vickers | Crown College | Communications |
| Kyle Vitale | Illinois State University | Finance and Accounting |
| Joseph Wallace | The Ohio State University | Economics |
| Remy Wells | Colorado College | Economics (Business Track) |
| Clayton Williams | Florida State University | Risk Management & Insurance |
| Courtney Wilson | Appalachian State University | Actuarial Science |
| Brittany Wolf | Pennsylvania State University | Communications |
| Carlie Zielinski | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurship |