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AJ Lovitt, Chief        Network. Steve gives back to an industry
                                            Executive Officer        that has rewarded him with great clients
                                            at Combined             and experiences by becoming involved in
                                            Agents of               insurance education as an instructor and
                                            America                 public speaker. He has also served on CISR

                                            AJ Lovitt is            and CIC Boards with The National Alliance
                                            the CEO of              for Education & Research for a total of 13
                                            Combined                years, working in various roles including
                                            Agents of               Chairperson of each organization.
                                            America the 6th                             ★★★★
                                            largest insurance
                                            network as                                              Elizabeth
            ranked by the Insurance Journal for P/C
            revenue. Previously, AJ held several executive                                          Schenk, Chief
            leadership roles at Nationwide Insurance for                                            Executive
            over 15 years and was honored with Sales                                                Officer at
            Associate of the Year honors. AJ’s focus on                                             Agency Network
            strengthening the relationships with CAA                                                Exchange (ANE)
            member agencies and carrier partners through                                            Elizabeth Schenk
            common goals and accountability is the driving                                          was appointed
            force behind their continued high level of                                              CEO of ANE
            performance. AJ is a graduate of Kansas State                                           in 2019. She
            University with a degree in Finance.                                                    previously

                                ★★★★                                spent several years as a producer and agency
                                                                    manager at an independent agency before
                                                                    moving to the insurer side as an underwriter,
            Steve Pearson,                                          and so enjoyed working with agents that
            CIC, CRM,                                               eventually she took a job as a production
            President at                                            underwriter with Berkley, a territory manager
            ISU Insurance                                           for Liberty Mutual and a position with the
            Agency Network                                          national network ANE. She makes a point
            Steve’s experience                                      of paying forward the knowledge she’s
            includes over                                           acquired from industry associations and
            20 years as                                             mentors by being an active participant in
            Independent                                             associations and mentoring young women
            Agency owner                                            entering the industry.
            running a
            neighborhood agency in San Francisco.
            Career achievements include improving
            agent education via The National Alliance
            board service and creating new revenue for
            independent insurance agencies via ISU










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