The Board’s Annual Business Meeting at NAILBA 37.
NAILBA Charitable
Foundation
Founded in 2002, The NAILBA
Charitable Foundation is
the philanthropic arm of the
Association. The Foundation
grants have helped to give blind
children the gift of ‘sight’, create
whimsical rooms for desperately
sick children, provide hope to
homeless mothers and children,
and ultimately achieve its mission
of making dreams come true for
those less fortunate.
The mission of the NAILBA
Charitable Foundation is to
encourage volunteerism among
NAILBA members and provide
grant funds to worthy charitable
organizations that serve to
enhance the quality of life for
those less fortunate, with a special
emphasis on children.
The Foundation has elected
new officers and board members
including:
• Robin Landers, Landers-Stein
& Associates, Inc., Miami, FL
(Foundation President)
• Kathy Carlson, United
Underwriters, Inc. (UUI), Exeter,
NH (Foundation Vice President)
• Barbara Crowley, Brokers
Clearing House, Ltd. West Des
Moines, IA (Foundation Secretary/
Treasurer)
• Jason Lea (NAILBA Secretary/
Treasurer & Foundation Grants
Review Committee Chair)
• Alan Protzel, The Marketing
Alliance, St. Louis, MO (Immediate
Past President: 2017-2018)
Several Foundation Board
Members are continuing their
service in 2019 including:
• Patrick Bowen, Legal &
General America, Frederick, MD
• Allen Bress, AIM Marketing
and Insurance Services, Fountain
Hills, AZ
• Danny Brooks, Southern
Insurance Group, Cookeville, TN
• Melanie Carter, ExamOne,
Denver, CO
• Pete Chrisos, Protective Life
Insurance Company, Hoffman
Estates, IL
• Sam Corey III, The Brokerage
Resource, Durham, NC
• Michelle DeClerck, CMP,
Conference Event Management,
West Des Moines, IA
• Hope Howard, Broker World
Magazine, Overland Park, KS
• Craig Klenk, American
National Insurance Company
(ANICO), Houston, TX
• Dan LaBert, NAILBA, Fairfax,
VA (Ex-officio)
• Scott Weilage, Weilage
Advisory Group, Mankato, MN
“We truly appreciate the
continued support from the
NAILBA membership and our
valued corporate partners that
empowers the NAILBA Charitable
Foundation to help make a
difference in the communities
our members serve,” said Robin
Landers, President of the
NAILBA Charitable Foundation.
During the 2018 fiscal year,
NAILBA members and its
industry partners raised more
than $230,000, all of which was
donated to over 15 community
organizations nationwide.
Some of the Foundation
initiatives and goals for 2019
include encouraging volunteerism
among NAILBA members and
providing grant funds to worthy
charitable organizations that
serve to enhance the quality of
life for those less fortunate, with
a special emphasis on children.
Every charitable organization
applying for grant funding must
be sponsored by a NAILBA member
agency, exhibitor, sponsor, or
advertiser.
NAILBA’s philanthropic arm
continues its more than 15-year
run of providing financial grants
to community organizations
across the country. With a keen
interest in non-profits aiding
children, the Foundation has
raised and distributed over
$3 million to more than 200
community organizations
nationwide.
Now is the time to start
considering a charity or
non-profit organization in
your community to sponsor.
Applications for sponsorship
will be available this summer
and will be available at
NAILBACharitableFoundation.org.
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