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We are excited to announce that a new Board of Directors will be sworn in to begin serving in January 2021. The state chapter has named its new Executive Director as Corey Mathews, CAE who will oversee the transition team.
The new Board will be chosen by and voted for by NAIFA-New York members.
A Transition Team of highly respected NAIFA members from New York will serve as the Board on an interim basis and oversee the election and installation of the new Board.
The Transition Team members are:
- Peter C. Browne, LUTCF, who will serve as Chair Emeritus. Browne is President at Price Raffel & Browne in New York City as well as Past President of NAIFA-New York, Past Treasurer of NAIFA national and a recipient of the John Newton Russell Memorial Award, the industry’s highest honor. Browne is a former member of the Board of Trustees of The American College of Financial Services and a Past Trustee on the National Board of the Life Underwriter Training Council.
- Robert G. Gruber, CLU, ChFC, who will serve as Vice Chair. Gruber is Owner at Gruber Insurance & Financial Services in Buffalo, NY. Gruber is a Past President of NAIFA-New York and NAIFA-Buffalo.
- Robert A. Miller, MS, MA, who will serve as Finance Chair. Miller is Partner at Miller-Pomerantz in New York City and a Past President of NAIFA-New York and NAIFA national.
- James J. Prisco, JD, LACP, is President and COO at LifeMark Securities in Rochester, NY. Prisco is a Past President of NAIFA-Rochester and was formerly a Supervisor of Examiners with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
- Evelyn Gellar, LUTCF, RICP, CLTC, is a Partner with New York Life in Melville, NY. Gellar is a member of NAIFA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force and served as national President of Women in Insurance & Financial Services (WIFS).
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