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Awards

Every year the IIABAZ recognizes outstanding individuals in the insurance industry and the awards are present at the annual Convention. NOMINATION FORM Please take a moment to Nominate someone you feel is deserving of these very special awards. Arizona Insurance Hall of Fame The highest honor the IIABAZ can bestow on an Arizona insurance professional is to induct them into the Insurance Hall of Fame. This is an all-industry award given in recognition of the individual's lifetime contributions to the business of insurance and whose participation and activities are such as to lend dignity, distinction and credence to the industry. 2024 Inductees - Christopher Behymer with Markel and Paul Cyr with The Arizona Group Independent Agent Career Achievement Award The Paul H. Jones Career Achievement Award was established in honor of Big I Past President Paul Jones in 1960. A high honor given to a member agent of the IIABAZ in recognition of their achievements and activity in the insurance industry on a local, state and national level, leadership, education, community service and politics. 2024 Recipient - None Lanny Hair Insurance Leadership Award The award honors an agent member or company representative in Arizona who is a leader, advocate and mentor. The individual has demonstrated a quality of leadership and willingness to mentor those new to the industry. Established in 1989 as the Archie Mendelsohn Memorial Award and renamed in 2022 in recognition of Lanny Hair's contributions to the industry as a leader and mentor. 2024 Recipient - Casandra Craig with LeBaron & Carroll LLC Agent of the Year Known as the Charles W. Traubel Memorial Award, this service award is given in recognition of a member agent's contributions of time and efforts to further the interests of the Association and its Members. 2024 Recipient - Jeff Arnett with The Mahoney Group Committee Chair of the Year Recognizes outstanding work by an individual State Committee Chairperson selected for their drive and efforts to their duties by the IIABAZ Executive Committee. 2024 Recipients - Steve Brown with WestPac and Kody Houk with PrimeRisk Insurance Solutions Associate of the Year The Steve Welker Associate of the Year Award is presented to an individual who has provided outstanding support to the independent insurance agents and brokers and to the American Agency System. The honor is for those affiliated with the insurance industry and not member agents. 2024 Recipient - Konnie Keaschall-Kiser, CIC, ASLI, RPLU Outstanding CSR of the Year Each year, an exceptional insurance professional is selected to represent their state and then compete to become the National Outstanding CSR of the Year presented by The National Alliance. This prestigious award recognizes the contributions and commitment of those who serve clients within the insurance industry. To be eligible candidates must submit an essay on a topic chosen by The National Alliance. Click here for details. 2023 Arizona Recipient - Tracy Miller with LeBaron & Carroll Insurance, Mesa
Arizona Insurance Hall of Fame Recipients 1968 C.W. "Bill" Bond 1969 Geo. H. Amos, Sr., Harry W. Nason and Kenneth Nehring 1970 B.L. Udell 1971 Verland Haldiman 1972 Gordon Shoaf 1973 Ray Rohwer 1974 Conde Withers 1975 Paul Jones, CPCU 1976 Thomas E. Downey and Charles G. Sullivan 1977 Chester Long and William F. Harrelson 1978 Frank Middleton and Don Mahoney 1979 Albert W. Gibson 1980 Virginia V. Batey and L.H. "Dick" Marlar 1981 Edward H. Bringhurst 1982 Robert L. Jackson 1983 Richard Hance, R.D. Gibson and O.M. "Jack" Cleveland 1984 Emil Barberich 1985 Morton A. Solot, CPCU 1986 Frank Bradley 1987 Frank Smith 1988 D.M. "Mac" Lovitt, CPCU 1989 Archie Mendelsohn and John Howard, CPCU 1990 Jack Cabossel and Lester Curtis 1991 Robert J. Lehan, CPCU and Arthur A. Nehring 1992 Don Oliver, CPCU 1993 Milo LeBaron, Jr. 1994 Richard E. French and Raymond R. Ried, CPCU 1995 Robert A. Rovan 1996 R.G. Millstead and T.C. "Skip" Anderson 1997 Byron Davidson, CIC, CPCU 1998 Lynn Hester, Jay Stuckey and James "Jack" Trimble 1999 William Schaefer 2000 Glenn H. Luglan, Jr., CPCU and Everett J. Jones, Jr. 2002 Robert Cowie 2003 John McEvoy and William Pilcher 2004 J. Scott Wede 2005 Lawrence C. Carr, CPCU 2006 William R. Jones, Jr. and Robert L. Mueller 2009 Robert M. Shcolnik 2010 Roberta Hoffman 2011 Richard Gregson and Rolland L. Wiegers 2013 Lanny Hair, CIC, RPLU, ARM, AAI 2016 Mitch T. Childers 2019 Douglas C. Carr, CIC 2021 Joseph M. Binsfeld, CIC and Charlene Powers-Broadbent 2022 Jacqueline Wanta, CPCU, CIC, ARM, CRIS 2023 Joni R. Fairbrother, CIC, RPLU Committee Chair of the Year Award Recipients 1973 John W. McEvoy, CPCU 1974 Bob Dennis 1975 Jack Trimble, CPCU 1976 Lawrence C. Carr, CPCU 1978 Robert J. Lehan, CPCU 1979 Ray Ried, Jr., CPCU 1980 R.G. "Doc" Millstead 1981 Herb Caywood, CIC 1982 Roger Shields 1983 Sylvia Keppy-Dow, CPCU and Chris Obrock 1984 Larry Velasco and Bill Bloomquist 1985 Jim Jones and Joeseph M. Binsfeld, CIC 1988 Glenn Luglan, CPCU 1989 Frank S. Bradley 1990 Dewaine Ried, CPCU, CLU 1991 Jacqueline Wanta, CIC, CPCU 1992 Chris Edmonson and James Tope, CIC 1993 Roberta Hoffman 1994 Dennis Colgan, CIC 1995 Jim Tope, CIC 1996 William C. Bloomquist 1997 John K. French 1998 Len Dodwell, CIC 1999 Larry Beach, CIC 2000 Brenda Johnson, CIC 2002 Mitch Childers 2003 Wayne Syrek 2004 Jacqueline Wanta, CIC, CPCU, ARM, CRIS 2006 Steven R. Goble, CIC, CRM 2007 James V. Farmer 2008 Joeseph M. Binsfeld, CIC 2009 Jeanette C. Griswold, CPCU 2010 Peter J. Couture, CIC 2011 David Mitchell, CIC, 2012 David Mitchell, CIC, 2015 Beth Andrews and Matt Zollner, CIC 2016 Eric Hoelzen and Whitney Hoelzen 2018 Joe M. Binsfeld, CIC 2022 Zach Burton 2023 Shannon Austin and Dan Speas	Independent Agent Career Achievement Award Recipients 1960 Frank L. Smith 1961 Morton A. Solot, CPCU 1962 William F. Harrelson 1963 Robert D. Olliver, CPCU 1964 Frank P. Middleton 1966 Roy Grebles 1967 John G. Howard, CPCU 1969 Donald J. Mahoney 1970 Albert W. Gibson 1971 Arthur A. Nehring 1972 Charles W. Traubel 1973 Edward J. Bubala 1975 Jack Trimble, CPCU 1976 L.M. "Pete" Jensen 1977 Lawrence C. Carr, CPCU 1978 Charles O. Bloomquist 1979 D.M. "Mac" Lovitt, CPCU 1980 John W. McEvoy, CPCU 1981 Everett J. Jones, Jr. 1982 Pierre Baffett, Sr. 1983 Milo LeBaron, Jr. 1984 Raymond Ried, Jr., CPCU 1985 Jack Cabossel 1987 Archie Mendelsohn 1988 James W. Jones, CPCU 1989 Robert M. Shcolnik and R.G. "Doc" Millstead 1990 Roberta Hoffman 1991 Glenn Luglan, Jr., CPCU 1992 Richard E. French 1993 Robert A. Rovan and Max Jones 1994 Douglas Bourne, CIC 1995 William C. Bloomquist 1996 J. Scott Wede, CPCU 1997 William C. Schaefer 1998 William Pilcher 1999 Byron D. Davidson 2000 Joseph M. Binsfeld, CIC 2001 Rick Gregson 2004 Robert Mueller 2005 Paul H. Jones, CPCU 2006 David M. Lovitt, Jr. 2007 Mitch Childers 2008 Steven R. Goble, CIC, CRM 2017 Jacqueline Wanta, CPCU, CIC, ARM, CRIS 2022 Patricia Griffith Associate of the Year Award Recipients 1990 Pamela Scruggs 1991 Steve Welker 1992 Dennis Duffy 1993 Beth Jacobson 1994 Lou Harrison 1995 Marc Adler 1996 Bill Arrowwood 1997 George N. Bell 1998 John Rohwer 1999 Dennis Burch 2001 George Mang, III 2003 Gerry Silver 2004 Curtis Anderson 2005 Pam Sanderson 2006 W.L. Richard 2007 Myles P. Hassett 2008 Elizabeth Escher 2012 Beth Andrews 2013 Jodi S. Roll and Carla Van Riper 2014 Breck Grumbles and Konnie Keaschall-Kiser 2015 Matt Zollner, CIC 2016 Katie L. Ball, CIC 2017 Brett Purcell, MBA, CPCU 2018 Barbara Camacho 2021 Shannon Austin, CPCU, ARM, AFIS, AU, AIM 2022 Steve Brown, CRIS 2023 Tyler Smith	Lanny Hair Insurance Leadership Award Recipients (Archie Mendelsohn Memorial Award) 1989 Joseph Binsfeld, CIC 1990 Robert M. Shcolnik 1991 Sylvia Keppy-Dow, CIC, CPIW 1992 Steven Mendelsohn 1993 Lanny L. Hair, CIC, ARM, AAI 1994 Jerome L. Harris 1995 Joni R. Fairbrother, CIC and Richard E. French 1996 William Schaefer 1997 William C. Bloomquist 1999 J. Scott Wede 2002 Jackie Wanta, CPCU, CIC, ARM, CRIS 2004 Dave Mitchell, CIC 2005 Rick Gregson 2007 Betty J. French 2008 Larry J. Beach, CIC 2013 Mitch Childers Agent of the Year Award Recipients (Charles W. Traubel Memorial Award) 1972 Jerome L. Harris 1973 Bob Dennis 1975 Lawrence C. Carr, CPCU 1975 John W. McEvoy, CPCU and Milo LeBaron, Jr. 1976 Bob Shcolnik 1977 Bill Schaefer 1978 Ray Ried, Jr., CPCU 1982 Archie Mendelsohn 1985 Frank Bradley 1986 Sylvia Keppy-Dow, CIC, CPIW 1987 William C. Bloomquist 1988 Joseph M. Binsfeld, CIC 1989 Roger Shields 1990 Richard E. French 1991 Dewaine Ried, CPCU, CLU 1992 Jacqueline Wanta, CIC, CPCU, ARM, CRIS 1993 Chris Edmonson 1995 Dennis E. Colgan, CIC 1997 Len Dodwell, CIC 1998 Gloria Kleist 2001 Mitch Childers 2004 Joni Fairbrother, CIC, RPLU and Richard Gregson 2006 C. Scott Crabdree, CIC 2007 Roberta Hoffman 2012 David Mitchell, CIC, MBA, MA.HR, SPHR 2017 J. Scott Wede, CPCU, ASLI Arizona's Outstanding CSR of the Year Winners 1993 Patricia Griffith 1994 Bette Ellen Gleason 1997 Patricia Offield, CISR, CPCU, CPIW 1998 Lynne Stipp 1999 Jody Hayden, CISR, CPIW 2000 Marcia Cox 2001 Kristin Gray, CIC, CRM, CISR, CRIS, MLIS 2003 Kelly Harding, CIC, AIS 2005 Arlene Yeskin 2006 Miriam Christensen 2007 Patricia Ramirez 2008 Marilyn Buzard, CIC, AU 2009 Anita Dee Alfson, CIC, CISR 2010 Kami Ishikawa, CISR 2011 Suzette Toole, CISR 2012 Julie Quiring, CIC, CRM, CISR 2013 Sharon Bowman, CIC 2014 Linda G. Ebling, CPCU, ARM, CPIW 2015 Maria Rosaortega, CIC, CISR 2016 Cynthia A. Munksgard 2017 Karen Cates, CIC, CISR 2018 Kathleen Dragan 2019 Kristin Paul, CIC 2021 Alyssa M. Canez 2022 Rose Griffith 2023 Tracy Miller

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