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NAIFA presidents, since 1890, have included some of the most illustrious leaders among agents and advisors in the insurance and financial services industry. They have provided vision, innovation, and influence to make NAIFA the top professional association for producers in the United States.
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1890 — 1891 | George N. Carpenter, Boston, MA | 1891 — 1892 | Charles H. Raymond, Morristown, NJ |
1892 — 1893 | C.E. Tillinghast, Cleveland, OH | 1893 — 1894 | Charles Ferguson, Chicago, IL |
1894 — 1895 | Everett H. Plummer, Philadelphia, PA | 1895 — 1896 | Ben S. Calef, Boston, MA |
1896 — 1897 | David S. Hendrick, Washington, DC | 1897 — 1898 | Thos. H. Bowles, Milwaukee, WI |
1898 — 1899 | Richard E. Cochran, New York, NY | 1899 — 1900 | James L. Johnson, Springfield, MA |
1900 — 1901 | I. Layton Register, Philadelphia, PA | 1901 — 1902 | William D. Wyman, Chicago, IL |
1902 — 1903 | Philip H. Farley, New York, NY | 1903 — 1904 | Hubert H. Ward, Cleveland, OH |
1904 — 1905 | John Dolph, Cincinnati, OH | 1905 — 1906 | Charles W. Scovel, Pittsburgh, PA |
1906 — 1907 | Frank E. McMullen, Rochester, NY | 1907-1909 | Charles J. Edwards, Brooklyn, NY |
1909 — 1910 | John Whittington, Los Angeles, CA | 1910 — 1911 | Henry J. Powell, Louisville, KY |
1911 — 1912 | Bracket Bishop, Chicago, IL | 1912 — 1913 | Neil D. Sills, Richmond, VA |
1913 — 1914 | Ernest J. Clark, Baltimore, MD | 1914 — 1915 | Hugh M. Willett, Atlanta, GA |
1915 — 1916 | Edward A. Woods, Pittsburgh, PA | 1916 — 1917 | John Newton Russell, Los Angeles, CA |
1917 — 1918 | Lawrence Priddy, New York, NY | 1918 — 1919 | J.K. Voshell, Baltimore, MD |
1919 — 1920 | J. Stanley Edwards, Denver, CO | 1920 — 1921 | Orville Thorp, Dallas, TX |
1921 — 1922 | John L. Shuff, Cincinnati, OH | 1922 — 1923 | Adolph Eliason, St. Paul, MN |
1923 — 1924 | Graham C. Wells, New York, NY | 1924 — 1925 | John W. Clegg, Philadelphia, PA |
1925 — 1926 | Frank L. Jones, Indianapolis, IN | 1926 — 1927 | George D. Alder, Salt Lake City, UT |
1927 — 1928 | Julian S. Myrick, New York, NY | 1928 — 1929 | Paul F. Clark, CLU, Boston, MA |
1929 — 1930 | S. T. Whatley, Chicago, IL | 1930 — 1931 | George Lackey, CLU, Oklahoma City, OK |
1931 — 1932 | Elbert G. Storer, Indianapolis, IN | 1932 — 1933 | Charles C. Thompson, Seattle, WA |
1933 — 1934 | C. Vivian Anderson, CLU, Cincinnati, OH | 1934-1935 | Theodore M. Riehle, CLU, New York, NY |
1935-1936 | Lester O. Shriver, Peoria, IL | 1936 | Alexander E. Patterson, Chicago, IL |
1937 | Theodore M. Riehle, CLU, New York, NY | 1937-1938 | Sam Cummings, Dallas, TX |
1938-1939 | Holgar J. Johnson, Pittsburgh, PA | 1939 — 1940 | Charles J. Zimmerman, CLU, Chicago, IL |
1940 — 1941 | Harry T. Wright, Chicago, IL | 1941 — 1942 | John A. Whitherspoon, Nashville, TN |
1942 — 1943 | Grant Taggart, Cowley, WY | 1943-1944 | Herbert A. Hedges, Kansas City, MO |
1944-1945 | Wm. Andrews Jr., CLU, Greensboro, NC | 1945-1946 | Clancy D. Connell, New York, NY |
1946-1947 | Philip B. Hobbs, Chicago, IL | 1947-1948 | Jul B. Baumann, Houston, TX |
1948-1949 | Clifford Orr, CLU, Philadelphia, PA | 1949-1950 | Judd Benson, Cincinnati, OH |
1950-1951 | John Moynahan, CLU, Berwyn, IL | 1951-1952 | Charles Cleeton, CLU, Los Angeles, CA |
1952-1953 | David Flugelman, CLU, New York, NY | 1953-1954 | Robert C. Gilmore Jr., Bridgeport, CT |
1954-1955 | Robert L. Walker, CLU, Orlando, FL | 1955-1956 | Stanley C. Collins, CLU, Buffalo, NY |
1956-1957 | Jack Nussbaum, Milwaukee, WI | 1957-1958 | Albert C. Adams, Philadelphia, PA |
1958-1959 | Oren D. Pritchard, Indianapolis, IN | 1959-1960 | William S. Hendley Jr., Columbia, SC |
1960-1961 | William E. North, CLU, Evanston, IL | 1961-1962 | R.L. McMillon, Abilene, TX |
1962-1963 | David Blumberg, CLU, Knoxville, TN | 1963-1964 | John Schneider, CLU, Baltimore, MD |
1964-1965 | William Gatling, Norfolk, VA | 1965-1966 | Philip A. Hoche, CLU, Orlando, FL |
1966-1967 | Lewis C. Yount, CLU, Seattle, WA | 1967-1968 | Francis G. Bray, Houston, TX |
1968-1969 | Roy D. Simon, CLU, Chicago, IL | 1969-1970 | Raymond King Jr., CLU, Charlotte, NC |
1970-1971 | Herbert F. Mischke, CLU, St. Paul, MN | 1971-1972 | John P. Meehan, CLU, Boston, MA |
1972-1973 | Franklin Steiner, Mobile, AL | 1973-1974 | Lester A. Rosen, CLU, Memphis, TN |
1974-1975 | Norm Levine, CLU, ChFC, New York, NY | 1975-1976 | Bruce Hendrickson, CLU, Holdrege, NE |
1976-1977 | Robert W. Forker, CLU, Zanesville, OH | 1977-1978 | Jack E. Bobo, CLU, FLMI, Phoenix, AZ |
1978-1979 | Bart Hodges, CLU, Austin, TX | 1979-1980 | Thomas J. Wolff, CLU, ChFC, Vernon, CT |
1980-1981 | Kirke Lewis, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, Memphis, TN | 1981-1982 | Jack Peckinpaugh, CLU, Muncie, IN |
1982-1983 | Rice E. Brown, CLU, Topeka, KS | 1983-1984 | Robert Hughes, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, Lansing, MI |
1984-1985 | Michael Keenan, CLU, ChFC, Evanston, IL | 1985-1986 | Mac McManigal, CLU, CPCU, LUTCF, Fairfield, CA |
1986-1987 | David F. Woods, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, Springfield, MA | 1987-1988 | Arthur Abramson, CLU, ChFC, New Orleans, LA |
1988-1989 | Alan Press, CLU, LUTCF, New York, NY | 1989-1990 | Robert J. Wernecke, CLU, Phoenix, AZ |
1990-1991 | John Neighbors, CLU, LUTCF, Houston, TX | 1991-1992 | Mike Nicholson, CLU, ChFC, Madison, WI |
1992-1993 | Stephen C. Shaw, CLU, Lafayette, CA | 1993-1994 | Robert Tedoldi, CLU, ChFC, Glastonbury, CT |
1994-1995 | Allan Hancock, CLU, ChFC, Altoona, PA | 1995-1996 | Raymond H. “Mickey” Moran, CLU, ChFC, Memphis, TN |
1996-1997 | David B. Malkin, CLU, ChFC, Livingston, NJ | 1997-1998 | Mark D. Johnson, CLU, ChFC, RHU, Duluth, MN |
1998-1999 | Larry M. Lambert, CLU, CFP, Long Beach, CA | 1999-2000 | John M. Ruckel, LUTCF, Nacogdoches, TX |
2000-2001 | Dennis R. Merideth, CLU, ChFC, Tucson, AZ | 2001-2002 | Robert M. Nelson, CLU, LUTCF, Omaha, NE |
2002-2003 | Richard A. Koob, CLU, ChFC, AEP, Waukesha, WI | 2003-2004 | Randy R. Kilgore, CLU, LUTCF, RHU, Colorado Springs, CO |
2004-2005 | C. Robert Brown Sr., CLU, LUTCF, Memphis, TN | 2005-2006 | David E. Smithkey, CLU, RFC, Flint, MI |
2006-2007 | John A. Davidson, LUTCF, FSS, Thousand Oaks, CA | 2007-2008 | Jeffrey J. Taggart, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, Cody, WY |
2008-2009 | Cliff F. Wilson, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, Chandler, AZ | 2009-2010 | Thomas D. Currey, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, Grand Prairie, TX |
2010-2011 | Terry K. Headley, LUTCF, LIC, FSS, LaVista, NE | 2011-2012 | Robert A. Miller, MA, MS, New York, NY |
2012-2013 | Robert O. Smith, CLU, ChFC, JD, LIC, Grand Rapids, MI | 2013-2014 | John F. Nichols, MSM, CLU, Chicago, IL |
2014-2015 | Juli Y. McNeely, LUTCF, CFP, CLU, Spencer, WI | 2015-2016 | Jules O. Gaudreau Jr., ChFC, CIC, CRM, Springfield, MA |
2016-2017 | Paul R. Dougherty, LUTCF, FSS, HIA, Hyattsville, MD | 2017-2018 | Keith M. Gillies, CFP, CLU, ChFC, La Place, LA |
2018-2019 | Jill M. Judd, LUTCF, FSS, Capitola, CA | 2020 |
Cammie Scott, MSIE, ChHC, CLTC, LUTCF, REBC, RHU, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, Springdale, AR |
2021 |
Thomas O. Michel, LACP, CLTC, Los Angeles, CA |
2022 |
Lawrence J. Holzberg, LUTCF, LACP, Boynton Beach, FL |
2023 |
Bryon A. Holz, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, CASL, LACP |
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