KIA&B 2015 Volume 20, Issue 5 | Page 4

| PRESIDENT’S PAGE | Where did the year go? Advocacy, access and advice helped members and association achieve significant results in 2015 SUEANN SCHULTZ KAIA President A s I look back on this year, which has absolutely blown by, I am honored to have served as your President and blessed to have been surrounded by an exemplary Board of Directors, member committees and staff led by Kerri Spielman. Collectively, they keep your association focused on providing you, our members – with advocacy at the state and federal level, market access through AScK and the Big “I,” and advice (CE, E&O or ask Will!) – and they functioned best when I got out of the way! Here are some of the significant milestones we achieved together through KAIA in 2015: election of ken selzer as kansas insurance commissioner Ken’s platform of business-focused, limited regulation and emphasis on expansion of available markets for businesses and consumers, resulting in increased competition, is exactly the type of reasonable government our members want and need. governance enhancements of our association These were completed to validate that your board, executive committee and staff function at the highest level, continually