an agency TRADITION
Dusty Davis carries on agency
tradition as next KAIA president
D
usty Davis, vice president of ICI in El Dorado,
was elected president of KAIA Oct. 8 during the
association’s annual Leadership & Development
Conference. Dusty has more than 16 years
experience in the insurance industry. With his election,
he follows in the footsteps of his mentor and former
boss, the late Tom Murry. Murry was longtime president
of ICI, served as president of KAIA, and remained active
in the association as a past president and member of the
Government Affairs Committee.
Like Murry, Davis has never shied away from giving back
to the association. He first became involved with KAIA as
chairman of the Young Agents Committee in 2002 and
then progressed to become active as chairman of the
golf subcommittee, chairman of the Trusted Choice/
Communications committee and as chairman of the
AScK board of directors. He joined the KAIA Board of
Directors in 2012 and served as an officer on the executive
committee before being elected president. Davis joined
the ICI team in 1999. He is a graduate of the University of
Kansas and has earned his CIC and CWCA designations.
Other officers elected to the board include:
Lyle Davidson, The Davidson Agency in Delphos,
President-Elect; Scott Strong, Strong’s Insurance in
Nashville, Treasurer; Lee Gleason, Kansas Farmers Service
Association in Hutchinson, Assistant Treasurer/Secretary;
and Cindy Hower, Kellerman Insurance in Holton,
National Director. SueAnn Schultz of IMA in Topeka will
serve as past president on the board.
New board members elected at the conference include:
Lucas Raleigh, Raleigh Insurance in Little River;
Monica Meininger, Snell-Nelson Insurance in Ashland;
and Austin Renn, Renn & Company in Wellington.
Left: Davis and his wife Lisa live in El Dorado. Above: The ICI team joined Davis at KAIA’s Leadership & Development Conference to see Davis inducted as the next
president of the association. ICI is based in El Dorado and employs a staff of 21.
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