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featured speakers MARY EISENHART BELKA Mary Eisenhart Belka has spent 30+ years in the insurance industry, both in independent agencies and with insurance carriers. In 1996, she became an insurance industry consultant, and is the owner of Eisenhart Consulting Group, a consulting firm dedicated to helping insurance organizations become extraordinary. A graduate of the University of Nebraska, Mary has continued her insurance education by earning the CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPLU, CIC, and CPIW designations. Mary has been featured in Rough Notes and other insurance industry publications, and has authored a Best Practices tool for IIABA, “The Next Generation: A Young Agent’s Best Practices Leadership Guide.” She presents insurance industry management, sales, technical, Best Practices, motivational, and risk management seminars throughout the U.S. and has chaired local and state “Big I” Education Committees. Brandie J. Hinen Since her beginnings of starting her firm, Powerhouse Learning, in 2003, Brandie has been sponsored to instruct for multiple state associations, insurance companies and private agencies and brokerages throughout the United States. In fact, in the fall of 2015, Brandie was the keynote speaker for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America national education conference and national Young Agents’ Conference. Brandie’s firm currently has the honor of multiple state association endorsements (and counting) for their implementation and leadership programs as well as being a featured contributor for the Independent Insurance Agents and brokers of America magazine (iamagazine.com). Brandie is a facilitator for strategic conversations. Her presentations are rich in practical take-away recommendations motivating her audience to higher levels of performance. Every engagement is delivered with passion and spiced with real life stories. She is exceptionally insightful, quickly isolating root causes that are inhibiting peak performance. Her diagnostic analysis and feedback is always direct, honest, and no holds barred. register by Friday, Sept. 17, for the early bird discount! 16 KANSAS INSURANCE AGENT & BROKER | July - August 2018 |