Council Director's Message
Greetings Members of California.
I am excited to begin this journey as your Council Director (CD). The next two years will be action-packed with anticipated growth and development throughout the state. As your CD, it is important that members are invited to be involved, presented with educational and networking opportunities as well as having an extended leadership ladder should they want to move up in this organization. The Public Relations and Membership Chairs have formed strong teams that will bring experience, knowledge, excitement and new ideas to California Council of IAIP. Please check the “YOUR TEAM” page on this website.
One of the first programs that we are inviting members to be involved in is the Ca Members Leadership Summit being held on July 28th. This is the first project your Council Cabinet will be working on as a team. It is for all members and if you are new to IAIP, I encourage you to attend. You can find more information in the Calendar section of this website. The Insurance Associates of Fresno (IAOF) is also working hard to prepare for the CA Council Meeting that will be held October 12th and 13th at the Hotel Piccadilly in FresYes. More information regarding this will be coming from IAOF shortly.
Communication is the key to a successful team and the organization, so as your Council Cabinet we plan on communicating with members as frequently as we can to keep you apprised of upcoming events and or programs. For Associations, kindly forward your current President, membership and program chair’s contact information to Dawn Manzano, CISR the Public Relations Chair@ dmanzanoiaip@gmail.com and Jenny Schaeffler, the Membership Chair @jschaeffler@vericlaim.com. They will keep the Presidents and MAL’s of upcoming events. If you haven’t updated your personal profile on the IAIP website, please do as this is the way the Council Cabinet will be communicating with you.
If you have any ideas or would like to volunteer for a Chair or committee at the Council Meeting, please contact Laura Gutierrez, CIC, CPIW (NC Assistant) and Brooke Lesniak (SoCal Assistant) Helen Jang, CLP is still in the background assisting where and when I need it. You can also contact any member of the Council Cabinet.
Hold on, it’s going to be a bumpy ride but well worth the thrill!
Remember, together we are L.I.N.K.E.D. to the past, present, and future of IAIP.
In fellowship,
Christine
Christine Chandler Tillett, PHR, CLP
Ca Council Director
Greetings
Can you believe it we are already in 2023. Where has the time gone? Just a few short months ago many of us were together for the San Francisco for the California Council Meeting. It was so great being able to see one another again and fellowship with everyone.
Hopefully you have all been receiving then blast emails from International and I am hoping that many of you are already signed up to attend the Regional Meeting in April in Hawaii.
Reminder Fresno will be hosting the California Council Meeting in the fall Look out for details on that meeting. I will be soliciting for volunteers for committees for the Council Meeting so if you have a role you would like to fill please reach out to myself or Christina.
Please make sure that Council Team and I are on your email blasts with information on your upcoming meetings and any community action activities that you are hosting or have coming up so that we can get involved
As we are now in 2023 please be on the lookout for email blasts from National for the upcoming elections.
I am getting back out there to see the associations, I recently attended my local association meeting and was so excited to see membership liasons attending for California. Reach out to any one of us at any time should you need anything or have any questions.
In Fellowship
Dawn Manzano
July
Wow. Is it July 1st already….. Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday that we were in Sunny San Diego California for the 34th Annual California Council Meeting. It seems like just yesterday that I was voted in as the Council Director Elect. And here we are on the Official Day. Even then I was nervous yet extremely excited as I knew that the task I was undertaking was an extremely important one. I am extremely passionate about this Association and the Insurance Industry as a whole. I would like to thank Kari Woods and her outgoing Council Team for a Job well Done. I know that we have big shoes to fill.
My theme for this year is Road to Resilience, for me this felt like a very fitting theme as we as insurance industry professionals and associations have had to be very Resilient in the last few years. Covid has affected us all in different ways, we have had to become very technologically savvy in the way that we conduct our meetings, using zoom, teams, and even full-on virtual council meetings. But we have been Resilient and have made them work. Now that we are starting to get back to normal, I am looking forward to attending in person meetings, and seeing you all as much as I can. If you are hosting an in person meeting or a virtual meeting, please let myself and the Council Team know so that we can attend.
In the blink of an eye, it is going to be October, and I hope that you are all planning on attending the 35th Annual Council Meeting in San Ramon hosted by the San Francisco Insurance Professionals. It has been a pleasure working with them over the last few months getting things ready and I am sure that we will be in for a fabulous time.
Now that the new Council Term is starting it is also time to start working on the Award submissions. Since our meeting is being held in October, I wanted to make sure that all of the associations have plenty of time to get the award submissions in. Be on the lookout for the Official Awards Submission email but I can tell you that Awards will be due on August 15th to give the awards team plenty of time to judge the submissions and to obtain the plaques.
Finally, before I close out the welcome email, I would like to restart the monthly conference calls with the local presidents. Also, I will be hosting a zoom meeting with our MAL’s on a monthly basis. I value all your feedback and am looking forward to this new journey that we are on together. Remember we are on the Road to Resilience together.
In Fellowship,
Dawn Manzano, CISR, CLP, CIIP
2022-2024 CA Council Director