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First Quarter 2015
Inside this Issue:
- Board Member Spotlight
- In The News
- No Man or Woman Left Behind
- DVIC Donations
Our mission is to educate, train and create meaningful employment opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans .
“Highly qualified, disabled veterans need to be employed – it’s good to hire them.”
With sincere appreciation,
Our Board
Jon C. Bidwell*
Thomas E. Callanan*
Adam DeGraide*
COL (R) Thomas A. Dials
MG (R) James L. Dozier
Todd E. Gates
Walter J. Gdowski*
Jeff Grady*
JR Harding, Ed.D.
David M. Howard*
Lee Knapp*
William D. Knepper+
Kevin M. McPoyle+
Robert M. Menke*
Roger C. Mercado, Jr.
Beverly Messer*
Josh Morgan+
Paul T. Murphy+
Walter E. Page+
Chris Paradiso+
Brady Polansky*
John M. Pollock
Nicholas SanFilippo+
M. Chris Scoggins+
Wayne O. Smith
George A. Steadman, III*
Capt (R) Gerald J. Sullivan*
Gary V. Trippe
Gay G. Trippe
Phil Tuccy*
John Wepler*
Steven J. White*
Gary L. Bryant, President and CEO
* Strategic Board
+ Regional Director
To The Readers of Dispatches,
As we move into the second quarter of 2015 there are good things
happening at DVIC. Our first group of four disabled veterans has
completed their six-month education and training program and
three have begun work in the insurance industry. Following Patrick
Doran, who is now working with Hub International, David Drew
from Chicago has gone to work for Midwest Risk Advisors in Wausau,
Wisconsin. Shawn Kay, who has completed training in Fort Myers, is
now working with BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Co. here in Southwest
Florida and will transfer to the Miami office in the near future.
Each of these great young Americans has gotten off to a good
start as DVIC has helped kick-start their insurance careers. THAT IS
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED for these three great American heroes
who have served our Country and who now will continue to serve their fellow man by providing
insurance protection in time of need.
Trinity Bierley has decided to use the knowledge he gained during our education and training
program to help open his own business. We wish him the best with that endeavor.
We are also happy to report that we have identified four disabled veterans in the Fort Myers area
who are ready to start class in our next training program as soon as possible. These four veterans will
undergo the same education and training program here in Fort Myers led by The National Alliance
for Insurance Education and Research, and Lee Knapp Consultants as Trinity and Shawn did. We have
made minor modifications to our base training syllabus that proved to be a success with our first
group here. In addition, we are in discussions with other leading independent insurance agencies in
other parts of the Country to start training programs in other locations.
In order to start our next class and continue to expand our program, we need financial support to
train and compensate our veterans. Fund raisers will be an ongoing need for DVIC until we employ
enough veterans to sustain our operation by working under contract with leading independent
insurance agencies and insurance companies. Until that time, we need your help.
Won’t you please donate to DVIC so that we can continue our work to make sure that NO MAN OR
WOMAN IS LEFT BEHIND? Your donations can be made online at DVIC.US or by mailing a check made
payable to DVIC to 1275 Kasamada Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33919.
Our great men and women need your support. We made a real difference for the first four disabled
veterans, so let’s keep the show on the road!
SPOTLIGHT
David H. Lucas
David H. Lucas, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a solid part of the Fort Myers
community. He has an Industrial Management degree from Purdue University and
Business Administration Masters from Harvard University.
Over the past 20 years, Mr. Lucas has experience as Chairperson and/or served
on committees from the Bonita Bay Group, United Way of Lee County, Reformed
Theological Society, Southwest Florida Community Foundation, and the FGCU
(Florida Gulf Coast University) Foundation. Mr. Lucas set up both the Alexis de
Tocqueville Society and Board of Directors of Investor’s Security Trust.
Furthermore, David and wife, Linda, are generous supporters of Florida Gulf Coast
University. With a recent $2 million gift, FGCU is establishing The Lucas Center
for Faculty Development. The center expands on career-long opportunities for
faculty, through training and mentoring.
Mr. Lucas is a firm believer in life-long learning. “I have always been interested in
supporting education. The ideas of playing a part in helping faculty improve their
teaching skills resonated with me. It was an easy decision to make.”
SAVE the DATE
EXPERIENCE
October 16-18, 2015
BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company hires
Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers graduate
Shawn Kay has joined the staff at BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company as a customer
service representative.
Kay joined BB&T-OTC after completing his training with Disabled Veterans Insurance
Careers, a nonprofit organization with the mission to educate, train and create meaningful
employment opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans. He is the
third veteran to complete the DVIC training and accept a job in the insurance industry.
Kay works with personal insurance clients, researches opportunities to provide more
effective coverage, offers complementary bank services through BB&T and maximizes
customer satisfaction.
He holds a 440 license and Certified Insurance Service Representative professional
designation and plans to pursue his Certified Insurance Counselor designation and a
business management degree.
“We are impressed with Shawn’s accomplishments and know he will prove to be a valued
member of our team,” said Gray Davis, agency executive with BB&T-Oswald Trippe and
Company. “We are also proud to support DVIC and its great to work with our veterans.”
DVIC.us
5 star Level
Astonish*
Brady & Kyle Polansky*
David H. Lucas and Linda Lucas
Employees of BB&T – Oswald Trippe and Company
FAME (The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers)
Gary V. and Gay G. Trippe*
George M. and Pamela S. Humphrey Fund in Memory
of George Humphrey, II
Kathy and Jim Pender in Honor of Lt. Lee A. Chilcote USMC
Hub International*
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research*
The Rotary Club of Fort Myers South Foundation
The Rough Notes Company*
* In Kind Donations
4 star Level
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation,
Texas/Southeast Division.
James B. Oswald Charitable Foundation
John and Aliese Price Foundation
Safeco Insurance Company
Tower Hill Insurance Group
3 star Level
BB&T - Oswald Trippe and Co
Chubb & Son
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Elisabeth Boone*
Erie Insurance Giving Network
EZLynx *
Knapp Consultants, Inc.*
Lloyd’s America
The Hanover
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation
TriCircle Pavers, Inc.
Westfield Insurance
Wiltshire Whitley
Richardson English*
2 star level
Assurex Global
ASI Preferred Insurance
BB&T Insurance Services Chubb Custom Market
Gary L. Bryant
Google*
Insurance Data Processing
Kreative 1s, Inc.*
Marc & Victoria Byrnes
Marsh Berry
Rotary Club of Fort Myers Sunrise
Waterman Broadcasting
Willis RE
1 star level
AmWINS
Beverly Messer
Billy Don and Cheryl Henry
Bolton & Company
Brown & Brown
CenturyLink*
Cottingham & Butler
Gary K. Hudson
Hylant Group
John & Kimberly Pollock
Ohio Mutal Insurance Group
Paragon Flight Training
Peter and Robin Chandler
Priority Payments
Roger and Stacey Mercado
Sam Galloway Ford
SCOR Reinsurance Co.
Sullivan Foundation
The Insurance Exchange
Ted Todd Insurance
The Foundation of the Rotary Club of Bonita Springs
TigerRisk Partners
Tom Callanan
Wayne Smith & Lois Bolin
Wells Fargo Insurance – Chicago
Wells Fargo Private Bank – Fort Myers
The No Man or
Woman Left
Behind Society
(NMWLBS)
is comprised of those
who have made
an extremely meritorious
contribution
to the mission
accomplishments
of DVIC.
* In Kind Donations
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details
on next
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OTHER DVIC DONATIONS ARE:
In addition, DVIC would very much like to thank the following contributors. Join them in making the future of disabled veterans brighter.
• Punta Gorda Rotary Foundation
Corporate Donations
• RCM&D,lnc.
• Able and Willing Pavers
• Refined Benefits, Inc. dba Sullivan
• All About Closets
• Rich&Cartmill
• American House Farmington
• Rockingfiam Mutual Insurance Co.
• AON Foundation Matching Gift • Rose and Kiernan Charitable Foundation
• AspenRe
• Sam Galloway Ford, Inc.
• ASI Preferred Ins. Coompany
• Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Trust Fund
• Aubuchon Family Foundation
• Austin Mutual Insurance Company Foundation • SeibertKeck Insurance Agency, Inc
• Stateline Insurance Agency, Inc.
• Baylor Insurance Agency
• Starkweather & Shepley
• Barney & Barney Foundation
• Suncoast Beverage Sales, LTD
• Belvidere Mutual Insurance Company
• TeddTodd Insurance, Inc.
• BB&T - OTC Insurance Services
• The Horton Group
• Bradford Victor-Adams Mutual Insurance Co.
• The Insurance Exchange
• Brightstone Insurance
• The Simkiss Companies
• Brower Insurance Agency
• The Selective Group Foundation
• Brown Riding Insurance Services
• The Starr Group
• Calusa Chapter of Military Officers Assoc.
• The Wilbur Smith Law Firm
of America
• Thomas Marine Construction
• Camp Point Mutual Insurance Company
• Tri Circle Pavers, Inc.
• Chubb & Son
• United Mutual Insurance Company
• Client Centered Coverage, LLC
• U. S. Risk Underwriters
• CNA Foundation (Marsh & McLennan Agency)
• Western National Insurance Group
• C&N Foundation Technologies
• Western Iowa Mutual Insurance Association
• Cornerstone Insurance Group
• Wilburton Mutual Insurance Co.
• Causeway Grille LLC DBA SS Hookers
• Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Tampa, FL • Whitten Technical LTD, LLC
• Willis Re
• Covanta Lee, Inc.
• Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers
• Dixon Golf
• Woodruff Sawyer & Company
• Distinguished Programs
• York International Agency
• Downey Insurance Group
• Young Agents Council (FAIA)
• Ensite, Inc.
• Erie and Niagara Insurance Assoc.
Individual Donations
• Forreston Mutual Insurance Co.
• Allison S. Sneed
• GCG Construction
• Amanda Scott
• GEM Insurance Agencies
• Ann-Marie Cudzilo
• Glatfelter Insurance Group
• Arlene Cueman
• Goodeville Mutual Casualty Company
• Audrey Tuller
• Harbour Insurance
• Barbara Allen
• Heartland Mutual Insurance Co.
• Bobbie Miner
• Henderson Franklin Stamess & Hollt, P.A.
• Charles J. Snyder
• Hub International
• Charlie Daniels
• Huff Insurance Agency
• Daniel R. Chappie
• Illinois Association of Mutual Insurance
• Dave Reading and Ann Spellman
Companies
• David Owen
• Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co.
• Dawn Disch
• LAPRAIRIE Mutual Insurance Company
• Dawn E & Wilbur F. Hurlburt
• Lee County Electric Cooperative
• Dilman Thomas
• Lisa Miller & Associates
• Douglas Fields
• Lloyd’s America
• Elisha DeLeon
• LTP Advertising-Hooters Florida
• Fran Carson
• Louisiana Companies/Querbes & Nelson
• Gary L. Bryant
• Lovitt & Touche, Inc.
• George & Ann Steadman
• Lykes Insurance
• Gino Littlestone
• Marsh and McLennan Brower Insurance
• Gordon Warren
• Midstate Mutual Insurance Co.
• Gray Davis
• McDonnell Insurance, Inc.
• Gregory E. Walsh, CAPT. USNR (R)
• MURRAY SECURUS
• Guy E. Whitesman
. NAPCO
• Mr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson in Honor of
• NGM Insurance Company
Dr. Larry M. Allen
• OneBeacon Insurance
• Howard and Marilyn Leland
• Paragon Flight Training
• J. D. and Mary Devyn Nolan
• Parker/Smith/Feek
• James R. Harding, Ph.D.
• Pearl Interactive Network
• James McFadden
• Pennsylvania Lumbermen’s Mutual
• Jerry Elliott
• Priority Payment Systems South Florida
• Jennifer Adkins
• Pritchard & Jerden, Inc.
• Jill & Justin Martin
• Progressive Builders, Inc.
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John and Trudy Doramus
John and Mary Reingardt
John & DeLynn Warfel
John Belisle
John J. Crout and Joan E. Crout
John C. & Pamela J. Gilmore
John Pollock
John and Connie Watson Fund
Jon and Joyce Simmons
Karen Snedeker
Karie Evans
Kathleen Rice
Kathryn A.Titus
KathyJ. Haskins
Kenneth A. Selzer
Laurie Kleparski
Lee Penton
Leslie R. Mehrtens
Lyie R. Bruning
Lindsay Henderson
Mark Stephen Jackman
Mark and MarJ Vincent
Marty Freling
Maureen Ross O’Connell
Michael J. & Sandra Corso
Michael J. Gadaleta
Michael A. Davis
Nancy Dalaskey
Philip and LynneTuccy
Rachel Henderson
Ralph Warfel
Rebecca Goff
Robert Bracci
Robert D. Peed (Dan)
Roger and Stacey Mercado
Sam Booke, III
Sandra Bear
Scott Gregory
Susan Hackbarth
Terry Payne
Terry Suttner
The Gary and Catherine Speer
Charitable Fund
Tim Woodcock
Timothy W.Turner
Tom Callanan
Tom and Ann Smoot Jr.
Wallace G. or Lois S. Faber
Wayne Smith & Lois Bolin
Wendy J. tharp
William Brancovsky
William & Jacqueline Pollock
William A.Thorndike
IN-KIND DONATIONS
• BB&T Insurance Services
• Beth Daivs, WriteSource
• Costco
• Lexis Nexis
• MainSail Productions
• The Rough Notes Company
• Thomas A. Dials, COL (R)
• Voice Processing
GRANTS
• Erie Insurance Giving Network Foundation
HELP DISABLED VETS
MAY - JULY 2015
DVIC has set up a crowdfunding campaign to
help disabled veterans obtain a meaningful
career. Show your support by donating
today! Spreading the word, by sharing our
campaign on your social networks.
Please visit www.indiegogo.com/campaigns/
help-us-help-a-disabled-veteran
to Help a Vet today!