The California Insurance Wholesalers Association named four new members of the board of directors and promoted two current members to top leadership roles.
New officers of the executive board include:
- John Donahue, president of M.J. Hall & Co., was promoted to president.
- Yana Connors, principal at Ck Specialty, was promoted to vice president.
- Garett Kaneko, executive vice president of client relationship management at Amwins, was appointed as treasurer.
- Sarah Sloan, CIC, senior vice president of commercial at Atlas General Insurance Services, an RPS company, was appointed as secretary.
The association also added two new board members: Mike Louderback, CPCU, RPLU, second vice president of sales and marketing at USLI, and Zach Hernandez, assistant vice president at XPT Specialty, who is also a committee chair for CIWA Future.
Both Donahue and Connors are continuing their service on the CIWA board. Kaneko, Sloan, Louderback and Hernandez are all new board members, joining in January 2023.
CIWA is a nonprofit trade association supporting California excess and surplus insurance wholesalers, carriers and supporting entities through advocacy, education and networking.
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