Based on expressions of interest fielded from members, the IBAS board of directors has appointed the association’s Emerging Brokers Council (EBC) for the 2022 calendar year:

• Chair: Nicole Crump, Affinity Insurance;
• Vice Chair: Talsa Warken, Western Financial Group;
• Amanda Kinequon, Long Lake Insurance;
• Brett Estey, Knight Archer Insurance;
• Catlyn Wonsul, Dusyk & Barlow Insurance Brokers;
• Kayla Brown, Harvard Western Insurance;
• Jessica Williams, HUB International;
• Jessica Yelland, Harvard Western Insurance; and
• Reece Ricard, Kelly Insurance Brokers.

The EBC’s mandate is segmented into three equally important directives:

1. Ensure the unique perspectives of young and emerging insurance brokers are represented in IBAS activities, within IBAS policy directives, and at industry functions;
2. Promote the insurance broker profession as a modern, rewarding, first-choice career; and
3. Champion association-wide fundraising activities in support of IBAS’s annual #BrokersCare Campaign.

A special thank you to our outgoing EBC members: Justin Kozakevich of Trustmark Insurance, Michelle Venne of Hordos Insurance Brokers, and Jenna Dusyk of Dusyk & Barlow Insurance Brokers, who served as chair during 2021.

If you have an interest in joining the EBC, please contact IBAS’s Nicole Sinclair at nicole.sinclair@ibas.ca.