Agency Nation Meets

Taylor Hendrickson, Young Agents Council (YAC) director at the Florida Association of Insurance Agents, is passionate about helping young professionals find their footing and thrive in the insurance industry.

Bobbie Collies is the chief insurance officer at Coterie Insurance and a passionate servant leader who loves to help drive strategy and execution.

As the co-founder of Project 55, a nonprofit launched in January, Brenden Corr is committed to reshaping how mental health is addressed in workplaces.

Karnina Szymanski leads all aspects of customer experience for Bold Penguin. Her personal and professional mission is to elevate the next generation of leaders within the insurance industry.

Paul Baccaro is the co-founder and CEO of Social Jazz. He is a lifelong tech junkie and spent the past 20-plus years building online products and taking them to market.

As the chief solutions officer of Kite Technology Group, Jason Gobbel is an expert at one thing: helping small to midsized businesses take advantage of technology.

Blackwell is responsible for Applied Systems’ strategic growth business units, including Ivans, EZLynx and Applied Pay, as well as Applied’s corporate financial functions.

Nancy Germond, Big “I” executive director of risk management and education, is a second-generation insurance professional who has written scores of risk-management articles and a book on workers compensation.

Butler leads the strategy for Vertafore’s connective products for commercial and personal lines, identifies market hurdles and establishes go-to-market plans to ensure launch readiness and success.

Mindi Zissman is the president of Zissman Media, a business-to-business content firm specializing in the risk, insurance and compliance industries.