FAIA Staff

FAIA’s staff of insurance and insurance-agency experts is here to answer your day-to-day questions. Except where noted, all extensions are preceded by FAIA’s main phone number, 850-893-4155. We also have a list of staff by subject.

Executive

Position Name Ext. E-mail
President & CEO Jeff Grady 379  jgrady@faia.com  
Executive Assistant & Director of Meetings  Cindy Molnar, CMP  352  cmolnar@faia.com  

Public Affairs/Legislation & Regulation

Position Name Ext. E-mail
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs  Kyle Ulrich, CAE   369  kulrich@faia.com   
Vice President & General Counsel  Laura Pearce, Esq., AAI   373  lpearce@faia.com   

Communications

Position Name Ext. E-mail
Director of Marketing and Communications Agata Wlodarczyk 370 agataw@faia.com
Marketing Communications Manager Jillian Fry 333 jfry@faia.com
Special Projects Manager Julia Freeman  352-215-6715 jfreeman@faia.com 

Membership

Position Name Ext. E-mail
Director of Membership      Melissa Weaver  350 mweaver@faia.com 
Director of Membership Outreach/Member Advocate Melissa Champany, CCSR, AIP  344  melissac@faia.com  
Member Advocate Jeanie Johnson, CPSR 351 jjohnson@faia.com
Director of Young Agents Council Taylor Hendrickson 332 thendrickson@faia.com

Education

Position Name Ext. E-mail
Director of Education and Workforce Development Dave Newell  365  dnewell@faia.com 
Education Instructor  David Thompson, CPCU, AAI, API, CRIS   376  dthompson@faia.com  
Education Instructor & Insurance Analyst   Jeff Odom, AAI, AIP, AIAM, CCSR   371  jodom@faia.com  
National Alliance Program Coordinator Christy Stacey  335  cstacey@faia.com  
Education Coordinator  Emily Bond 347  ebond@faia.com 

 

Information Technology

Position Name Ext. E-mail
Vice President & Chief Information Officer  Paul Peeples, AAI, AIT, CPIM  356  ppeeples@faia.com 
Information Systems Administrator  Brian Leibow   375  bleibow@faia.com  
Web and Application Developer   Daniel Francis  328  dfrancis@faia.com  
Web and Information Systems Specialist  Michael Hollowell, CCSR  361  mhollowell@faia.com  

Accounting & Administration

Position Name Ext. E-mail
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Larry Thompson ,CPA, AAI  334  lthompson@faia.com  
Director of Accounting, Registrar & Group Administrator  Julie Simmons  326  jsimmons@faia.com  
Accounting Coordinator LeAnn Paul 354 lpaul@faia.com
Webcast Producer & Staff Assistant II  Troy Simmons  385  tsimmons@faia.com  
Accounts Receivable Assistant Sharon Rainer 320 srainer@faia.com

FAIA Member Services

Position Name Ext. E-mail
Vice President & Managing Director  Dave Burt   353  dburt@faia.com
FMS Operations Manager
(E&O and RLI)		 Amanda Chatham  357  achatham@faia.com  
Underwriter Matthew Hunt 325 mhunt@faia.com
E&O Account Coordinator Victor Gamage 349 vgamage@faia.com
Underwriter Rachell Mendoza 345 rmendoza@faia.com
Accounting Coordinator  LeAnn Paul  354  lpaul@faia.com  
E&O Sales Manager, South Florida JP Gomez 305-762-0012

jgomez@faia.com
E&O Sales Manager, North Florida Jeff Cheesborough 342 jcheesborough@faia.com
Underwriting Assistant      Joan Schim 383 jschim@faia.com 
RLI Account Manager Charlie Hampton, CPSR 322 champton@faia.com