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Tell me about some of the memorable characters in the history, some that brought your story color, drama, comedy, conflict? Tell me the story of how your CUSO/Company was created – the early days. I’m an avid bowler I have bowled three – 300 games in the past year and half. It was always about getting what you put into your job.įinally, can you share something interesting about you that would surprise our readers? It can be anything, a hobby, an adventure, sports, the most embarrassing thing that ’s ever happened to you. He said I never needed one until you boys left. He would wake us up at 5 anytime it snowed and have us out shoveling the driveway (it was a long driveway from what I remember), and the day we moved out he bought himself a big powerful snow blower. He earned his Master’s Degree while in the Air Force. I honestly do not remember him ever being home sick from work. He spent 26 years in the Air Force and we would see him get up at 5 am everyday and go to work. Who were your mentors along the way? People who deeply influenced who you are, what you believe in and what you ’re committed to in your work and life? Tell me about them.

We had to have his Halloween costume large enough to fit over his snowsuit. When we had our first child in 1991 it was a little tough. It was a great place to grow up with lots of fishing and camping in the summer, then the snow, skiing, sledding, and snow machining in the winter months. We still have family and friends we try to get up to see at least every couple of years.

Go SeaWolves!Īlaska – what else can be said, I loved it there. My dad was in the military so we lived all over, but I would say Anchorage, Alaska is where I grew up – we moved there in 1977 where I went to Bartlett High School then graduated from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Now if we can go even further back, where did you grow up and what was it like living there? Where did you go to school? I’ve been working in and around credit union’s since 1986 and won’t work in any other industry. I can’t thank them enough for what they did for me and my family.

AK USA FCU believed in me and offered me every opportunity to succeed. I was there the next day and started working the following week. I had a friend who knew the human resources person at AK USA FCU and she told me there were open positions. AK USA FCU was always part of my life since we moved to Alaska in 1977, so for me it was a place that was always there for us. My father was a CMSGT at Elmendorf AFB and opened an account for my brother, sister and myself. I worked within the insurance department during my tenure there and established their insurance CUSO as their Manager of Insurance Services. In 1986 I started at Alaska USA FCU as a temp employee, working in their insurance department. What attracted you to work for 7 Insurance? I want to hear the story of how you came to work with credit unions. Our most successful stories involved three of our members that saved over $3,000 annually on their insurance and provided better coverage. We have saved our members well over $500,000. What motivates and excites me most of all, along with our team, is saving our members money. What would you say most motivates you to do what you do? What are you most excited or passionate about? I manage both credit union’s corporate insurance programs and their other insurance programs, GAP, Service Contracts, Debt Cancellation, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), and collateral protection insurance (CPI) programs. We are a collaboration of Y12 FCU and ORNL FCU and I oversee nine CSR/Agents.

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What ’s your current position and can you give me a brief overview of what it is you do in your work? I am the President, and we are a full lines independent insurance agency. Jerry Tweeten, President of 7 Insurance, not to be confused with “Elf on a Shelf”

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