Board of Directors

Our organization is governed by a Board of Directors elected by our membership. Our Board of Directors uses policy governance to envision the future and to ensure operations are aligned with our mission statement and meet the evolving needs of our constituency.

Secretary Treasurer
Sam Smith HUB International
Chris Koester Southwest Insurance Group

Chair of the Board

Sarah Stagner

Western States Ins Group

sarah@wsigroup.net

Vice-Chair of the Board

Samual Smith

HUB International

sam.smith@hubinternational.com

Secretary/Treasurer

Chris Koester

Southwest Insurance Group

chris@swinsgrp.com

Joe Menicucci Downey & Co
Heather-Fortner
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Immediate Past Chair

Joseph Menicucci

Downey & Company, Inc.

jmenicucci@downeyandco.com

National Director

Heather Fortner

Mountain West Insurance

heatherf@mtnwst.com

Legislative Chair

Kendra Zacharias

Rio Grande Insurance

kendra@riograndeins.com

At Large Directors

Susan-Vance
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Susan Vance

USI
sue.vance@usi.com

Justin Zoladz

HUB International
justin.zoladz@hubinternational.com

Joseph Cito

Downey & Company
jcito@downeyandco.com

John Hansen

Berger Briggs Insurance
jhansen@bbirs.com

Shawn Gustafson

Risk Strategies Company
sgustafson@risk-strategies.com

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Dave Sutliff
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Hunter Graham

Mountain States Insurance
hgraham@msig-nm.com

David Sutliff

New Mexico Mutual
davids@newmexicomutual.com

Kris Martin

Travelers Insurance
kmarti20@travelers.com

Jakki Swicegood

Insurors Indemnity
jswicegood@insurorsindemnity.com

Get Involved!

Our people make us who we are. A team of diverse talents committed to serving.

Interested in becoming a board member? Email us at info@iianm.org for information.