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.

Sam Smith HUB International
Chris Koester Southwest Insurance Group
Joseph Cito 2024 cropped

Chair of the Board

Samual Smith

HUB International

sam.smith@hubinternational.com

Vice-Chair of the Board

Chris Koester

Southwest Insurance Group

chris@swinsgrp.com

Secretary/Treasurer

Joseph Cito

Downey & Company

jcito@downeyandco.com

2024 Sarah Stagner
Heather-Fortner
kendraWEB

Immediate Past Chair

Sarah Stagner

Western States Ins Group

sarah@wsigroup.net

National Director

Heather Fortner

Mountain West Insurance

heatherf@mtnwst.com

Legislative Chair

Kendra Zacharias

Rio Grande Insurance

kendra@riograndeins.com

At Large Directors

2018 Randy Hobbs
John Hansen cropped
Jose Chapparo web
Michael Martinez web

Randy Hobbs

Leavell Insurance
randy.hobbs@leavellinsurance.com

John Hansen

Berger Briggs Insurance
jhansen@bbirs.com

Jose Chaparro

HUB International
jose.chaparro@hubinternational.com

Michael Martinez

The Trujillo Agency
mmartinez@thetrujilloagency.com

Hunter Graham Headshot

Hunter Graham

Mountain States Insurance
hgraham@msig-nm.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.