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Celebrating 50 years 1962~2012

The Rhode Island Chapterof the Society of

Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters

2012 – 2013

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Rhode Island Chapter CPCU

November 2012

Congratulations on your chapter’s

On behalf of the CPCU Society, we are all very excited about the Rhode Island Chapter’s success—it takes a great deal of member dedication and loyalty for any chapter to achieve the longevity that yours has.

Your chapter is a major part of the Society’s proud history of promoting high ethical standards and continuing education. We are all called to build on the efforts of past leaders to improve and promote the CPCU Society in our industry and in our local communities. Our message and core values are more important now than ever before. Best wishes for continued success.

Again, congratulations on your accomplishment and thank you for your many years of dedication and commitment to continuing education, ethics, and professionalism.

Here’s to another 50 years of CPCU Society excellence!

Sincerely,

Iesha D. BrownDirector of Chapter Relations

Chapter Anniversary Date: November 8, 1962

50thAnniversary

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Agenda

Welcome and Introduction

Dinner

Reflections on Our First 50 Years Earl Pearson Robert Reifel

Conferment of New Designees

Governor’s Remarks Jill Gidge

Closing

~ Music by Lois Vaughn ~

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The CPCUProfessional Commitment

As a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter:

I shall strive at all times

to live by the highest standards

of professional conduct;

I shall strive to ascertain

and understand the needs of others

and place their interests above my own;

and

I shall strive to maintain and

uphold a standard of honor and

integrity that will reflect credit on my

profession and on the CPCU designation.

Rhode Island CPCU2012-2013 Board of Directors:

President: Anne Nicoll, CPCUPresident-elect: Nicole Goodrich, CPCU

Vice President: Melissa Jadin, CPCUTreasurer: Rose Natale, CPCU

Secretary: Joseph Craveiro, CPCUEx-officio: Calvin Strong, CPCUWebmaster: Eric Sladen, CPCU

Directors: Adam Lumnah, CPCU

Charlene Vaughn, CPCUErik Miller, CPCU

Mario Morales, CPCU Robert Alves, CPCURobert Reifel, CPCUScott Geer, CPCU

Rhode Island CPCU Scholarship Fund2012-2013 Board of Directors:

President: Allan McDermott, CPCUTreasurer: John Tickner, CPCUSecretary: David Fales, CPCU

Directors:Anne Nicoll, CPCU

Robert Padula, CPCURobert Reifel, CPCURose Natale, CPCUTodd Larson, CPCU

Charlene Vaughn, CPCU

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CPCU is good for you and our industry.

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EMC Insurance Companies is proud to support the efforts of the CPCUSociety and encourages all insurance professionals to “go for it!”

The President’s MessageDear Colleagues,

I would like to take the opportunity to welcome you all and to thank you for your involvement with the Rhode Island Chapter of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary! As the newly elected President of the Chapter, I am deeply honored and humbled to serve such a distinguished organization with such a rich history.

Our Chapter’s golden anniversary provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on the past and to revisit our motivation for becoming CPCUs in the first place. Was it merely to add letters after our names or perhaps to visit an exotic Annual Meeting locale the year of our conferment? Having had an opportunity to meet many of our members, I think not. Instead, it was to attain the knowledge required to achieve a high standard of professionalism manifested in an outwardly visible symbol of our commitment to excellence. Our founders and past leaders believed in that commitment and built a Chapter that continues to reflect that commitment today.

It is not, however, sufficient to celebrate the past. We must look forward and find ways to continue to demonstrate the same commit-ment to excellence in the future. We must promote our successes and learn from our mistakes. We must embrace available technologies to maximize outreach and to best navigate multi-generational audiences. We must continue to identify leaders among our new and future designees and among our existing membership ranks. We must develop ways to make the CPCU “brand” recognizable outside of the insurance community so the values reflected by attainment of the designation are known to all. These goals sound ambitious, but are no less ambitious than the goals our Chapter has regularly managed to accomplish since its founding in 1962.

Thank you again for your continuing support of our Chapter.

Sincerely,

Anne R. Nicoll, CPCURI Chapter President

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2011 – 2012Calvin Strong, CPCU

2010 – 2011Mario Morales, CPCU

2009 – 2010Beth A. Cambra, CPCU

2008 – 2009Stephen E. Lavallee, CPCU

2007 – 2008Robert P. Feltz, CPCU

2006 – 2007James R. Will, CPCU

2005 – 2006Anthony W. Bucci, Jr., CPCU

2004 – 2005Robert Reifel, CPCU

2003 – 2004M. Silvana Klara, CPCU

2002 – 2003Evelyn Watkins, CPCU

2001 – 2002Robin C. Federici, CPCU

2000 – 2001Raymond C. Caron, CPCU

1990 – 2000Steven E. Deware, CPCUSusan L. Leeming, CPCUBruce W. Thomas, CPCUPaul Taubman, CPCUJohn J. Connors, CPCUJohn M. Barry, CPCUStephen T. Brooks, CPCURobert J. Hagan, CPCUMeredith J. Taylor, CPCURichard A. Hainey, CPCU

1989 – 1980Kenneth L. Amylon, CPCUNoreen Rooney Brawley, CPCUJohn C. Tickner, CPCUAndrew M. Erickson, CPCURobert W. Fuller, CPCURobert G. Padula, CPCUCharlene M. Wilson, CPCURichard A. Tuttle, Jr., CPCUTheodore G. Van Hart, Jr., CPCU

1979 – 1970Charles E. Horne, III, CPCUFrederick B. Gifford, CPCULeonard Harrington, CPCURobert J. Lucas, CPCUDavies W. Bisset, Jr., CPCUEarl M. Pearson, CPCU

1969 – 1960Christopher Kempf, CPCULester P. Fales, CPCUPaul F. McLaughlin, CPCU

Past Presidents Patrons

AAA Insurance of Southern New England

Andrew M. Erickson, CPCU

John A. Woods Appraisers

Lawrence A. Natale Co., Inc.

Vincent Pellegrino Insurance Adjusters

A special thank you to

Amica Insurance

for also donating their printing services

throughout the year.

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The year was 1962 when seven men had a vision to create one of the finest CPCU chapters in the country. On November 8, 1962, Paul McLaughlin, Davies Bissett, Jr., Donald Goodby, Christopher Kempf, William Price, Leonard Sweet and Albert Pearson submitted a petition to the board of directors of the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters for permission to create the “Rhode Island Chapter.”

Since its small beginning in 1962, the Rhode Island Chapter of the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters has attained the status of a large chapter with more than 200 members. During the past 50 years, the chapter has garnered many awards under the leadership of its various presidents, including the “President’s Award” under the presidencies of Andy Erickson, 1986-1987, and Meredith Taylor, 1991-1992, and the “Circle of Excellence” under the presidencies of Evelyn Watkins, Silvana Klara, Robert Reifel, Anthony Bucci, Jim Will, Bob Feltz, Steve Lavallee, Beth Cambra, Mario Morales and Calvin Strong from 2002 – 2012.

History1980-1989Cherie LairdMatthew B. WaringMichael D. ConnorsTracy D. SoforenkoSean BrownLisa M. Pannozo

1990-1999Christa E. WaringTracey A. GardnerJames M. GrassoLinda GeoffreyAdrea TruppaAndrew ChattoLisa HallworthHaakon BrownKathleen CausalinoTomma Rae BotelhoJames L. TetreaultKevin M. FlahertyBenjamin J. ClarkErin E. RueggSandra J. CaronGary DavidsonMatthew S. DelNeroScott BersteinSarah E. CastaldoAndrew OrsiBenjamin K. BlackmanJulie SalisburyJulliette GreeneKaite Lyn LefebvreShayna Elizabeth HigginsMichael D’AbateSara SmithJulie BersteinDerek J. Farias

2000-2007William M. Tarbell, Jr.John T. Duell

Scholarship WinnersRachel BlackmanDaniel A. TinkoffSean P. BrislinBeth WalshSarah LongenbakerSynthia Lux TonnGregory BrydaAlexandra J. IannitelliMichael BrunettiLauren TinkoffAdam VasconcellosAlexandra H. PodmaskaSean Patrick SullivanCory SickingerKelleigh BridenAmy BishopRegina Lux TonnOlivia ThayerSarah LeungNicole St. LaurentJessica KowalBrian CookKatharina BilottiPatrick DuriganAmanda FosterChristopher HartmanElizabeth SneadEllen FredericksColin NagleDiana OteroBrendan SheaEmily Simpson

2008Scott AndrewsBenjamin IannitelliJulie MoreauHayley SullivanDavid ThibodeauLisa TromblyThomas Valletta III

2009Kevin BorrelliKayla CaronNicole CoelhoKyle FraielliKristina KlaraAmy LipsitzDiana MaAmy NewkirkMichael PereiraElizabeth Valentini

2010Evan K. CaseBrian DoyleSarah FredericksMeagan GildaySteven W. HaysJoey HoranRachel HoranEmily KempGabrielle LabrecqueMeagan Rose LasorsaJeffrey PaquetteMarissa ParilloMargaret Donnelly RocheTed Weber III

2011Lindsey AllcockAndrew BagliniDanielle DaignaultDanielle SandaElena SugliaElla Wardwell

2012Meredith Juliet KushnerJoseph A. Botelho, IIICatherine M. ChatowskyLukas ChavesOlivia ChavesAlyssa Stenson

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Excellence Through Education

The Society of CPCU and its members have long

recognized the important role that education plays in

the lives of those committed to the highest standards of

professionalism. In 1986, through the efforts of President

Andrew M. Erickson, CPCU, the Rhode Island Chapter of

CPCU established the Rhode Island CPCU Scholarship

Fund. This program fosters both education and excellence

through the awarding of scholarships to college students

from families employed within the Rhode Island insurance

community, based on demonstrated excellence in

academic performance.

All contributions are tax-deductible and directly

increase the endowment principal. Scholarships have been

awarded annually since the inception of the fund. Last year,

a total of $17,000 was awarded to six exceptional students.

Since its beginning, the fund has awarded $187,000 to

112 recipients.

Our current goal is to provide even greater service to

the Rhode Island insurance community by being able to

continue to increase our scholarship amounts to deserving

students each year. To do so will require a significant

increase in the size of the Rhode Island CPCU Scholarship

Fund, and we earnestly request your support.

Checks payable to RI CPCU Scholarship Fund may be

sent to Stefvan Drezek, CPCU, c/o Amica Mutual Insurance

Company, PO Box 6008, Providence, RI 02940-6008.

RI CPCU Charter