Reports from the Region VII Directors
Summer 2025

EDUCATION Director - Andrea gable-setterstrom

Hello Region VII members

A new term has begun and I am excited to serve as your Education Director.

For the first time in my career, I had the time to complete the CLP requirements, and I have almost completed the CLP-A courses. I know how time consuming and expensive it can be.

Education is not just about obtaining designations. It’s also about your journey to energize and learn something new. IAIP offers many ways you can do this. If you are working toward a designation, please let me know what classes you need. I realize that some of the classes that are offered by other regions just don’t work for Region VII because of the time element so, my goal is to pull together resources to get you what you need at a time that works for you.

If you’re retired, there are lots of education opportunities for you. My favorite is AARP.

Subjects vary from exercise and health to how to take better photos with your mobile phone, or how to identify scams, or how to manage your finances or simply how to improve your balance and strength……AARP classes are all free and new classes are offered weekly.

I am excited to take this journey with you.

In fellowship,

Andrea Gable Setterstrom, CLP

e-mail: asetter@aol.com

Mobile: 323-997-0055

Sherry Gamble, AU, CPIW - Region VII Education Liaison

Marketing Director - Regina Lemanowicz, CLP

The Golden Triangle in Marketing

The Golden Triangle in Marketing is a marketing model that includes three critical components to success: Market, Message and Media. 

Market: Marketing is the best way to get the word out for your events, meetings and community action programs. Marketing allows us to focus on our specific audience of insurance professionals. 

Message: Use marketing campaigns like personal emails, IAIP broadcasts,and yes good old fashioned phone calls to get your messages out to your members and potential members. 

Media: Media and Marketing go hand in hand. Utilizing media platforms to publish events, member recognition, photos and share ideas is a good way to establish a strong connection with other insurance professionals. Use this platform to drive traffic to your website or other media pages you have in place.  It is important to keep your pages updated with current information. 

Are you using the IAIP Community Page?  This is the perfect place to interact with members from all states and with various backgrounds in insurance.  You can post your events, learn about upcoming events in other regions, ask questions and make new connections. 

I am looking forward to a productive year as your Region VII Marketing Director. Your Region VII team is here to help you with your marketing strategies.  All you need to do is ask! 

In fellowship, 

Regina Lemanowicz, CLP - Region VII Marketing Director

Rita Auch - Region VII Marketing Liaison

MEMBERSHIP Director - alison holmes, ains, ais, cisr, cpiw, dae, clp

Greetings Region VII Members,

It is once again time for the majority of our members to renew their memberships. Hopefully, you have all received your email from IAIP advising you of your expiration and renewal information if you are one of those with a June expiration date. This information is also displayed on your homepage on the IAIP website.

A reminder that membership forms, if being mailed in, will need to go to the new Michigan address. Please be certain that you check with your HR department etc if they are in charge of mailing in membership forms to ensure they have the most updated corporate address.

We welcome any ideas you may have for enhancing our membership experience, so please let us know of any suggestions or questions.

In Fellowship,

Alison Holmes, AINS, AIS, CISR, CPIW, DAE, CLP – Region VII Membership Director

Martha Nobriga, CPSR, CPIW– Region VII Membership Liaison

Member-at-Large Director - sandy malone, cic, ciip, cisr, acsr, clp-A, DAE, dtm

Welcome to the new IAIP year! I’m honored to again be your Region VII Member-at-Large Director. Do you have a goal for this upcoming year? Education, Engagement, Awards, or Leadership? Or is it something else? My primary goal is to increase the MAL engagement in Region VII starting with virtual happy hours scheduled quarterly (October, January, and March).

My second goal is to lead some online training sessions this coming year. Have you heard of the newest IAIP designation. It’s the ACR – Associate in Client Relations. There were 14 members who achieved the designation at the convention in OKC. What’s most exciting is the modules are for every day, so you don’t work in insurance to benefit from the information. If you’re looking for a purpose, and/or to achieve a personal or professional goal, look no further than IAIP. If you’re retired, and looking to get involved, we’d love to have you mentor a new member, or volunteer to help moderate online training.

Please let me know if you have any questions or want to chat about IAIP opportunities, I’m happy to assist you.

Kindest regards,

Sandy Malone, CIC CISR ACR CLP CLP-A CIIP DAE DTM

Region VII – MAL Director

425-876-0511 cell

sandy.malone85@gmail.com

Jacoba Johnson, CSFP, DAE, AIS, AU, AIMS, CPSP, CPIA, CIC, CPIW- Region VII Member-At-Large Liaison

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