Bruce M McCreadie
CIC, CPIA, AAI
BRUCE M. McCREADIE, CIC, AAI, CPIABruce McCreadie is the founder and president of American PEO Insurers, a virtual agency that specializes in providing insurances for Professional Employer Organizations and Staffing Companies across the country. Bruce commenced his agency career as a founding partner in “Ashlyn & McCreadie Insurance and Financial Services” in Denver, Colorado. This agency was driven by a very active sales center operation that marketed Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, and Life, Health, and Financial Services.Upon retiring to Florida, Bruce opened a new agency in Tallahassee marketing personal and commercial lines. The agency was very successful in that it was a “laboratory” where the latest in technology and marketing & sales ideas were implemented. During this time Bruce also served on the Faculty of Florida State University, College of Business, Department of Risk Management and Insurance.Bruce is a graduate of Florida State University majoring in “Business Management” with minor coursework in “Risk Management and Insurance.” Bruce is a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), an Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI), and a Certified Professional Insurance Agent (CPIA). Additionally, Bruce has served on various Boards of The National Alliance and currently serves on the Florida State University Executive Council of the Dr. William T. Hold/The National Alliance Program in Risk Management & Insurance.
Richard Goolsby
CIC
Rick Goolsby entered the insurance business in 1973 as a producer with his family-owned agency in Milford, Ohio. In 1974, he began selling life and health insurance in addition to property and casualty insurance.In 1984, Rick became a Personal Producing General Agent for a New York-based life insurance company, and he began hiring and training producers in addition to his personal production of life sales. He also remained active as a property and casualty producer with his family agency.In 1984, Rick also began teaching basic insurance licensing courses in the State of Ohio. In 1991, he joined the Local Faculty of the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors, and in 1994, he was elevated to National Faculty status with CIC, and has since been teaching extensively in the CIC and also the CISR programs.In 1993, Rick was elevated to president of the property and casualty agency in Milford. He remained active in the agency as president and producer until August, 2004, when he and his family decided to sell the agency.Rick was named as Educational Consultant for CIC programs in the State of Kentucky in 2003, and remains active as Educational Consultant and as a national speaker in the CIC and CISR programs.
Bettye Hutchison
CRM, CIC, CPCU, ARM, CPIA, AAI, TRIP
Bettye Hutchison is President of Central Insurance Services, Inc. in Adelphi, Maryland and former Vice President of Truckwriters of Colorado, Inc. in Lakewood, Colorado. After long years of “commuting” across the country on a regular basis, Bettye is taking a break from her ownership and leadership roles in the agency business and will focus on teaching and consulting.Bettye has a long list of accomplishments and contributions to The National Alliance and to the state associations for which she instructs. Bettye serves as National Faculty and Educational Consultant for CIC, CRM, CISR and Ruble Seminars.It is accomplishments and contributions like these that have earned her a place as a Charter Member of the “Distinguished Faculty” of the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research. As a very deserving member of this elite group, Bettye has “demonstrated outstanding and exemplary excellence in the classroom and beyond. She has continuously given of herself through contributions in time and effort. She loves to travel and meet people all over the country, which is why, as she says “Speaking to other professionals, is not work at all; it is an honor!”
