IIABA First Woman President Set

NU Online News Service, April 18, 11:52 a.m. EST?The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America said Louise C. "Bebe" Canter has been nominated to be the association's president-elect and Thomas A. Grau its vice president.

If her nomination were approved, Ms. Cantor would be in line to become the first woman president of the association. IIABA's members will vote on her nomination during the association's convention to be held in New Orleans, Sept. 21 to 24.

The nomination announcement, made today, follows the IIABA's Executive Committee mid-year meeting last week.

Ms. Canter is senior vice president at Patterson/Smith Associates, Falls Church, Va. She was elected to the executive committee in 1998, and is the first woman to be elected to IIABA's top leadership panel, the association said in a statement.

Ms. Canter has served the Metropolitan Washington Association of Independent Insurance Agents in many capacities, including state national director and president. She served as chairman of the Southern Agents Conference and as member of the IIABA Large Agents Committee.

Mr. Grau is a sales executive with Payne Financial Group in Billings, Mont. He was elected to the executive committee in 1999, and has been active on the local, state, regional and national levels of the association. Mr. Grau served Montana as Technical Affairs Committee chairman, state national director and president. He was chairman of IIABA's Finance Committee and served on the Audit and Direction and Resource Coordination Committees.

Ms. Canter and Mr. Grau are scheduled to assume their new posts at IIAA's InfoXchange. Current President-elect, W. Cloyce Anders, would be sworn in then as president.

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