Executive Committee & Officers

The Executive Committee consists of not more than seven (7) members of the Board of Directors elected annually by the Board. It is comprised of the Officers of the IRES and Members-At-Large. No state may have more than one member on the Executive Committee at any one time.

The 2010-2011 Officers and Executive Committee members of the IRES are:

	President Leslie Krier, AIE Washington Leslie Krier joined the Washington State Office of Insurance Commissioner as a Market Conduct Examiner in 1994, performing market conduct examinations of life and health companies. In 2000, she became the Chief Market Conduct Examiner for the State of Washington. In December 2006, Leslie was promoted to Market Conduct Oversight Manager. She is currently responsible for creating and managing a market analysis program and the ongoing market conduct functions for Washington state. She participates in various NAIC work groups and is active in IRES. Leslie has earned the Fellow, Life Management Association (FLMI) designation and Accredited Insurance Examiner (AIE) designation.
	Immediate Past President Dennis Shoop, MCM Unaffiliated Mr. Shoop is Market Regulation Director of INS Regulatory Insurance Services, Inc. Formerly, he spent 32 years at the Pennsylvania Insurance Department. An IRES member since 1989, he serves on the Education Committee and co-chaired the past several Career Development Seminars. He is also a recipient of the Paul L. DeAngelo teaching award presented by the IRES Foundation.
	President-Elect Thomas Ballard, CIE, MCM Georgia
	Vice President Anne Marie Narcini, CIE, MCM New Jersey Ms. Narcini is Manager of Consumer Protection Services for the New Jersey department of Banking and Insurance. An IRES member since 1996, she has served as section chair for the Career Development Seminar and on a variety of committees including Membership & Benefits, Meetings & Elections, Publications and Accreditation & Ethics.
	Treasurer Gary Kimball, CIE, MCM Missouri Gary is a Market Conduct Examiner III in the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration and has been with the department since July, 2000. He joined IRES in March, 2001 and has been active on the Accreditation and Ethics Committee, several subcommittees and was the Missouri IRES State Chair for over three years. He also wrote one chapter in the MCM textbook.
	Secretary Mark Hooker, CIE, MCM West Virginia A 1984 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Mark Hooker initially began his insurance career July 1, 1990 in Columbia SC- spending seven years multi-line insurance agent with the Southern Farm Bureau group following five years of service in the Army as an officer. While at the Southern Farm Bureau Group, Mark became a multiple year recipient of the company's "Round Table" and "All-Star" awards. After returning to his native home of Charleston W. Va., he was employed as an underwriter with West Virginia's then monopolistic state workers compensation fund where he was quickly promoted to Senior Underwriter. Mark began his regulatory work as a Market Conduct Examiner with the State of West Virginia in 2002. Since then he has assumed the roles of Chief Market Conduct Examiner and Market Analysis Chief. He currently holds the Certified Insurance Examiner, Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, Certified Workers Compensation Professional, Market Conduct Management, Accredited Advisor in Insurance, Associate in Underwriting, Associate in Insurance Services, and Life Underwriting Training Council Fellow designations. Mark has served on the IRES Accreditation and Ethics Committee since 2007.
	Member At-Large Holly Blanchard, AIE Nebraska

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