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Executive Officers
 
President
Jacqueline St. Hilaire
972-364-5062
jacquelines@safeguard.net

Jacqueline has worked in the managed dental care industry for the last 14 years.  In her current position as a Senior Account Executive with SafeGuard Dental and Vision she is responsible for developing relationships with insurance agents and employer groups in north and central Texas.  Jacqueline has been a member of various Health Underwriter locals for over 10 years but only recently decided that it was time to get more involved.  She served as the DAHU Grip/State Legislation Chair for nearly 2 years and recently moved into the Federal Legislation Chair.  She is also the Director of Legislative Activities for the TAHU Legislative Council.  Just recently Jacqueline completed the requirements for her GBA designation and is planning to pursue the CEBS designation.

President Elect/Vice President
David Creek
972-410-3700
dclampitt@pmi.delta.org

David Cheek received his Bachelors of Science degree in Communications from Stephen F. Austin State University, in Nacogdoches, TX. Since then, he has been in the sales and sales management business in various capacities. David has 12 years experience in the insurance business, first, as an independent broker, specializing in individual and small group health and life insurance. He went to work for UniCare Life and Health Insurance company as a Regional Sales Manager in March of 1999 where he won the most prestigious Regional Sales Manager of the Year award in 2000. In 2002, he was promoted to Director of Sales for Unicare’s individual and small group division leading 16 Regional Sales Managers in Texas and Nevada. He also grew membership every year as a Director, including over $151 million in annualized premium in new business sales in 2005, $155 million in 2006. David left UniCare in June of 2007 to pursue a professional career, and dream, as an author, consultant, and motivational speaker. He served on the board of directors of the Fort Worth Association of Health Underwriters for 5 years, and is currently serving on the Dallas Association of Health Underwriters as the Vice President. He is married to the love of his life, Gina, and has 3 beautiful children named Anjelica, Scott Michael, and Sabrina. David has passion for many things, most notably God, his family, the game of golf, and helping people find their passion in life.


Past President
Rosemary Deininger HIA, RHU
972-759-3704
rdeininger@waldmanbros.com

RoseMary Deininger has been an Employee Benefits professional since 1990 and holds the designations of Health Insurance Associate from the Health Insurance Association of America and Registered Health Underwriter from the American College. Currently Vice President of Waldman Bros. Employee Benefits Division, her experience includes working for two national insurance carriers, healthcare professionals and an international brokerage. It was her pleasure to participate in the Texas Health Choice Advisory Committee 2000 and the Aetna Producer Advisory Council 2002. She has been a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters since 1994 having held the positions of NAHU Region VI Media Chair, Texas Legislative Events Chair, Dallas Federal Legislative Chair and now DAHU Secretary. In 2004 RoseMary was the recipient of the first DAHU Leadership Award. In her spare time she does fundraising for several charitable organizations and is active in her Arlington community.


Treasurer
Donna McCright
DSG Benefits Group, LLC
972-241-0044 x269
dmccright@dsgbenefits.com

Donna has been a DAHU member since 1997. As a DAHU member she has been a committee member for the casino night fundraiser, annual golf tournament, and she has been GRIP chairperson, Treasurer, President-elect and President, Past President and Trustee. Donna was also the NAHU Reg VI Education Chair, NAHU Education Vice-Chair and NAHU Education Chair. Donna is currently serving as DAHU Education Chair. Donna is employed as an Account Executive with DSG Benefits Group.
Donna has other volunteer activities including committee member on The Colony’s Board of Adjustments Commission, a key member on her church Budget & Finance Team. Belongs to her Texas grandchildren’s elementary school PTA, and is a substitute teacher for her church weekly bible class.
Donna’s hobbies include water sports, boating, traveling, reading and politics. Also, her extended family of 11 children and 15 grandchildren keep her very busy with family newsletter updates

Secretary
Valerie Toups
972-866-0100 ext.233
vtoups@oasisadvantage.com

Valerie has been a DAHU member since 1993 and a DAHU Board Member since 2002, first serving as Awards Chair, now currently serving as 2006-2007 DAHU Secretary in conjunction with the DAHU Executive Committee. Valerie has over 20 years experience in the insurance industry and is currently a Professional Employer Consultant at Oasis Outsourcing, providing Human Resources Services, Payroll Administration, Employee Benefits, Risk Management and Liability to employer groups across the nation. In the past, Valerie has worked with different companies in the capacity as Sr. Account Manager, Sr. Account Executive, Director, Vice President, and at her own broker/consulting firm, as President/Owner.

The Board
Newsletter
Kathy Powell
214-415-3637

kpowell@blockvision.com

Kathy Powell is a Sales Consultant with Group Resources, Inc. She brings over 25 years experience working with partially self-funded medical plans

Kathy began her insurance career with the regional office of Northwestern National Life and served as a Group Service Representative and Group Claims Manager.  After serving ten years with Northwestern National Life she assisted with the establishment of a local TPA where she was responsible for the marketing and sales of self-insured products to insurance brokers and consultants.  She also served ten years as Manager of Employee Benefits for a local agency responsible for the direct sales of group employee benefit plans, including group disability, life, health, 401(k) plans and dental insurance to employers.

Kathy is currently a member of the Dallas Association of Health Underwriters, National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors, National Association of Female Executives and Executive Women’s Golf Association.  She belonged to the Women’s Life Underwriters and served on various committees


Legislation
Tamela Southan
214-287-1783
tsouthan@healthequity.com

Tamela is a dedicated and long term active NAHU member and has relocated from Virginia to Dallas as part of the CONEXIS family based in Irving. As a Regional CONEXIS employee, Tamela served on the NVAH Local / State Boards as the VA chapter State / Federal Legislative Chair for the past four years. With the CONEXIS regional position, Tamela’s responsibilities included building the first offsite TPA partnership based in Fairfax, VA while working with direct large accounts from Implementation thru client support. As a graduate from UTD, her experience ranges from the carrier service days of the Travelers Group Sales onto to a fee-based financial planning agency rounded out by the Cobra / HIPAA compliance administration through CONEXIS. Tamela provides great experience and enthusiasm as a member of NAHU since 1991 and served on the DAHU board prior to moving to Virginia.

Public Service
John Mosier
972-385-3710
john.mosier@compbenefits.com

John is a Sales Representative with CompBenefits and has been a member of DAHU since 1995. He previously served on the DAHU Board as Newsletter Chair and has worked on various committees throughout his career in employee benefits.

Media Relations
Larry French
972-807-4629
frenchindal@tx.rr.com


Larry recently retired from Hartford Life and has entered the group benefits brokerage business as an independent. He was born in Dallas, and graduated from East Texas State University with a degree in accounting. Larry's married with one daughter and a 6 year old grandson.

Education
Kevin Lewis
Andrew & Alexander
214-365-0111 x303
klewis@andrewalex.com



Awards
Taryn Starling
214-287-3575
starlingt@aetna.com

 

 

Membership Retention
Sherry Harris
214-701-6625
sherry_harris@aric.com


Membership Growth
Marcia Snell
Pharmacy Benefit Consultant, PSG
469-443-3413
Marcia.snell@verizon.net

 


 

Strategic Membership
Mike Ryan
972-599-6211
mike.ryan@wellpoint.com

Mike has been with UniCare in Texas since their acquisition of Mass Mutual in 1996. He has over 19 years of experience in the Insurance Industry. He currently manages both Sales & Account Management for the North Texas & Oklahoma territories. In 2007, Mike was appointed to the Dallas Association of Health Underwriters Board of Directors as the Strategic Membership Chair. He is a graduate of Niagara University and received his CPA designation while working in Public Accounting. He is married with 3 children.


Sponsorship
Patrick Skinner
J. Patrick Skinner & Assoc.
469-767-2929
patrickskinner@comcast.nett

Trustees
DAHU Presidential History

Carolyn Goodwin
972-406-6946
cgoodwin@cbiz.com

Donna McCright
972-241-0044 x269
dmccright@dsgbenefits.com

Mary Lou Hudman
972-387-9601
mlhudman@tx.rr.com

Trei Wild
972-364-5060
treiw@tx.safeguard.net


Name Term
RoseMary Deininger 2006 - 2007
Mary Lou Hudman 2005 - 2006
Carol Bailey 2004 - 2005
Donna McCright 2003 - 2004
Louanne Trebing 2002 - 2003
Carolyn Goodwin 2000 - 2002
Mark Mattlage 1999 - 2000
Richard P. Koehn 1998 - 1999
Sandy Longacre 1997 - 1998
Dick Caplinger 1996 - 1997
Allen Gehrki 1995 - 1996
Lynn Palmer 1994 - 1995
Jay Huminsky 1993 - 1994
Joe Bittner 1992 - 1993
Andy Wolfson 1991 - 1992
Trei Wild 1990 - 1991
Reed Schnittker 1988 - 1990
Harvey Wolff 1986 - 1987
Gail Donnell 1985 - 1986
David Blanchard 1984 - 1985
Stan Foster 1981 - 1984