Welcome, Sharon Deputy – Commercial Lines Account Executive & Claims Specialist
Today we wish a VERY happy retirement to Dave McAfee, Claims Manager. Dave has been with us at Gallen since September 8th, 1997 & today is his LAST day in the office!!!
Truly wishing him a wonderful retirement with plenty of time to golf with his wife, Leslie, enjoy moments with his children & grandchildren & certainly time to travel!!
Enjoy Dave & thank you for always being authentic and kind hearted.
We are pleased to welcome Amber as a member of our Personal Lines Team here at Gallen Insurance.
We’d like to take this opportunity for you to get to know her.
Read about Amber in this photo & be sure to say hello next time you call or stop in!
Our annual Employee Holiday Party is approaching. To help get everyone in the holiday spirit, we decided to host an office/cubicle decorating contest!!
The winners, from Grinch to Grand Prize, will be announced and awarded prizes at our Holiday Party on Friday, December 14th!
If you have a favorite feel free to let us know!!
Wahoo!! Dave is over half way!! Please share this post to help him reach his goal for Bethany Children’s Home!!
Chantelle Oliver from our Personal Lines department has a fantastic story of Love & War…
Her grandparents “met” during WWII.
You may recognize Amy from a recent engament announcement, but before Chris walks her down the aisle, we thought we should help him & our readers get to know Amy better.
Our very own Commercial Lines producer, Dan McDevitt, popped the question in Central Park and she said YES!
Congratulations to Dan on his engagement!!
Pictured here is Dan & his beautiful fiance’ Ewelina.
Check out all the reasons we think Valentine’s should be called Gallentine’s when we think about our boss!
…here is a sneak peak of our “Gallen”tine we are working on for Ann Moll!!
Our newest employee, Jitterbug is pictured here. I’d say the shirt fits great do you agree??
In our recent enews, we hilighted our Marketing Coordinator, Lura Beth Bare!
We asked Lura some interview questions to help you get to know here better, check out her answers here:
Some extra Thankful photo booth fun! Thanks to Mike in our Benefits department.
We hope you like our new cover photo! We had a blast with our Thankful photo booth at the office. We have some folks who had a little more fun than others….stay tuned as we reveal some of the funnier photos this week!!
Chantelle Oliver, CISR is the Supervisor of our Personal Lines Department. She is responsible for managing and supervising the Personal Lines Department while also maintaining the agency’s marketing and handling the new personal lines sales. We spent some time asking her a few questions so you can get to know a little more about who you’re working with when you talk to Chantelle.
Chantelle has been working in the industry for about 10 years. She started out with a nursing career, but when loans ran out, Chantelle joined the Army. Unfortunately, due to issues with her knees, she was unable to leave for boot camp and her doctor recommended she find a job where she could sit down. This is where her career in the Insurance field began. She found a job as a receptionist at an insurance agency and worked her way up!
Chantelle is married to her best friend, Jacob. They have 3 dogs, Daisy, Izzy, and Porter, and just welcomed a baby girl named Finley on January 3rd 2016!
A few more interesting questions we made Chantelle answer…
- One word to describe yourself? Quirky
- If you could have one super power, what would you choose? I would want to fly!
- Favorite song to sing at karaoke? “Shoop” by Salt N’ Pepa
- Favorite sport & team? St. Louis Cardinals
- Favorite recipe? Willing to share it? Whatever my husband cooks. I am sure he would share!
- If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed to bring 3 things, what would they be? My husband (He is always equipped with a knife and a fishing pole), chapstick, and strap my two little dogs to the big one so I could bring all 3.
- Who is your celebrity crush? Eric Church & Mike Matheny (Cardinals Manager)
- What would the title of your autobiography be? “Heartbreak and Happiness”
- Have you ever been told you like a celebrity? If yes, who? Nope. Too unique I guess.
- What is your biggest pet peeve? When people tailgate while driving.
- What is your worst fear? Bees.
- What is something no one at the office knows about you? All my socks are categorized by “rights” and “lefts”.
Getting to know Kristie Lawrence…
Kristie is an Account Executive in our Commercial Lines department here at Gallen. If you have your business insurance with Gallen, you may have already been lucky enough to speak to Kristie. She specializes in the larger accounts at our agency. We spent a few minutes with her so you can know a little more about someone you work with!
Kristie has been working in the insurance industry for 37 years! After moving to Florida at the age of 22, a friend of a friend knew an insurance company that was hiring. She walked in and was hired on the spot. It was GEICO and she still talks to the woman who hired her to be her insurance “girl”. Kristie has one son and one daughter and one beautiful granddaughter. No pets presently but she does have one grand-dog and 2 grand-cats.
A few more interesting questions that we subjected Kristie to answer…
- One word to describe yourself? Resilient
- If you could have one super power, what would you choose? “The ability to take away pain & suffering – mental and physical. “
- Favorite song to sing at karaoke? “I don’t do karaoke but if I had to, it would be something by Whitney Houston”
- Favorite sport & team? “Has always been baseball and I used to follow the Atlanta Braves”
- Favorite Recipe? Willing to share it? “My 3 most requested recipes are Black Coffee Chocolate Cake, Yum-Yum Pudding and Pumpkin Rolls. And Yes, I share them all the time.”
- If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed to bring 3 things, what would they be? “The book ‘Gone with the Wind’, a pet dog and matches”
- Who is your celebrity crush? “Matt Damon”
- Have you ever been told you look like a celebrity? If yes, who? “No, but I have been told more times than I can remember that I should be a stand-up comic! (That’s close to being an insurance person, isn’t it??!)”
- What is your biggest pet peeve? “Inequality / Unfairness”
- What is your worst fear? “That ‘something’ will happen to my granddaughter.”
- What is something no one at the office knows about you? “I do a mean impersonation of the PA Dutch accent, plus a lovely Southern accent and sometimes if I’m in the right mood, I can also do Mrs. Doubtfire or Peppa Pig J”
Getting to know Dave McAfee…
Dave is the Claims Manager here at Gallen Insurance. He has been working in the insurance industry for 46 years and started at Aetna P&C. Dave is married with two children and 5 grandchildren. We subjected Dave to a few more fun questions…
- One word to describe yourself?“OCD”
- Favorite sport & team? “Football. The Eagles and Patriots are my favorites.”
- If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed to bring 3 things, what would they be? “My Wife and LOTS of books ”
- What would the title of your autobiography be?“Didn’t Care”
Getting to know Amy Fox…
Amy is our new Vice President of Commercial Lines at Gallen. We spent a few minutes with her so you can know a little more about someone you will be working with!
Amy has been working in the insurance industry for 25 years. She started at Travelers as a commercial lines rater and has become our highly detailed and motivated Vice President of the Commercial Department. Amy is married to her husband (and fellow Gallen employee) Bill Fox. She is blessed with her son Cammeron (wife LeeAnn), two step-daughters Madison and Allie and 2 beautiful grandsons, Sorin & Rowan. And don’t forget their 3 crazy little Shih Tzus, Lulu Belle, Jingle Bell and Pia. Amy graduated Summa Cum Laude of Albright College with a Bachelors degree in Business Management.
A few more interesting questions that we subjected Amy to answer…
- One word to describe yourself? Persistent
- If you could have one super power, what would you choose? Invisibility
- Favorite song to sing at karaoke? “Trust me, you don’t want to hear me sing…”
- Favorite sport & team? “What are sports?”
- If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed to bring 3 things, what would they be? “Shoes, shoes & shoes”
- Who is your celebrity crush? “Kermit the Frog”
- What would the title of your autobiography be? “Moderately Confused”
- Have you ever been told you look like a celebrity? If yes, who? “Genghis Khan”
- What is your biggest pet peeve? “Dishonesty”
- What is your worst fear? “Being buried alive… in a bad pair of shoes and the wrong shade of lipstick”
- What is something no one at the office knows about you? “My mother is a published author (well, some know… but not many).”
Getting to know Marisa Promutico…
Marisa is an Account Manager in our Personal Lines Department. We spent a few minutes with her so you know a little more about someone you will be working with!
Marisa has been in the insurance industry for 13 years. She started working as a receptionist in an insurance agency and worked her way up to a top sales and service leader! Marisa is married to her wonderful husband, Julian and they have 2 children, Nate (8) and Christian (2). Also we cannot leave out her pug, Max and Bella their cat who was a stray that was lucky enough to find their home. Marisa attended and graduated from Holly Name (now Berks Catholic) and continued her education at the PACE Institute with a degree in Business Management.
We asked Marisa a few interesting questions to get an idea of what she is all about.
- One word to describe yourself? Friendly
- If you could have one super power, what would you choose? Hulk Strength
- Favorite song to sing at karaoke? Never sang before and don’t plan to.
- Favorite sport & team? No professional teams… but go Governor Mifflin Little League!
- Favorite recipe? Willing to share it? Of course I will share, just ask!
- If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed to bring 3 things, what would they be? Phone, Tent and a lighter
- Who is your celebrity crush? The late Paul Walker
- What would the title of your autobiography be? “The Silent Power Ranger”
- Have you ever been told you like a celebrity? If yes, who? “Never been told I look like any celebrities.”
- What is your biggest pet peeve? Aggressive Driving!
Getting to know Jay Mahoney…
Jay is our resident Health and Life Specialist here at Gallen. We spent a few minutes with him so you can know a little more about him.
Jay has been in the insurance industry for 15 years. He is licensed in Health, Life and also Property and Casualty. He specializes in Benefits and you will see from his recent accomplishments he is very good at what he does.
Jay has been happily married to his wife, Donna for over 52 years. They have 4 children and nine grandchildren. Jay has been a fighter of a balanced billing issue that has affected our local area. He recently attended a hearing in Harrisburg testifying about the issues. We have posted a link to the video and the Reading Eagle article regarding this ongoing issue. He continues to support our local community and we are very proud of him for everything he has accomplished and overjoyed that he is a part of our Gallen Team.
We asked Jay a few interesting questions to find out even more!
One word you would use to describe yourself?
“Compassionate.”
What super power would you like to have?
“The ability to cure cancer, especially childhood cancers”
Favorite Sports Teams?
“Any New York team starting with the New York Giants”
If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 things would you bring with you?
“My wife Donna, a 28ft ocean going fishing boat and a satellite phone which is charged via solar”.
Who is your celebrity crush?
“Olivia Newton John, because I could dance better than John Travolta”
What would the title of your autobiography be?
“Success is not the accumulation of wealth”
Have you ever been told you look like a celebrity? If yes, who?
“Tom Cruise.”
What is your biggest pet peeve?
“Out of control government.”
Interested in working with Jay?
Jay Mahoney, CBC – Benefits Manager
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