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President's Transition Message
Liz Kramer
Immediate Past President, APIW
Dear APIW Members and Corporate Sponsors:
As I step down from my two-year term as APIW President, I wanted to take a moment to share my deepest gratitude to the Board, our corporate sponsors and our membership for your engagement, dedication and support furthering APIW in its mission to support the advancement of professional insurance women in our industry. We have continued to experience phenomenal growth and impact over the last two years – our corporate sponsors have grown over 25% and our base membership has grown over 300%. We continue to invest in network chapters, standing up Boston, Tampa and Houston over the last two years. Over the history of APIW’s 48 years, we have recognized 47 Women of the Year recipients. We have delivered over 60 scholarships to young, future female talent entering our industry, seven of those scholarships awarded over the last two years. We could not do this without the long-standing, steady, purposeful leadership of Executive Director, Sue Barros, as well as all of you – our members, our Board, our allies and our partners. Thank you, thank you.
We will continue to elevate the importance of gender equity and more broadly DEI as a strategic imperative for our industry, despite some headwinds in the media and in some areas around the country. Our work is nowhere near done, but I am excited for what the future holds.
APIW Honors Brenda (Ballard) Austenfeld as APIW 2024 Insurance Woman of the Year
APIW, Inc. (the Association of Professional Insurance Women) is pleased to announce Brenda (Ballard) Austenfeld, CEO & President of RT National Property, has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the prestigious APIW Insurance Woman of the Year Award. Ms. Austenfeld was recognized with this award on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in New York City.
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