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Brian Patrick
Senior Marketing Director
Brian is a Marketing Director training the agents on product knowledge, and recruiting agents for all product lines, also assisting agents in service and sales questions.
Brian has 11yrs experience in the marketing industries. His role has gone from the supply department, to agent licensing, to recruiting, to expanding Network Insurance sales force. He has also completed several insurance and sale training courses.
The most important thing that keeps Brian going and wanting to grow in his knowledge of the industry are his two children. That is what motivates him.
Brian attended James Wood high school in Virginia, where he played football and made first team all American. On top of that, he played baseball for school and in the county leagues for 12yrs. He has had several opportunities in life and feels he is in this industry for a reason. That reason is to help you as an agent to grow your business. Feel free to call Brian for any assistance.
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Diana Smith
Marketing Director
Diana is a wife to Bill and mother to 3-year-old Katlin. She brings over 14 years experience in sales and marketing and communicates well with professionals at any level.
In 2003 she moved here from southern California and was a Marketing Manager for a construction company. She has now been with Network Insurance since June of 2008 and has successfully recruited hundreds of Agents and helped them grow their business. Diana brings enthusiasm, knowledge and a good work ethic to the Insurance field and is excited to be a part of Network Insurance's successful team of Marketing Representatives.
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Donna Searcy
Senior Marketing Director
Donna has twelve years of management and comptroller experience for a multimillion-dollar commercial contractor. Her extensive experience included estimating, sub-contracting and purchasing group insurance for the employees.
Upon the birth of her second son she opened a clothing apparel company, selling nature themed products. You could find her clothing in Disney World, Sea World, National, and State parks. In 2000 she won the official state shirt design for the state of Florida.
When her father became ill in 2001 she started to help him in his business (insurance). At his urging she acquired her state of Florida insurance license. She conducted seminars on annuities. It was during this time she met Tom Patrick at Network Insurance and discussed the possibility of working with Network Insurance. Upon the death of her father in February 2002 she joined Network Insurance as a Marketing Director.
Donna also owns a Martial Arts School. She became involved in the martial arts when she met and married her husband Jack Searcy. She currently holds a black belt in American Kenpo.
Licenses held, Florida insurance license, Real Estate Brokers license and certified trainer for Medicare’s
part D.
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Joe Orsini
Marketing Director
Joe Orsini became a part of the Network Insurance team in September 2009. He was born and raised in West Virginia where he lived until 2009 when he made the move south to the Florida Sunshine.
Joe graduated from West Virginia University in 2004 with his Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with a focus in International Business. Upon graduation, he worked at a family owned and operated Appliance Business where he was manager of direct sales and sales marketing. He successfully grew the business’s profits during the six years of his employment.
Joe enjoys challenges and strives for success. He is constantly learning from agents and building personal business relationships with them.
He enjoys living in Tampa and enjoys all of the wonderful things the Tampa Bay area has to offer including the beach, concerts and dining.
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Laurie Cogdill
Marketing Director
Laurie has over 18 years experience in administration, management and appraising in the Tampa Bay area real estate market. Her grandfather owned a successful insurance and real estate office in Waupun, Wisconsin, thus it wasn’t surprising that her choice of jobs in high school was at an insurance agency. Upon graduating high school in 1990, she attended St. Petersburg College and began working in the Real Estate field.
Laurie has been married for over 10 years and has one son. She and her family enjoy the all sun and fun that Florida has to offer through snorkeling, boogie boarding, boating, and fishing. Her husband, with her administrative assistance, has owned and operated a successful pizza restaurant in the area for over 15 years.
Laurie found her way to Network Insurance via Donna Searcy, Senior Marketing Director. Laurie’s son attends classes at the Martial Arts school owned by Donna and her husband. With her many years experience serving the public, Laurie offers her enthusiastic yet laid back approach to marketing in Network’s busy senior market. Her goal is attaining strong and lasting bonds with agents, always striving to offer customer service at its best!
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Lisa Kantout
Marketing Director
Lisa comes to us with nineteen years of sales/customer service experience, five years in the insurance industry and over 11 years actually being affiliated with the senior market.
Prior to her insurance career she was building and designing car interiors for show cars.
Lisa is originally from Illinois and moved to Florida in 1990. She is happy to be here and available to help you and your business.
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Mary DeGonzague
Marketing Director
Mary DeGonzague joined Network Insurance’s marketing department in June 2009. Mary has an extensive sales and marketing background, and has led aggressive marketing efforts for startup software products in the insurance and finance industry.
Mary came to Florida from Philadelphia, PA. She is a big Tampa Bay Ray’s and Buc’s fan. Her favorite activities include spending time with family and friends, pool, bowling and reading.
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Nancy Culver
Marketing Director
Nancy is a transplant from the state of Connecticut and a die hard New York Yankee’s fan!
She began her insurance career as an independent agent in 1993, specializing in the Senior Market.
In 2003, she joined Network Insurance and has built a large network of agents, offering a vast array of products through Network Insurance.
Recently, Network Insurance dedicated an entire division to the Long Term Care market. Nancy is part of the team focused on those products under the direction of Frank Bell. Nancy will continue to support and market to agents with all the products Network has to offer.
Agent Testimonial:
“I couldn't be more delighted with the outcome as I didn't think they would approve the app.…. My sincerest thanks to you and your point people for a job well done.”
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Rick Erish
Marketing Director
You can say that Rick Erish has marketing in his blood. His Father Andy Erish was Public Relations Director for ABC in New York, NY in the 1970's and Rick at a young age learned most of his marketing skills from his Father. When Rick moved to Florida he worked in marketing and compliance for many companies in the Federal Student Loan industry.
A few years ago he began working in the Insurance Industry through his Uncle Tony Frangello who was the number one marketer in the country for many companies in the Senior Insurance Market. Rick has worked with National Marketing Organizations as well as Agencies and Individual Independent Brokers teaching them valuable marketing strategies in the Senior Insurance Market.
Rick has a 2 year degree in Music Education and a 2 year degree in Electrical Engineering from St. Petersburg College and was on the President's honor roll for both degrees. He was also named in Who's Who among American Junior Colleges. He has 2 children which are his pride and joy. His hobbies include paying guitar (which he has done for 25 years) and Wing Chun Gung Fu with Tia Chi Chun which he learned from Hawkins Chung (a close friend of Bruce Lee) and has practiced Martial Arts for 14 years.
Rick's service to his agents is very intensive. He loves to work with agents that have never worked in the senior insurance industry before and help them understand the value, importance and how to market in this very lucrative industry. Rick gets the most out of helping agents from step one to becoming top selling producers.
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Guy Gaudenzi
Marketing Director
Guy joined Network Insurance in May of 2011. Born & raised in New Jersey and a graduate from St. John Vianney high school in Holmdel, he continued his college studies in Pennsylvania. Married in 1995 to Cheryl Negrotti and has 8 beautiful grandchildren.
For the last 30 years, he has worked in the electronics market providing materials and metal finishing services to the semiconductor industry while living in the greater New England area. During this time he earned his masters certificate in electronics finishing chemistry. During the period of 2005 he moved to California where he worked as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for a manufacturer and designer of packaging solutions for the Integrated Circuits market of Semiconductors. During his tenure he was involved with developing new technologies in the medical field for neurological disorders such as epilepsy with implantable devices. He conducted business on a global scale and coordinated the efforts of 6 direct salespeople and 15 International Rep Agencies.
He brings with him a diligent work ethic in marketing, sales and administrative practices and a dedication to providing quality products to specific markets. He is proud to be part of the team at Network Insurance and looking forward to building on the success of each and every agent that he has the opportunity to develop a relationship.
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Heather Novarro
Marketing Director
Heather Novarro brings with her 20 years of sales and training experience with a large marketing company in Clearwater Florida. She was a key player in developing and maintaining a 150 employee workforce which generated millions of dollars in yearly revenue. Heather’s strength comes from building honest and open relationships.
On a more personal note, Heather’s true enjoyment in life is spending time with her family, which includes her husband of 38 years, her two children, and three grandchildren.
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Zac Cushing
Marketing Director
Zac came to Network Insurance from the construction industry, where he was an engineering and consulting Project Manager for several years. He obtained a PMP certification through PSI in Tampa and also has various AutoCad certifications. He attended University of South Florida on an academic scholarship and graduated from the University of Phoenix with a degree in accounting.
Outside of work, Zac takes advantage of the Florida weather and the Gulf of Mexico by fishing as much as possible. He also enjoys all sports and is a fan of the Bay area three: Rays, Bucs, and Lightning!
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Drew Burkhead
Executive Director of Distribution and Compliance
Drew graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Purdue University in 1996. During college, he also spent time studying at the University of Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen, Denmark where he earned minor studies in international business practices and currency management.
Drew worked in Indiana and Kentucky in project management before moving to Florida with his wife in 1998. Since then he has sold property and casualty insurance as well as owned and operated his own construction company. Drew now applies his education, project management skills, insurance background and ideas to continuously improve Network’s daily activity and valuable agent experience.
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