Ind. Insurance Agent/Broker ･ Health Risk Analyst｜Licensed：OR﹠WA⇒ Life･Health･Disability▹ I help individuals/companies make game plans to locate health insurance, navigate the Health Insurance Marketplace enrollment process and manage employee benefit strategies/packages. Appointed⇒ w/ Insurers: ▹ Aflac ▹ FFM Certified: healthcare.gov & FF SHOP ▹ Providence ▹ Moda ▹ Kaiser ▹ PacificSource ▹ Regence BCBS of Oregon ▹ Moda Delta Dental▹ Everything is Business:seems irregardless of whether you're a nonprofit, a religious group, an artist or homeless. I sell insurance... for most people, this ranks me only slightly ahead of Wall Street bankers or the IRS. My credibility lies in what I've witnessed and why/how my career got rerouted. ▹ I Know Business:I ran one for 20+ years; we had a national client base of top tier Ad Agencies and Design firms, generating visual imagery for the annual reports of Fortune 500's. No one survives ≥ 2 decades in the advertising business unless they deliver: on time and within budget.▹ I Know Insurance：In addition to the ninja skills I gained while fighting our own battles with insurance companies, I've been helping people and small businesses find health and supplemental coverage since 2008, and I've been a certified CMS/healthcare.gov agent since the Affordable Care Act was passed▹ I Beat the Odds:When my husband/partner was disabled in 2006, the 1st real-world test of my MBA was fighting big insurance/SSDI lawyers. You don't register on the fact that you've bet against the house until you’re sick/broke/exhausted and trying to get them to pay. Herein, the house nearly always wins; in our case, my MBA and business law won the day. These days, I advocate for my people.▹ I Survived:I'm a first-hand witness of all I now seek to protect my people from. My life provided me with skills and a hands-on grasp of the outsized impact insurance has on financial exposure. I help my people learn to make informed decisions and identify ways to cover their risk at the lowest possible price point. A little education goes a long way towards forestalling unnecessary risk to assets, and the means to derail the types of financial fallout often accompanying unexpected health challenges.▹ On the Lookout for Like-Mindsets:Local, eco-aware, sustainable, startups, tech, open-source, B-corps, health-centric, community-focused, local food networks, systems and restaurants, creatives and makers… in a word, all things Portland. ;-)