John Flatley is an association executive with more than 25 years of experience in strategic planning, communications, governance and organizational design. He serves as President of AMS, a company he founded in 2007. John has guided numerous companies in the formation and management of associations, foundations and industry coalitions. Prior to AMS, John was a Congressional and Executive branch lobbyist, served in the Washington, D.C., office of Wisconsin’s Governor, and was a congressional aide to a Member of Congress. John and his family live in Mclean, Va.

Kimberly A. Harding, CLU, CLTC, is co-founder of Harding Financial and Insurance in Woburn, Mass. and has more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is an active MDRT member.

Mike Weintraub has been in the insurance business since 1967, and began working with company-sponsored retirement plans in 1969. He started a third-party administration company in 1973. 

Paul Dougherty is a Past-President of NAIFA (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors) and has been in the insurance and financial services field for twenty-nine years representing State Farm Insurance, the last twenty-two as an Agent in Hyattsville, Maryland. He is a passionate advocate for the insurance industry in general, and the role of the agent specifically.