Leadership transition
Alongside Ripley’s installation, Greg Sandrock, owner of The Cornerstone Agency in Tampico, Illinois, was sworn in as chairman-elect, and Bryan Clinkscales, owner of Boone Ritter Insurance in Springdale, Arkansas, was named vice chair. Ripley succeeds Todd Jackson, owner and partner at McGowan Insurance Group in Indianapolis, who will remain on the executive committee as immediate past chair.