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Outside Directors
Corporate Officers / Department Heads
VAN R. KELSEY, Chairman & C.E.O.
MARK R. KELSEY, President VAN R. KELSEY, III, Secretary/Treasurer, C.O.O WARREN BLUMBERG, Vice President - Sales BRIAN K. BUHLER, Controller Key Managers
Outside DirectorsTIMOTHY MACKER, Director/Vice President
M.B.A., Finance, Harvard Business School, 1974. B.A.A., Loyola University of Los Angeles, 1972. In commercial real estate from 1974 to 1982 with Coldwell Banker. 1982 founding partner in Westside Commercial Brokerage. 1985 Vice President of Grubb & Ellis Company. President of Westmac Commercial Brokerage in Los Angeles 1988 to present .
M.B.A., Marketing and Finance, Harvard Business School, 1985. B.A., Economics, University of Notre Dame, 1981. Marketing Representative and Marketing Manager for IBM from 1981 to 1992. Entered investment management marketing in 1992 with The Boston Company. Joined Reed, Conner & Birdwell (Investment Advisors) in 1994 as Director of Marketing and has been promoted to Principal and Portfolio Manager. Member of Board of Directors, Catholic Big Brothers.
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1981; M.A., Economics, University of California, 1974; B.A., Economics, California State University, Hayward, 1970. Chairman and Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, Real Estate, and Insurance, California State University, Northridge, 1990 to present, First Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of the University Corporation (a non-profit corporation), 1995 to present. Membership in the American Risk and Insurance Association; Risk and Insurance Management Society; Western Risk and Insurance Association; American Finance Association; Financial Management Association International; and the American Economic Association. Author of numerous articles appearing in The Journal of Risk and Insurance, The Journal of Contemporary Law, American Economic Review, and others.
Corporate Officers / Department HeadsAttended University of California, Los Angeles. Served in U.S. Naval Air in World War II. Began in insurance business in 1949 as an insurance agent for Occidental Life Insurance Company of California. 1952 to 1954 was Division Manager of Prudential Life Insurance Company. Resigned to start operations for own account as Kelsey Insurance Consultants. Founded Kelsey National Corporation in 1964. 100 percent of capital stock in Kelsey National is owned by Van R. Kelsey, Trustee of The Kelsey Family Trust and Members of The Kelsey Family. Past President of Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association of Los Angeles. Past President of Professional Insurance Mass Marketing Association (PIMA), a national association of Third Party Administrators and insurance carriers headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Leader in philanthropic and civic organizations. Referenced in “Who’s Who in California.”
M.B.A., Marketing and Finance, Harvard Business School, 1985. B.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1981. 1981 to 1983 was Account Executive and subsequently manager-in-charge of Mutual of New York, Newport Beach office. Youngest person in the history of Mutual of New York to rank in the top 10 benefit producers nationally in 1982 and 1983. Joined Kelsey National in 1985 as Assistant to the Executive Vice President. Promoted to Vice President of Association Sales 1986 and was promoted to President in 1994.
B.A., University of California, Irvine, 1975. Joined Kelsey National as Sales Coordinator in 1984, promoted to Senior Sales Coordinator in 1986 and then to Director of Education and Training in 1987. Responsible for conducting seminars for agents around the country and for in-house training of Kelsey National staff members at all levels. Promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2000.
M.B.A., University of Southern California, 1997; B.S., Finance, University of Southern California, 1979. Began profession in employee benefits in 1987 as co-founder of Centerstone Insurance and Financial Services, now known as BenefitMall.com, an emergent Internet brokerage service for 12+ years. With Centerstone as Vice President of Business Development and Executive Director, and as Vice President of Commercial Sales for Universal Care, an HMO. Since early 2000, Independent Contractor applying aptitude for online benefits administration and distribution of human resource management products through carriers, GAs, purchasing co-ops, and brokers. Clients included Internet innovators like e-Benefits.com and ClearBenefits.com. Past President of the Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters. Joined Kelsey National in 2001 as Vice President of Sales responsible for overseeing and directing the Kelsey sales team and managing carrier relationships.
BA in Economics, California State University, Long Beach 1986. MBA Pepperdine University 1997. Began career as Accountant at the insurance brokerage firm of Bayly Martin & Fay. Became an insurance broker and was in charge of small and medium size accounts managing in excess of $2 million in premium. Seven years at PWS Investments, a business broker, progressing to Assistant Controller. Consulted for Kelsey National beginning in February 1998 and joined Kelsey National as Controller in August 1999.
Key ManagersWith more than 15 years of experience in technology fields, Rick Rajewski has an excellent reputation for accomplishing challenging projects on time and under budget, and is renowned for successfully coordinating multiple resources, people and technologies to achieve financial goals. Prior to joining HealthInsurance.com, Rick was a co-founder of Jewelry.com, where he was responsible for the management and coordination of its technology.
Rick Rajewski's career highlights include co-ownership of MicroAge - The Corporate Center, a company he grew from two to 140 people and which garnered $120 million in annual sales in its 12th year. At MicroAge, he oversaw the daily operations and productivity of 60 technicians, consultants and developers. Rick has also worked as an independent consultant with Nestle USA, for whom he designed and implemented a nationwide e-mail infrastructure supporting more than 9,000 employees. Contact InformationCompany Address
Kelsey National Corporation
3030 South Bundy Drive Los Angeles, CA 90066 Contact Information
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