Megan Pawlowski
Totus Wealth Management - Batavia, IL
Megan has received the 2024 Member of the Year Award. She was the recipient of the 2020 NAIFA IL YAT Leader of the Year Award.
Megan is a 2016 graduate of WIU with a degree in biology. Megan ran track and field at the NCAA Division 1 level, competing in the heptathlon for Western Illinois University, and establishing the school record, which has now been broken.
She entered the insurance and financial service industry at NYL in 2016 and joined NAIFA in 2017. Megan has served on the NAIFA Chicagoland Board of Directors since 2018. She also served as Liaison on the NAIFA IL Board of Directors. Megan has invested a tremendous amount of time in NAIFA, including chairing the YAT (Young Advisors Team) committee, which is designed to encourage participation and involvement in NAIFA with the recently licensed and under-age-40 group of insurance agents.
Megan is a 2023 graduate of LILI. The NAIFA Leadership in Life Institute (LILI) develops leaders by fostering personal growth, enhancing business practices, and developing skills necessary for effective leadership.
Megan currently enjoys servicing her clients at Totus Wealth Management, where she gets to apply her holistic approach to life to her clients' financial situations to help them live a full and balanced reality.
Pierre E. Pajak, CLU®, ChFC®, CFP®
Equitable Advisors - Oak Brook, IL
Pierre Pajak is the 2023 recipient of this award due to his dedication and efforts to ensure the success of NAIFA Chicagoland. Pierre stepped up, at the time needed, to enter the Executive Committee becoming the President three years later. He has shown leadership in dealing with issues as they have arisen and has been there to help resolve them. Pierre is appreciated for his continued involvement and support of the association and our industry. He has always promoted our events through sponsorships and encouraging others to participate. He shows leadership in all he does and is a great example for agents to look up to.
Award Criteria
This award is for exemplary long-term or special service to NAIFA Chicagoland, insuring community and the profession of Insurance and Financial Advising. His activities have rendered above and beyond service in one of more of the following categories:
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Thank you Bobby for all that you do to support NAIFA!!!
Congratulations to Christopher Gandy winner of this year’s ThinkAdvisor LUMINARIES Award in Diversity and Inclusion.
Christopher L. Gandy, LACP
NAIFA Trustee
Each year, ThinkAdvisor chooses winners from across the investment advisory industry in each of four categories: Diversity & Inclusion, Thought Leadership & Education, Executive Leadership, and Dealmaking. An expert panel of judges selects the nominees who have made the biggest impact on the industry in the past year. The winners are the best-of-the-best, combining creative thinking and problem solving to produce innovative solutions to best serve their clients and the advisory industry.
Chris Gandy is a member of f NAIFA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council and has presented at NAIFA’s DEI Impact Weeks. Chris is a Past President of NAIFA Chicagoland.
Congratulations to Chris. We’re #NAIFAproud of your service and dedication.
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