John W. Grant, IV, CLU, ChFC – a member of NAIFA-Tampa Bay
John is an agency manager in Dade City for the Pasco County office of Farm Bureau Insurance, where he specializes in life, health, and property casualty insurance. He’s been in the insurance business for 18 years. Locally, John serves on the Fundraising Committee for St. Anthony Catholic School, and he’s on the Board of Directors for the San Antonio Citizens Federal Credit Union. In addition, he has served for two years as co-chair for NAIFA-Florida’s Leadership in Life Institute (LILI,) and is a proud contributor to the Political Committee.
Philip Rogero, FSCP, CRPS — a member of NAIFA-Northeast Florida
Recipient of the 4 Under 40 Award five times since it was created in 2015!
Philip specializes in retirement plans and small business planning with MassMutual Investors Services, LLC and lives in St. Augustine. He’s received many industry and career-achievement awards, including Junior Associate of the Year recognition three times, Associate of the Year in 2017, and qualified for Leaders Club for seven consecutive years. Philip’s a member of the Jacksonville Chamber and he volunteers for several organizations. Most recently, he secured supplies for Hurricane Ian damage and was involved with beach cleanup. Philip is also involved with Feed Northeast Florida. He enjoys family, hunting, and fishing.
Michael C. Staeb, CLTC, LACP, LUTCF – an At-Large member of NAIFA from Ft. Walton Beach
Michael is an insurance planning consultant and wholesaler who recently moved from the Seattle, WA area to Ft. Walton Beach. He’s had over 18 years in life brokerage, long-term care, disability income, and annuities. In 2019, Michael was a focus session speaker at the Million Dollar Round Table, and in 2018 served as a speaker for FPA at the Puget Sound Symposium in Washington. He has spoken or served as moderator for several industry events including NAIFA national conferences and webinars, LUTCF, NAIFA’s Young Agents Team (YAT) and he is a 2-10 LILI graduate of NAIFA Washington. Michael is a published author in several industry publications and has received numerous industry awards including Young Agent of the Year in 2013, and the 2017 Step-Up Award for outstanding volunteer service – both in NAIFA Washington. In addition, he won the 2015 Best Sales Idea Award for John Hancock.
Call for Entries:
2023 NAIFA-Florida “4 Advisors Under 40” Award
Watch for the application to be posted in the Fall of 2023!
By way of application only, the winners are selected on the basis of business production, longevity in the business, professional association involvement, and community involvement. As the premier professional association in Florida for insurance and financial advisors, NAIFA-Florida each year is proud to recognize the success of young advisors in our industry.
This award recognizes excellence and achievement in the Insurance and Financial Services field by measuring business production, longevity in the business, professional association involvement and community involvement for professionals 40 years of age and younger. Candidates will consist of insurance and financial professionals throughout the state of Florida, and final recipients will be chosen by a panel of NAIFA-Florida Board of Directors members. The award will be based on an advisor’s 2016 commissions, NAIFA involvement, community involvement, and volunteer efforts in other organizations. For individual advisors, this program presents an opportunity to be recognized for their efforts. If you are a manager, or otherwise oversee advisors, this program provides a recognition opportunity to motivate other young producers to reach their maximum performance potential!
If a candidate is selected, they’ll be recognized as one of Florida’s Top 4 Advisors Under 40 on the NAIFA-Florida website, as well as recognition at the virtual Awards Ceremony in the fall of 2023.
During a NAIFA-Jacksonville Panel of Peers, recognizing a few of previous award winners, we interviewed Jeremy Pratchard. See how this award has directly impacted his career and see how he fired up his mentor, Paul Broome!
Thank you for your support in helping to recognize the top performers in our industry!
Previous Recipients
2022
John W. Grant, IV
Philip Rogero
Michael C. Staeb
2021
No winners for this year due to the program structure changing to follow our calendar year.
2020
Austin Little
Jeff Newman
Sam Spaulding
Yale W. Walker, Sr.
2019
Heath Blackburn
Philip Rogero
2018
Cheryl Canzanella, LUTCF
Taylor Collins, CLU, RHU, CEBS
Charisse Rivers Smith
Philip Rogero
2017
Jeff Chernoff
Raul Fernandez
Mark Haye
Philip Rogero
2016
Bryan Blackwell
Angela Brown
Dustin Johnson, ChFC
Branden Schiralli, CLTC
2015 (Previously Top Advisors Under 40)
Joel Blomberg
Jeff Chernoff
Taylor Collins
Bradley Ernst
Marie Galke
Mauricio Giraldo
Dallas Hempstead
Curtis James
Delvin Joyce
Robert Legenhausen
Carlos Musibay
Randy Persad
Josh Richardson
Nathan Rogero
Philip Rogero
Jason Sanders
Branden Schiralli
Jospeh Spinelli
Mat Steward
Sean Stuyverson
Lenny Tomson
Robin Vernon