Louise Ziemann of
IASA says that, each year, members elect a new volunteer president. Ziemann holds both the CPCU and CLU designations, and is a finance manager for State Farm in the company's Financial Reporting and Analysis Department in Bloomington, Ill. Ziemann joined State Farm in 1978 as a deposit control clerk, moving to an accounting supervisor position in 1984. Ziemann also has held positions as accounting analyst, accounting superintendent, and superintendent.
In addition to the election of Ziemann as IASA president, the association's members nominated Beth Mercier of