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the GAMA board. One early success: the first LAMP women’s session and networking reception, which debuted this year to a large crowd at the conference in Orlando. Former GAMA president John Baier, M.S.F.S., CLU ChFC CFP CLF, is leading a task force to expand GAMA’s international presence. Session speaker Mary Quist-Newins, M.B.A., CLU ChFC CFP, of State Farm and the American College, pointed out that “women today represent the biggest marketing opportunity that financial services have seen since the dawn of universal life insurance and mutual funds.” Added speaker Georgette H. Geller, CLU ChFC, of AXA Equitable, “Seventy-five percent of women, according to LIMRA, want a female advisor.” On another relatively new membership front, GAMA is pushing international growth. International members now represent 40 percent of the association’s total count and hail from such places as Hong Kong (1,116), Canada (661), the Philippines (375), Tailand (181), and Mexico (133). Meanwhile, GAMA has launched the International Business Development Task Force to “serve the leadership development needs of the international community of field leaders by expanding brand recognition and spreading the mission of GAMA.” Led by 2010–11 GAMA president John T. Baier, M.S.F.S., CLU ChFC CFP CLF, the task force aims to boost the number of non-U.S. Partners in Management Growth, identify which countries to target, and make GAMA’s culture more international. Multiline — Multiple Accomplishments Although no longer a new frontier, multiline is still a relatively new member group, especially considering GAMA’s powerful life insurance genes, and this year saw GAMA’s first multiline president in Ken Gallacher of American National Insurance Company. In addition, the association held the first multiline-only Best Practices Teleconference series (Playing to Win). Even the winner of LAMP Attendance 2,551 1,897 2,638 2002 6 2007 GA M A INTERN A T I ON A L 2012 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2 0 1 2 A NNU A L REPOR T

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