November EDAY 2019

Aaron Funk, Operations Manager with Seminole County’s Office of Emergency Management. Coming from a military background and a degree in Public Administration and Emergency Management, my focus is on the operations of the Emergency Management office in relation to resources, technology, training, and exercises, with prior experience in mitigation and recovery.  

Director of Underwriting at Florida Peninsula Insurance Company, Boca Raton, Florida, since February 24, 2014. Previously Assistant Vice President, Property & Casualty Underwriting at American Modern Insurance Group, Cincinnati, Ohio and Corporate Underwriting at MunichRe America, Princeton, New Jersey from July of 2006 until February of 2014. Mike has more than 40 years’ experience in the insurance industry, working for Auto Club Group, Kemper Insurance and SAFECO Insurance.  CPCU designation in 1996 and Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation in 1991. Bachelor’s Degree in 1980 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.

At the heart of the Center you’ll find Tamari Miller, our Grief Services Program Director. Prior to entering this position in 2000, she worked with at-risk youth and foster children in the Central Florida area, Lansing, MI, and Montgomery, AL. Her professional experiences and personal childhood grief experience (the loss of her mother at age 17) have served as valuable resources to address the needs of the grieving children we serve. Tamari earned a Bachelors degree in Psychology in 1994 from Texas Southern University. She furthered her education by receiving a Masters degree in Community/Agency Counseling from Michigan State University.

Brokerage Manager for KAFL Insurance Resources and a Regional Sales Director for Aimcor EIG, has for the last 33 years been in the financial services industry. He is active in industry organizations, having been past president of the Tallahassee Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), and the Gainesville / Ocala Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals.  Currently the Professional Development Chair for Central Florida Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) and is a proud member of the CPCU Society.

B.A degree from E. Carolina University & attended Florida Coastal School of Law, graduating cum laude in 2014.  Brian was admitted to the FL in 2014 and the GA Bar in 2015.  He joined O’Hara Law Firm in 2016 and currently a junior partner and trial attorney.  His practice is exclusively devoted to insurance defense work, including pre-suit claims and coverage analysis, 1st & 3rd party lawsuits arising from automobile accidents, and premises liability lawsuits.