THE CEO INTERVIEW www.ceotodaymagazine.com 16 About W. Kenny Massey W. KennyMassey, of Le Claire, Iowa, is the President and CEO of Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal financial services organisation based in Rock Island, Illinois. He serves as presiding officer of the Modern Woodmen Board of Directors and is responsible for the leadership, initiation and oversight of strategic organisational initiatives to ensure the delivery of quality service and products to Modern Woodmen’s members. Kenny’s Modern Woodmen career began in Mississippi in 1982. He was promoted to district manager/managing partner in 1985 and was named agency manager/ regional director of western Louisiana in 1988. In 1997, he became director of agencies, overseeing marketing and sales efforts and the administration of Modern Woodmen’s nationwide field force. He was appointed to Modern Woodmen’s board in 2002 and has served as president and CEO since 2005. He earned a business degree in insurance from Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, and he completed the Kinder Advanced Management Academy, Purdue University Professional Management Institute and Agency Management Training Council programs. Kenny holds designations of Fraternal Insurance Counselor Fellow and LIMRA Leadership Institute Fellow (in conjunction with Babson College), and he earned the National Security and Strategy Certificate of Leadership Development from US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He also holds securities licenses 6, 63 and 26. He has served on various industry professional organisations’ boards and committees, including the American Fraternal Alliance, LL Global (LIMRA/ LOMA), the Society of Financial Services Professionals, GAMA International (now Finseca), the Fraternal Field Manager’s Association and the National Association of Fraternal Insurance Counselors. In addition, Kenny has served on committees and as a board member for several community organisations, including the Martin Luther King Center, the Center for Active Seniors, the Quad Cities Contributors Council, the Quad Cities Air Service Committee, the Development Association of Rock Island, the Regional Opportunities Council, the Trinity Hospital Board, and the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife, Tammy, have three children and six grandchildren. www.modernwoodmen.org
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