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Jeff Peterson
Chairman & CEO
After serving as an officer with the United States Marine Corp, Jeff joined Aetna Life & Casualty as a marketing representative in Iowa and Illinois. In 1975, he joined The Unland Companies. His duties as Chairman and CEO include providing service to his clients and the Agency functions of operations, finance, claims and training.
E-mail Address: JPeterson@Unland.com
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Afton Booth, CIC
President
Upon graduating from Western Illinois University, Afton joined the Insurance Company of North America (INA), now known as CIGNA, as a marketing representative in Illinois. He came to The Unland Companies in 1980 and is responsible for sales of commercial insurance.
E-mail Address: ABooth@Unland.com
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Bill Shock
Executive Vice President
In 1989, Bill merged his family agency with The Unland Companies. In his position of Executive Vice President of our benefits department, Bill and his staff are responsible for the sales of group and individual products, payroll related products, and all pension/estate products.
E-mail Address: BShock@Unland.com
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Patrick J. Taphorn, CIC
Vice President
After completion of his education and basketball career at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, Pat joined The Unland Companies in November of 1989 as the Controller of the agency. In 1994, he broke into the sales field and has been providing risk management solutions to both his commercial and personal clients since that time. In addition to being a lifelong Pekin resident, Pat has also served the community in a number of volunteer capacities. He has been coaching varsity basketball at Pekin since 1996, culminated his 8 years of board and executive committee chair assignments with the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce as President in 2001-2002, attained his Certified Insurance Counselor designation in 1997 and in the same year was nominated to the Peoria Area 40 Leaders Under 40.
E-mail Address: PTaphorn@Unland.com
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Ryan joined The Unland Companies in December of 2008. Prior to that he was in the mortgage and banking industry in the Chicago area. Ryan was born and raised in the Pekin area and graduated from Peoria Notre Dame High School. He then attained his degree at St. Ambrose, where he also played soccer for 4 years. His focus is the sale and service of commercial
and personal insurance and employee benefits.
E-mail Address: RDavis@Unland.com
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As a life long resident of Pekin, Joe brings over 15 years of business experience to The Unland Companies. Joe will focus on commercial insurance and employee benefits.
E-mail Address: JShehorn@Unland.com
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Mike Franks
HR Services Manager
Mike is a lifelong resident of Pekin and a graduate of Bradley University. His background includes thirty plus years in human resources administration in the healthcare industry and service as a Board member and Personnel Committee Chairman for numerous area organizations and associations. He joined The Unland Companies in 2002 and is responsible for managing the Human Resource Services program for Unland clients and area businesses and organizations.
E-Mail Address: MFranks@Unland.com
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Chad Arseneau
Registered Investment Advisor
Chad, a graduate of Illinois State University, joined The Unland Companies in January of 2004. His focus as Financial Services Manager ranges from reviewing and implementing business retirement plans for all types of businesses to Individual Financial Planning. Through a new and expanded Financial Services Department, The Unland Companies can now offer clients various investment products such as Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, Annuities, IRAs, and Tax advantaged investments. Chad is a member of the Pekin Lions Club and came to The Unland Companies from Edward Jones.
E-Mail Address: CArseneau@Unland.com
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