Pattie Smestad, an account executive with Eagan Insurance Agency in Metairie, La., was named 2009 Region VI Insurance Professional of the Year by the NAIW (International).
Smestad, who has been with Eagan Insurance for 15 years, has been a member of the Insurance Professionals of Greater New Orleans since 1976. She served as president of the association in 1995 and has held other leadership positions with the organization as well.
She will compete at the national level with winners from eight other regions for the National Insurance Professional of the Year award at the NAIW National Convention to be held in New Orleans in May.
Smestad holds the ACSR, CPIW and DAE designations.
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