Grand Island, Nebraska

3610 West Capital Avenue
Grand Island, NE 68802
Phone: (308) 381-1761
Fax: (308) 398-3610

 

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Agents

Evelyn Brown
 

Evelyn grew up in the Nebraska Panhandle and has been in the insurance business for 29 years. She is licensed in both Personal and Commercial Lines. Evelyn is a widow with 4 married grown children and 9 grandchildren. She is active in her church and enjoys spending time with her family. She likes to watch the grandkids in their sports and school activities, as well as visiting her son that is employed by Disney in Orlando. She also enjoys cooking, shopping, traveling and music.

Donna Pritchard
 

Donna was born and raised in Columbus, NE. In 1977 she moved to Grand Island. She has 4 children, 2 granddaughters and is expecting another in February of 2009. Donna currently works in the Commercial Lines Department and has since joining the organization in 2002. She enjoys spending time with my family. Her hobbies include, flower gardening, baking, antique shopping and antique John Deere Tractors.

Robert "Jody" LaBrie
 

Jody has lived in the Doniphan area since May of 1964. Prior to getting into the insurance business he owned and operated the local meat processing plant in Doniphan for 23 years. During that time he served on the Hall County Planning Commission, Village Board of Doniphan for 8 years and Doniphan School board for 4 years. He and his wife Carol have 4 children; Brett, Mindy, Margo, and Bartt. They currently have 6 grandchildren, 4 in Fremont, NE and 2 in Des Moines, IA. Jody has been in the insurance business since April of 1986. In October of 1997 Jody received his CIC designation and has served on the CIC Nebraska Education Committee for 3 years. His hobbies include gardening and playing golf.

Kevin Placzek
 

Kevin is a native of Grand Island. He has been involved in the insurance industry since March 2001 and is licensed in Personal & Commercial Lines as well as Life & Health. Kevin and his wife Deanna have 3 children, Josh, Scott, Lisa and one son-in-law, Tyler. Their 1st grandchild was born November 3rd, 2008. Kevin enjoys camping, cooking, golfing, Husker football, working in the yard and spending time with family and friends. Over the last 24 years Kevin has been a volunteer / Board member for numerous organizations in Grand Island. He is a volunteer firefighter and is very active in several fire service organizations. He is also a member of the Nebraska Serious Injury and Line-of-Duty Death Response Team. The team serves Emergency Responders families and Fire/EMS Departments in Nebraska and throughout the United States.

Parma K. LaBrie
 

Parma was born and raised in Grand Island, Nebraska. She started in the insurance industry in 1989 with a State Farm Agency in Rochester, MN. When her husband Tom was transferred back to Grand Island, NE in 1990 she started working as a licensed CSR/Agent in the personal lines department. In May of 2002 she was transferred into the Commercial Lines Department. Parma and Tom have one son Nathan who graduated from Grand Island Central Catholic in May 2008. Nathan is currently attending UNL as a Music Education/Music Performance Major. Tom and Parma are members of Blessed Sacrament Church and remain active with Grand Island Central Catholic. In her spare time Parma loves to play golf, spend time with her family and is a Tastefully Simple Independent Consultant.

Judy Weitzel
 

Judy grew up in Harvard, Nebraska. After graduating from Harvard Public School, she attended Central Community College in Grand Island and received a Diploma in Secretarial and Accounting. Judy started her insurance career in September of 1985 in the Personal Lines Department. She currently heads the Personal Lines Department for The Pinnacle Agency. Judy is licensed in Property & Casualty as well as Life & Health Insurance. She has also earned the designation of Certified Insurance Service Representative. In her free time Judy enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

Becky McDowell
 

Becky was born and raised in the Grand Island area. After graduating from Northwest High School in 1997, she attended Grand Island Central Community College where she received her diploma in Business Administration and Management. Becky began her insurance career in 1999, specializing in Life & Health Insurance. She has one daughter, Lexis. Becky enjoys spending time with her friends and family.

Justin B. Shavlik
 

Justin was born in Tilden, NE and raised in the Sandhills of Nebraska at Valentine. He attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. Upon graduation, in 1998 he began his insurance career with The Pinnacle Agency in Osceola, NE. Since this time he has transferred to the Grand Island agency and has been promoted to Executive Vice President. In addition to being licensed in all lines of personal and commercial insurance he is also a licensed Realtor. In his free time, Justin enjoys golfing and spending time with his wife Tiffany and their two children, Aidan and Porter.

Gina Allen
 

Gina was born and raised in Grand Island, NE. Upon graduating from Grand Island Senior High in 1993 she attended Central Community College in Grand Island, majoring in Accounting. She began her Insurance Career in 1991 as a File Clerk for AAA Nebraska and obtained her Property and Casualty Insurance License in 1998. Gina and her husband Jason reside in Grand Island with their 2 sons Austin and Dylan. She is very active with the Grand Island Soccer Club and is currently serving as a Board Member. Gina also helps coach her son Dylan’s baseball team as well as owns a DJ Company called A+ Entertainment with her husband. In her free time she enjoys hunting and boating.