Our E1 Member Tina Dadvand is an insurance business veteran with a proven track record of helping a diverse range of organizations manage medical, dental, life, long-term care insurance and Medicare supplements to meet organizational goals and stakeholder expectations. Among her clients are manufacturing companies, doctors’ offices, law and accounting firms, and other companies both large and small. She works as the Executive Director of Employee Benefits with Penniall Insurance, and has been with Penniall for 20+ years.
Tina uses her wealth of knowledge in Human Resources and strategic planning to work with her clients to find the best tailored solution for their company’s unique needs. Combining her experience in the insurance industry along with HR needs, Tina’s clients can rest assured that when working with her, they will receive a comprehensive, 360-degree approach to their business needs. “I’m committed to delivering tailored benefit solutions with thoughtful strategic planning, valuable professional services, and technology-based solutions that result in sustained customer and employee satisfaction,” Tina says. “Through initiative and follow through, I help my customers find answers, implement solutions and anticipate consequences.”
Having joined Echelon two years ago, Tina says “I enjoy being an Echelon member because I like meeting other like-minded professionals; I like the social aspects of being with my fellow members; I like that Echelon is trying to help each of us become better businesspeople; and I like their themed gatherings and luncheons. Our Calabasas group is a lot of fun because we meet on a boat, which makes those gatherings more engaging. Echelon’s meetings are very interesting, and I’ve been exchanging phone numbers with a few other members so we can get together and do things outside the group — I like that part of it a great deal.
I would certainly suggest Echelon to other professionals because I think the group offers a great networking tool — it’s nice to have an arsenal of people you can refer your clients to. There have been a number of times when I’ve needed to refer a client of mine to an attorney or a real estate agent, so getting to meet them in person and hearing about their process and clients through Echelon, is a much better way for me to refer people than just Googling them.
My various clients have different backgrounds and different business models, and by getting to know my fellow Echelon members, I am able to reach out to my group and throw out an inquiry. After all, the first way to lose clients is not having someone to refer them to. It’s best to tell them, ‘I have someone really great for you!”
In her spare time, Tina enjoys traveling, concerts, cooking, and learning. In fact, she just bought a ticket to see Dave Matthews perform in Amsterdam next Spring, on a whim!
