Who's ready to write out tax checks? Can you believe we are already through the first quarter of 2017? There's a couple items of business I want to hit on this month. Since you know this is all about recognizing women in our industry, I thought I'd give you a few ideas. WIFS and NAHU have great awards programs for their members to help get you recognized for the hard work you did last year. WIFS's program is called Circle of Excellence and NAHU's program is called LPRT. Check them out and start collecting some well-deserved bling!  

This month, I'm going to introduce you to Heidi, Kristen and Kim. I have known Heidi for 10+ years, and she is the reason I became a part of WIFS, which parlayed me into being their National President a couple years ago! Miss Kristen will be speaking on the What's the Good News, Ladies panel at the BenefitsPRO BrokerExpo conference in Indianapolis this month! And finally, Kim and I connected when she recognized one of the women featured in this series! Get ready to be inspired! 

Heidi Spilotros, Hartford Funds

"Over the last 12 months, I'm most proud of the culture we've built on the Hartford Funds internal sales desk and the results that have followed.