Employee Spotlight: Maggie-Mae Laufman
Our Marketing Director, Maggie-Mae Laufman
Describe your position here at ARIS: I have and are contributing to our marketing effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives. I maintain relations with clients by organizing and developing specific client- relation programs; determining company presence at conventions, annual meetings, partnerships, and seminars. I maintain our research database by identifying and assembling marketing information, promotional items, and community outreach.
I have achieved financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. I Complete marketing department operational requirements by scheduling and assigning brokers; following up on work results. I maintain a professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies, and I contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Essentially, I put the FUN in insurance.
Who inspires you? Military relationships are the product of many tears, they are the product of wondering where your partner is, if they’re safe. All military spouses inspire me. I am the wife of an active-duty sailor in the United States Navy, and it’s tough. Not many people recognize the sacrifice that spouses go through, while supporting their partner while they’re serving our country. So, I look up to them.
What was the best concert you ever attended? DeadMau5 in Las Vegas was incredible, but that was my early 20’s, and it’s a bit of a blur. Recently, I would have to say Dixie Chicks final tour at the Hollywood Bowl. My friend and I went, and we had such a blast. And concerts are always better when you know EVERY song.
Where is your favorite place in the world? Growing up, my family vacationed to our cabin which sits off Lake Billy Chinook in Culver, Oregon. It’s a private recreational community called 3Rivers, and it was the most incredible childhood. Dirtbiking, 4-wheeling, wakeboarding, and boating. Laying in the sun, and digging through snow. All of my favorite childhood memories are there, and the best part, is that my dad retired there. So, it’s now home when I go visit Oregon.
If you could be any animal, what would you be? Probably a dolphin, because they can swim hundreds of miles a day, and I would love to travel all over the world. Or a Panda, because their colors represent Ying and Yang, and their so gentle. They’re carnivores, yet they refuse to eat meat, which is hilarious.
