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NALC
PO Box 50053
Sarasota,
Florida 34232
Telephone:
941-379-6100
Fax: 941-379-6112
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April 14 – April 16,
2010
The NALC held its 2009 Fall Conference September 30 -
October 3, at the
Westin Kierland Resort & Spa,
Scottsdale, AZ
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NALC Staff
 Jim
Hodges, Executive Director
Jim Hodges
received undergraduate and law degrees from the University of South
Carolina, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He served as
Lancaster County Attorney for three years and in private law
practice for eight years. He later served as General Counsel and
Secretary to The Springs Company, one of South Carolina's largest
private companies with interests in real estate, railroads and
insurance.
Hodges was
elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1986 and
served for eleven years before his election as Governor of South
Carolina in 1998. Governor Hodges was very active with the National
Governor's Association during his tenure. Hodges served as Chairman
of the Economic Development and Commerce, Human Resources and Legal
Affairs Committees. As Chair of these committees in 2000-2002,
Hodges worked one-on-one with governors from across America
developing detailed policy recommendations for Congress, federal
agencies and the state and territorial legislatures.
Hodges
also served on various other regional and national boards including
the Southern Growth Policies Board (Chair 2002) and the Southern
Technology Council (Chair 2001) and received the Travel Industry
Association's National Special Service Award in 2002. He received
Honorary Degrees for public service to the State of South Carolina;
University of South Carolina, 1998; Winthrop University 1999; South
Carolina State University, 1999; The Citadel, 2000; Francis Marion,
2007. He also received the Silver Medallion Compleat Lawyer Award
from the University of South Carolina School of Law and the
Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of South Carolina
School of Business.
He joined
the Charlotte, N.C.-based law firm of Kennedy Covington in 2003 as a
partner in the firm. Hodges was recently named National Co-Chair of
Barack Obama's campaign for the 2008 Democratic Presidential
nomination.
Hodges and
his wife, Rachel, live in Columbia, South Carolina with their two
sons, Luke and Sam.
 Dawn
Bergsma
Dawn Bergsma is the Director of Member
Services/Meeting Planner of the National Alliance of Life Companies.
She has ten years of office management experience, along with eleven
devoted years of meeting planning.
Along with her daily Office Management
responsibilities Dawn handles all aspects of the Conference Planning
and serves as the point of contact for current and prospective
members.
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