Lisa Sharrard
Owner/Agent (Nationwide)
Lisa Sharrard
Owner/Agent (Nationwide)
Lisa Sharrard is a nationally recognized expert in her field with over 33 years of direct experience in Flood Insurance and floodplain management. She is the former State Coordinator and owner of Choice Flood Insurance LLC and her consulting business, U.S. Flood Solutions LLC, specializes in flood insurance and flood mitigation. Lisa is the original “Flood Insurance Advocate,” advocating for policyholders and property owners by applying her institutional knowledge to lower flood insurance premiums and potential flood losses. Lisa is a licensed insurance agent, licensed insurance adjuster, and Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) through the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) and serves on the CFM Board of Regents. Along with these accolades, she also serves on the national flood committees for both the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association (IIABA) Flood Insurance Committee and the Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA). In addition to the CFM, Lisa also holds her Associate National Flood Insurance (ANFI) by The Institutes and is a Certified Public Manager. As a subject matter expert, Lisa is actively engaged in training and education in her profession, most recently having been retained for the development of FEMA’s “Managing Floodplain Development through the National Flood Insurance Program” Train-The-Trainer courses.
Lisa’s accomplishments include serving as Chair of the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) from 1999-2001; Member of FEMA’s Community Rating System (CRS) Task Force from 2002-2009; Special Government Employee (SGE) FEMA’s Technical Mapping Advisory Council in 2018; Insurance Coverage Subcommittee of FEMA Community Rating System Task Force’s on Increasing Insurance Coverage. At FEMA’s invitation, Lisa actively participated in redesigning FEMA’s new insurance rating structure, Risk Rating 2.0.
Kathy Parker
Agent (NC/FL)
Kathy Parker
Agent (NC/FL)
After 30 years in flood insurance industry, Kathy retired from the NFIP, as an underwriting supervisor and Submit For Rate underwriter. During her career Kathy supervised a claims call center and has processed claims for the WYO carrier. Additionally, Kathy was a licensed agent providing flood training up and down the East Coast. She is a great asset to our team!