Meet the Team

Sam Massey
President

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With almost 40 years of experience in sales and management, Sam Massey has made a career of working with agents in establishing new markets, expanding client base, and maximizing production.  Sam blends his knowledge of the industry with a unique ability to develop mutually beneficial relationships with those he serves.

Sam is a graduate of Georgia College in Milledgeville, Georgia. He established The Agents’ Marketing Group in Athens in 1984 and has been a member of the Million Dollar Round Table. He can be reached at smassey@amgida.com.

Sam Massey, Jr.
Vice President

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Sam Massey, Jr has been with The Agents' Marketing Group since January of 2003. He has learned the inner workings of the organization by working in every department throughout his career. He currently holds the position of Regional Sales Director and works with our other RSDs and producers in the field.

He is married to Morgan Massey and they live in Athens, GA with their daughter (Lucy), son (Tripp), and two dogs, Riley and Abby. He can be reached at smasseyjr@amgida.com or 706-995-5048.

Our Regional Relationship Directors

Dale Stephens
Regional Sales Director

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Dale began his insurance career in 1976 as a personal producing agent. He moved into a home office-based marketing position for a major life and disability carrier in 1979, where he worked with agents from all 50 states.  In 1984 he moved to Atlanta and was promoted to Regional Vice President for the southeast.  From 1984 to 2005 he was responsible for the marketing of Life, disability and annuity products through the recruitment and management of relationships with independent producers in as many as 7 southeastern states for two different major carriers. 

​Dale joined Agents' Marketing Group as a recruiter/marketer in 2005. He can be reached at dstephens@amgida.com.

Charlie Nash
Regional Sales Director

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Charlie Nash has been with The Agents' Marketing Group for over 10 years. Currently he is a Wholesale Marketer & Recruiter. Prior to joining AMG, he spent 31 years with the University System in Georgia. He has a BBA from UGA. He has his Life & Health licenses. He is married to Melanie and has two children. He enjoys an occasional round of golf, traveling with the "Bloom Group", any sports event the DAWGS play in, and of course, watching his grand kids grow up. He is a member of First Baptist Church, Classic City Kiwanis, Athens Area Insurance & Financial Advisors, and Georgia Retired Educators Association. He can be reached at cnash@amgida.com. 

Willie Jester
Regional Sales Director

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Willie Jester cut his teeth in the insurance and real estate business early on as his parents owned Jester Realty and Insurance, in Franklin, VA. 

A Virginia Tech graduate, class of 1988, Willie began with American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC) in the Northern Virginia area. His passion for motivating, teaching and mentoring never waned, as he began teaching and training others.  

Virginia Tech recognized his success and brought Willie in to teach students from a real world perspective. He taught “Quick Start to Business” to 520 Pamplin College of Business freshmen and also empowered Juniors and Seniors by teaching them a measurable skill – Selling - via his “Buyer-Seller Relationships” class. In his spare time he writes. You can find his work on Amazon, or visit his LinkedIn Profile for his latest posts. 

Willie resides in Blacksburg, VA with his wife, Leslie.

Case Design & Case Management

Barbara Hawley, CLU, ChFC
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Case Design

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Barbara Hawley, CLU, ChFC has been in the life insurance industry for more than thirty years.  She obtained the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation in 2003 and the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) designation in 2006.  While much of her experience has been supporting agents with marketing and case development, she has also been a personal producer.

​She lives on St Simons Island with her husband Craig.  She has two children and five grandchildren. She can be reached at bhawley@amgida.com or 706-995-5054.

Stephanie Hassler
Director of New Business &
Case Management

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Stephanie joined AMG as a Case Manager in July 2016. She brought eight years of Life Insurance and Securities experience to this role.

Stephanie was raised in Flowery Branch, GA, and currently resides in Jefferson with her husband and two children. In her downtime, Stephanie enjoys college football and reading.  Stephanie can be reached at Stephanie@amgida.com or 706-995-5051.

Austin Peek
Marketing Intern

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​Austin joined The Agents’ Marketing Group in October 2019 as a Marketing Intern. He spent two years with United Bank working as a teller. During the summer of 2019, Austin interned with Aegis Insurance Services in Alpharetta, Ga working primarily with Auto, Property and Cargo coverage.
 
Austin is originally from Griffin, Ga, but now resides in Athens as a student of The University of Georgia where he is obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Risk Management and Insurance. In his free time, Austin enjoys playing drums, playing tennis, and watching sports. Austin also attends Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Athens.
Austin can be reached at austin@amgida.com or 706-995-5044

Sally Sadler
Case Manager / Marketer

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Sally joined The Agents’ Marketing Group October 2012.  She previously worked as the office manager in the Atlanta Transamerica career agency / Brokerage General agency  for 30 years.  In addition to the day to day office management functions at Transamerica she also worked with producers assisting with illustrations and  new business processing.  She now works with Dale Stephens and Susan Sadler as new business case manager and assisting with illustrations and case design. She can be reached at sally@amgida.com.

Susan Sadler
Case Manager

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Susan joined Agents’ Marketing Group in January of 2010.  She began her career in the life insurance business in 1984.  She has worked for personally producing agents and in the southeastern regional sales offices of two major life insurance carriers.  Susan began working with Dale Stephens in 1988.  She functions as case manager for all agents in Dale Stephens’ production group. She can be reached at ssadler@amgida.com.

Tiffany Gross
Underwriting Consultant

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Tiffany began her carrier in brokerage in 1997 when she started with BISYS (now Crump) where she quickly advanced as a team leader and mentor for junior underwriters.  In 2006 she joined one of the largest privately owned brokerage firms as a Sr. Underwriting Director, where her focus was to collaborate with top advisors as well as training new underwriters, case managers and was heavily involved in agent recruit/sales meetings.  In 2011 Tiffany joined IDA as a Sr. Underwriter to provide underwriting support for a select few of the IDA offices and has since that time been able to establish a solid partnership and successful track record within these organizations as well as with our carriers.  

Tiffany is originally from Pittsburgh, PA and now resides in Tampa, Florida.   She is an avid Steelers fan, loves hockey, is an animal lover and a fitness enthusiast.  You will find her passionate about her career and loves the competitive nature of our business.  

Annuities Division

Megan Pfeiffer
Annuities Sales Director

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Megan has over 20 years in the Financial Services Industry.  Her experience includes wholesaling products at both the individual advisor level as well as to Broker Dealers to establish Selling Agreements and grow overall product distribution. Megan's experience includes annuity sales as Regional Sales Director for  Nationwide Financial and National Key Account Manager with USAllianz.  She was integral in building their current distribution from the ground up. Megan served as Vice President Advisory Services for FSC Securities in Atlanta and promoted Alternative Investments for Walton International.   

Megan attended Miami University (Oxford, OH) and grew up in Roswell.  She can be reached at megan@amgida.com or 678-951-7917.

Dana Leyva
Annuities & Securities Internal

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Dana started with AMG in August of 2015.  She has 15+ years’ experience in marketing, financial services, business analysis, and administration.
Prior to working for AMG, Dana spent 13 years as a business analyst for AIG Advisor Group in their fee-based division.

Dana is an Annuities Internal and specializes in helping agents navigate the administrative side of annuity products.  From product illustrations to application submission and issue, she is focused on getting your business approved as quickly and painlessly as possible.  

Dana grew up in Michigan and attended Delta College and the University of Michigan. She lives in Georgia with her husband and two children. She spends her free time reading and picking up after her children.
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You can reach Dana at dana@amgida.com or 706-995-5056.

Contracting & Licensing

Meg Hammer
​Contracting Coordinator

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Operations

Tracy ​​Zeilenga
Vice President of Operations

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Tracy Zeilenga joined The Agents’ Marketing as Operations Coordinator in March of 2013. Prior to joining AMG, Tracy worked as an office manager at a healthcare technology company based out of Roswell, GA.

Tracy was raised in a small town in Northwest Indiana, near Chicago, and now resides in Watkinsville, GA with her husband, Mark, and four children.

You can reach Tracy at tracy@amgida.com or 706-995-5042.

Jordan Armour
Assistant of Operations

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​Jordan joined The Agent's Marketing Group in September 2019 as the Operations Assistant. Jordan is a student of The University of Georgia where she is obtaining her Bachelor of Business Administration. She resides in Athens, GA with her dog, Nellie. In Jordan’s free time she enjoys cooking, hiking and shopping. 

You can reach Jordan at
706-543-1376 or
jordan@amgida.com

Julie Jenkins
Insurance Advisor

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​Julie has been with AMG since 1986.  She has worked in almost every department of AMG as well as the DI department at Protective Life’s home office.  She currently assists Sam with policyholder service and personal sales.

Julie attended the University of Georgia and graduated from Georgia College. She is married to Michael Jenkins and they have two cats, Buster and Butterbean, and one dog, Benjamin. 
You can reach Julie at julie@amgida.com.

Tricia Massey
Chief of Everything

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Tricia Massey has been with The Agents' Marketing Group since 1984. She works in the Accounting Department alongside Emily Green and Lynn Jones. Tricia mostly works with production and convention points. She is the wife of Sam Massey, Sr. and enjoys traveling with friends and family.

​She can be reached at tmassey@amgida.com.

Morgan Massey
Operations Consultant

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​Morgan Massey graduated from Georgia College & State University in 2006 with a B.A. in Business Administration. She has been with AMG since Spring 2009 and helps Sam Massey, Jr. with his personal clients. She and Sam live in Bogart with their children, Lucy and Tripp, and dog, Abby.

Administrative 

Jordan Stewart
Administrative Assistant 

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​Jordan joined the Agents’ Marketing Group in January of 2020 as the Executive Assistant for Sam E. Massey, Jr. She is originally from Valdosta, Ga and now resides in Bethlehem, Ga with her husband, Hamill, and their two fur babies Stanley and Murph. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and shopping in her free time.

You can reach her at jstewart@amgida.com

Christy Felix
Administrative Assistant

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Christy joined The Agents' Marketing Group in 2017 and quickly became the go-to person for nearly everything in the firm. This retired Elementary and Middle School teacher went immediately to work at AMG, putting her 30 years of experience in calming classrooms to good use. Everything runs better when Christy is around.

Christy was born and raised in Athens and lives here with her husband, Randy. They have three children and three grandchildren, all of who adore their "G-ma."

You can reach her at christy@amgida.com or 706-543-7346.

Accounting Department

Emily Ross
Director of Accounting

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Emily joined The Agents’ Marketing Group in October of 2016 as the Director of Accounting.  She graduated from The University of Georgia in 2000 with a Bachelor’s of Social Work degree.  Emily’s prior experience includes client relations for a law firm with a focus on estate planning, and account management for a CPA firm in Madison, Georgia.   

She enjoys running, Georgia football and  reading. Emily resides in Madison, GA with her two  incredible kids.

You can reach Emily at 706-995-5041 or emily@amgida.com.

Lynn Jones
Production Specialist

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Lynn Jones works in the Accounting Department alongside Emily Green. She is primarily responsible for verifying commissions and tracking production for our Premier Partners Program.

She can be reached at lynn@amgida.com.

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