Meet Your Team

Sam Massey
President

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With 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 AMG in Athens in 1984 and has been a member of the Million Dollar Round Table. He can be reached at smassey@amgida.com.

Our Regional Relationship Directors

Sam
​Massey, Jr.
​Regional Sales 
Director

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Sam Massey, Jr has been with AMG 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) and son (Tripp).  He can be reached at smasseyjr@amgida.com or 706-995-5048.

James
​Weaver
Regional Sales
​Director

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James Weaver is originally from Marietta, GA, and then moved to Alabama where he attended Auburn University. James is no stranger to insurance. From a young age he was destined for the insurance industry. Growing up under the tutelage of his late father, Mike Weaver, who started in the business as an underwriter and then assumed the role of State Insurance Commissioner of Alabama. 

James began his career with ACCC Insurance as a marketing representative and within 3 years helped ACCC revive a stagnant territory.  From there, he transitioned to Heritage Insurance where he was able to help build an agent base from scratch to over several hundred within the first couple years.  He can be reached at jweaver@amgida.com 

Charlie
​Nash
Regional Sales
​Director

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Charlie Nash has been with AMG 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. 

Case Management & Case Design

​​Crystal Fletcher
Case Manager

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​Crystal Fletcher joined AMG as a Case Manager in December of 2020. Prior to joining the AMG, Crystal worked as the Deputy Clerk for the State Court of Jackson County. She received her Bachelor degree in Finance from the University of North Georgia in Gainesville.
Crystal resides in Jefferson, GA with her husband Jon, and two children.
You can reach Crystal at 706-995-5051 or cfletcher@amgida.com
​​Ben Egger
 Case Designer
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Ben Egger is an Athens native, born at St. Mary's on Baxter St in 1980. 

He received a Baxter Street education as well, starting at one end with Alps Road Elementary and working down the street to Clarke Middle, Clarke Central, and all the way down to the University of Georgia on the other end.  After a few years in South Carolina, and a few more in Augusta, GA, Ben returned to the Athens area where he resides with his son.

You can reach Ben at ben@amgida.com or 706-995-5053.

Sally Sadler
Case Manager / Marketer
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Sally joined AMG in 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.

Alexa Knowles
Case Manager

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​Alexa joined AMG in September 2023 as a Case Manager. Prior to joining AMG, Alexa spent 15 years in sales and customer service. In her free time, she enjoys cheering on the GA Bulldawgs with her husband and two children here in Watkinsville, GA. She can be reached at aknowles@amgida.com or 706-493-5300.

Susan Sadler
Case Manager
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Susan joined AMG 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.

Maddie McMillan
Case Manager

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​Maddie is one of our Case Managers here at AMG. Prior to transitioning to the life insurance profession, she spent a decade in the specialty pharmacy business traveling for sales from Georgia to New York and eventually settling down as a report and financial data entry specialist. Beyond her profession, she enjoys making memories hiking, traveling, and attending local events with her family. Maddie can be reached at mmcmillan@amgida.com or 706-995-5046.

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

Kelly Cody
​Contracting Coordinator

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Kelly joined AMG in June 2022 as the Contracting Coordinator.  Prior to joining AMG, Kelly spent 15 years in healthcare management. Kelly is an Athens area native where she still resides with her two children. ​
She can be reached at kcody@amgida.com or 706-600-1177

Operations

Tracy Zeilenga​
VP of Operations

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Tracy joined AMG as Operations Coordinator in March of 2013. Prior to joining AMG, Tracy worked as Office Manager at a healthcare technology company based out of Roswell, GA.
Tracy was raised in a small town in Northwest Indiana and moved to Georgia with her family in '97. She resides in Watkinsville, GA with her husband, Mark.
You can reach Tracy at tracy@amgida.com or 706-995-5042. 

Tricia Massey
Chief of Everything

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Tricia Massey has been with AMG since 1984. Tricia helps out with production, convention points and planning events. She is the wife of Sam Massey, Sr. and enjoys traveling with friends and family.

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

Tabatha Fleming
Operations Assistant

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Tabatha joined AMG in June 2021.
She can be reached at tfleming@amgida.com or 706-995-5054

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.

Advisors

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.

Accounting Department

Angela Brown 
Director of Finance 

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Angela Brown is a Navy Brat and Army Vet (Desert Storm) from Athens, Ga. She has lived in Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas but calls Georgia her home. After working twenty years in the accounting field, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Colorado Technical University Online in 2018 and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Accounting and Financial Management from DeVry’s Keller Graduate School of Management online. She currently resides in Athens with her husband and three children. 

You can reach her at 706-995-5041 or abrown@amgida.com

Lynn Jones
Production Specialist

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Lynn Jones works in the Accounting Department alongside Angela Brown. 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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