Invest[TM] Appoints Juan Padron as Board Chair.

• Position: [IN THE ASSOCIATIONS]

* Invest[TM], the insurance industry's premier classroom-to-career education program, has appointed Juan Padron, partner at SafeGuard Insurance Agency in McAllen, Texas, as the new chair of the national Invest board.

Padron has been part of the insurance industry since 2002. He has served on the Invest board since 2019 as an agent member and currently serves on the board of the Independent Insurance Agents of the Rio Grande Valley as well as the regional advisory board for Teach for America of the Rio Grande Valley. From 2009 to 2016, Padron served on the Big "I" Diversity Council, chairing the group from 2010 to 2016. He received a Big "I" Chairman's Award in October 2015. Through service in various affinity groups and trade associations, Padron has been a champion for education and has been involved in awarding many scholarships to young people pursuing college degrees.

"With his extensive insurance and management experience, Juan's leadership of the Invest board will be critical to supporting Invests mission of bringing new, diverse talent into the insurance industry," says Deborah Pickford, executive director of Invest. "We look forward...