AIPMA's Executive Team
AIP Marketing Alliance has built a solid foundation during the last 40 years and continues to add talented and experience professionals to our team. Leading by example, these managers understand how to maintain a positive culture designed to support our agencies in an efficient manner. Have a question? Schedule a conversation with our executives or connect with them on LinkedIn.
AIPMA's Executive Team
AIP Marketing Alliance has built a solid foundation during the last 40 years and continues to add talented and experience professionals to our team. Leading by example, these managers understand how to maintain a positive culture designed to support our agencies in an efficient manner. Have a question? Schedule a conversation with our executives or connect with them on LinkedIn.
Experienced. Knowledgeable. Creative. Passionate.
Our executives don't want to offer you a "cookie cutter" solution for your agents or agency. AIPMA is built to provide carrier access, online resources, and service center support around your agency's specific needs.
You know your business - we want to provide the missing pieces you are looking to add to grow your operations, recruit new agents, and position your business model for the future.

Adrian Donev
Vice President of OperationsAdrian’s primary role at AIP Marketing Alliance consists of managing the day-to-day operations and support our network of members and their agencies. Adrian is responsible for ensuring and improving the performance, productivity, efficiency and profitability of all departments and staff here at AIP. Adrian holds a Bachelor’s in Business Communications from Oakland University.

Kymberly A. Kisser
ControllerKym wears many hats at AIPMA. As controller, her main function is managing the accounting operations of the company, including ensuring that commission checks are cut and sent out on time. Kym also is considered the go-to person when you don’t know who else to go to for an answer. She is David Kisser’s ‘right-hand man’ and also helps to keep her brother, Rick, in line and on time.

Rick Kisser
Chief Executive OfficerRick’s primary role at AIP Marketing Alliance is to keep the business running at full capacity. In addition to recruiting new members from across the country, Rick works closely with current members and helps them grow their business and be successful. Rick holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from GMI Engineering and Management Institute. He obtained his CFP and CLU designations through the American College of Pennsylvania.

David Kisser
ChairmanAs Chairman, David’s primary goal is to share his 30+ years’ of experience in sales, marketing, recruiting, and relationship development. David mostly works behind the scenes by helping to set the tone and direction of AIPMA to ensure future growth and maintenance of the world-class service we strive to provide to our members and partners.

Darron Markwood
Vice President MarketingAs VP of Marketing, I am responsible for all internal/external communications for AIPMA including newsletters, marketing materials, social media and anything else I can assist our members with on the marketing side to close more sales.

Christopher Howe
Vice President Business DevelopmentChris’s primary focus at AIPMA is working with the annuity and life business development teams to help educate members on new products and programs offered by AIPMA. Chris also works closely with existing Marketing Alliance members to share ideas and uncover additional opportunities. In addition, Chris is charged with consistently recruiting new members to AIPMA.

Dave Howe
Compliance & Suitability OfficerDave is the ‘go-to’ guy for compliance and procedures issues. His decades of experience (in both home office and general agent settings) combined with his knowledge of insurance concepts, practices and procedures, makes him a valuable AIPMA asset. When you factor in his extensive insurance education, it’s easy to understand his ‘go-to’ status. (CLU, ChFC, CPCU, FLMI, ACS, AAPA, AIAA, AIRC, ARA)

Alice Spalding
VP of New Business & LicensingAlice brings over 15 years’ experience with Case Management and Insurance Brokerage. She oversees Case Management’s day-to-day workflow and the department’s processes and procedures such as applications, agent contracting as well as works to resolve issues that become escalated. Her primary focus is to ensure the department is running at its optimum performance and that the team is effectively working between agents, insurance carriers, and internal resources to provide world-class service.
Regional Directors

Keith Hazelwood
Regional DirectorAs a part of the financial industry for 20+ years, Keith Hazelwood continues to provide retirement solutions nationwide with a focus primarily in the southern United States. Keith shares that his clients' number one concern is they will "outlive their income". While showing his clients several different retirement income sources, Keith has provided his clients a balanced "game plan" that can help reduce the possibility of his clients outliving their retirement income through annuity and life insurance products. As a regional director, Keith has leveraged to recruit and help advisors/agents become successful within this industry.

Michael Staeb
Regional DirectorMichael’s role is working with financial professionals and their clients to design and implement insurance solutions. He brings nearly 20 years’ experience working with life, long-term care, disability, and annuity products in both wholesale and retail situations, including teaching his own CE content. Michael obtained his LUTCF from The College for Financial Planning and holds the LACP certification, a program which he helped to develop for NAIFA, where he serves as Vice Chair of the NAIFA Certification Commission. He lives in Fort Walton Beach, Florida working with financial professionals and their clients in the Southeast and across the country.

Jud Tolmen
Regional DirectorAs a regional director, my goal is to provide the best companies to provide financial protection to our clients. After over 34 years in the financial industry, my number one goal is still to protect the family using life insurance. Helping agents find the right company and plan to customize protection is my specialty. I am committed to helping agents grow their business with fresh ideas and cutting edge technology.

Ken Calhoon
Regional DirectorFor the last 20+ years, Ken Calhoon has aligned as a Regional Director with AIP Marketing Alliance in Troy, Michigan to diversify his services and grow KRC Planning into a full-service agency with hundreds of downline agents. Through AIPMA, KRC Planning’s agents gain access to more than 60 top-rated insurance carriers, real-time insurance quote engines, annuity rates, e-Applications with applicable carriers, and resources designed to minimize turnaround time. Ken Calhoon is an Investment Advisor Representative (IAR) with Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management, a registered investment advisor.














































Your Growth is Our Commitment!
At AIP Marketing Alliance, our team believes in building a positive culture around our employees. As you can see, we do all kinds of fun things around our office to keep our employees happy and entertained! We hope you'll also feel those positive vibes when talking to our business development, case management, and other departments designed to provide 360 Sales Support!
Contact us at chrish@aipma.com or give us a call (800) 783-5206
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Contact Us
800.783.5206
2041 E. Square Lake Road, Suite 100, Troy, Michigan 48085-3897
About Us
For more than 35 years, AIP Marketing Alliance (AIPMA) serves as a premier life insurance and annuity distribution partner to provide full-service support to independent wholesalers, brokerages and agents from our Troy, Michigan office.