Leonard Edwin (Eddie) Gilkison Jr. – eddie@fedcrop.com |
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Helping my Dad raise tobacco convinced me I needed a college education. We were primarily tobacco farmers but during the late 50′s early 60′s we had 300 ewes. Raising sheep will also send you to college. We farmed in Bourbon and Nicholas County’s moving full time to Nicholas County in 1962. I purchased a farm in Clark County in 1978 where my three children were raised and now we’ve started on the next generation living on the farm.
I have a degree in Agriculture from the University of Kentucky in Agriculture. I am a Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) through the American Society of Agronomy and a graduate of the Nebraska School of Agriculture Bankers. I have been a licensed insurance agent since 1976. Co-Captain of the Nicholas County football team for two years, membership in Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity at UK, graduate of the Kentucky Ag Leadership program are things I like to brag about after I’m finished talking about my nine Grands (eight girls).
I started working with Federal Crop Insurance as an Agriculture Banker and was invited to participate as a commissioned agent in about 1978. I have focused on my insurance agency full time since 2001. I am fortunate to have some of the best farmers in the US as customers. |
Brennan Edwin Gilkison – brennan@fedcrop.com |
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Brennan Gilkison grew up in Clark County Kentucky. Upon graduation from high school, he attended Eastern Kentucky University where he obtained a B.S. Plant and Soil Science degree and also received his license to become an agent for crop insurance.Brennan then attended the University of Kentucky where he received a M.S. degree in Vocational Education (Agriculuture). As a graduate student he obtained a job with Pioneer Hi-bred Seed Company.While working with the seed company, Brennan began to expand his farming operation at home. Burley tobacco was the main crop, but now consists of burley tobacco, corn, soybeans, wheat, rye, cattle, custom planting and harvesting and a crop of black raspberries that are sold through CSA projects.
While developing relationships and respect with producers in the seed business, Brennan has developed a unique partnership with producers for crop insurance business. While managing the farming operation, taking care of crop insurance customers and overseeing his public job responsibilities, Brennan continues to be an advocate for Agriculture whenever he can find the opportunity. Along with the many responsibilities Brennan’s highest priority is his family, which consist of his Wife (Serena), twin girls (Rivers & Leland) and his mini me (Curry). |
Julia Newman – julia@fedcrop.com |
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Julia Newman is married to her husband of 19 years and has one daughter. She began her business career working in the facilities management/purchasing field with her previous employer of 14 years. The opportunity to change her business field came when Central Insurance Agency offered her a position. She has enjoyed working with them since the spring of 2009.Julia really enjoys getting to know the customers, and she thinks nothing of the travel that comes with the crop insurance business. Meeting and greeting the clients in their element is a pleasure for her as it reminds her of growing up on the family farm.The experience of being raised in the agricultural industry helped Julia realize that she belongs in the crop insurance field. It brings together the best of her former work environment and her current one. While challenging at times, it is also very rewarding to her. |
John Tebbs – john@fedcrop.com |
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Agriculture has been a part of John’s life from the very beginning; as he was raised on the family farm, where he still lives today. After completing school and entering the business world, it didn’t take him long to realize that he needed to be back on the farm. He had met and married his wife Mary while in school in Louisville, and they moved back to the farm with two small daughters. John has either farmed, or been involved in the agriculture business ever since.John began his crop insurance career in 1982 as a loss adjuster for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation working tobacco claims in Central Kentucky. In 1984, he became a loss adjuster for National Ag underwriters; a crop insurance company that eventually became Rural Community Insurance Services, the company Central Insurance Agency places their business with today. In 1985, he became the field representative for RCIS for Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of Alabama, Virginia, and North Carolina. As the crop Insurance business grew, he concentrated on fewer states, eventually ending his career with RCIS as the representative for the state of Ohio in 2009.Since retiring from RCIS, John has been a full time agent for Central Insurance Agency with his business partner, Eddie Gilkison. He very much enjoys being an agent, and all the personal contact with the clients it brings. |
Susan Tebbs – susan@fedcrop.com |
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Susan Tebbs joined the Central Insurance Agency team in January of 2011 after a successful career in the restaurant industry. She held a variety of different positions in the restaurant industry that included server, trainer, office assistant, catering coordinator and manager. Her experience in the restaurant industry has provided her with excellent organizational, management and customer service skills.Susan earned a bachelor degree in business administration from Midway College in Midway, Kentucky. |
”Rotten Cotton” Gilkison |
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Cotton is the resident shop/farm dog. She has enjoyed a successful career eradicating the grain bins and barns of various vermin.When she is not engaged in a good old-fashioned rat race, she surveys the land for any suspicious vermin activity. Cotton never gives up until she has contained the intruder.The members of Central Insurance Agency appreciate Cotton’s years of dedicated service. |
