SENATE RESOLUTION 31

(By Senators Gaunch, Palumbo, Stollings and Williams)

[Introduced February 10, 2016.]

Congratulating Ross Johnson for being named the 2015 Earle S. Dillard Agent of the Year.

Whereas, Ross Johnson was born and raised in Madison, West Virginia, and attended Scott High School; and

Whereas, Ross Johnson is a graduate of Marshall University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and Business Law concentrating in Insurance; and

Whereas, Since 2000, Ross Johnson has been the President and owner of Mountain State Insurance Agency, Inc. in Charleston, West Virginia; and

Whereas, Ross Johnson, through Mountain State Insurance Agency, employs nearly twenty hard working insurance professionals; and

Whereas, Ross Johnson has had a long and productive career, entering his 31st year in the insurance industry; and

Whereas, For all of his efforts and success in the insurance industry, Ross Johnson was presented the Earle S. Dillard Agent of the Year award in the fall of 2015 at the annual convention of the Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate:

That the Senate hereby congratulates Ross Johnson for being named the 2015 Earle S. Dillard Agent of the Year; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to Ross Johnson.