Pino Insurance Agency

10 years!
10 years ago, I was given a gift and started a journey that would change the rest of my life. 2016 was a big year of many challenges for me and a year to learn what it meant to be a business owner.
I had my double mastectomy on January 4, 2016, and started the process there after healing and learning all I could from my parents how to prepare for this next big step. I have been an insurance agent since 2001 so that part I knew and did well. 😊 But to take over a successful agency and make sure that it could continue and grow is another story. I knew the “front lines” and now it was time to really learn everything else. It was important that I always knew most of our agency ongoings anyway but there is so much more too it.
I had my reconstruction at the end of May 2016 but prior to that were my interviews with the corporate office. The way I felt with all my health issues was not an easy process. My sister Jenny was nine months pregnant and her and I were a site to see. The first interview I remember coming into the office and saying that’s it, I will never get the opportunity to take over, it was awful. But the second interview was another story, there I was with these expanders in my chest, Jenifer ready to give birth and we slay it. I looked at Jenny and said we are going to the bar, and you are driving.
So, June 1st comes, I just had my reconstruction the week before and I walked into our office like I do everyday and it was so exciting and so scary at the same time. Jenny two days later goes into labor. I can tell you the next few months were a roller coaster of craziness. Through all the training and learning I have done for the last 15 years I was prepared for this next chapter. Throughout these 10 years I have had quite a few people work for me and I couldn’t have done it without them. They helped us grow, stay on track, and gave me a chance to be all I could be in this new role. In 2018 I was blessed to have my sister Andrea join us and now the three of us work together and give all that we have to this office.
They are my right and left hand, and I am honored to have them by my side every day. We look out for each other, and I know when I need to continue to do what I do to make sure I succeed I can depend on the two of them always! It is not always easy working with family, but I guarantee it is a blessing.
So now it is June 1, 2026, and it has been 10 years. 10 years of learning, growing, facing many challenges, making things my own in my own way but keeping our history as it always has been. In time it will be passed on to my son Dylan, so to say we are keeping it in the family. I plan to teach him as I was taught what it means to make a successful business.
To say thank you to my Mom and John doesn’t even come close to what I feel in my heart. I plan to always make you both proud and I promise to continue to give this my all for myself, my family, my sisters, and my amazing insureds. Here is too many more years of being successful and enjoying all God has given to me.

Today I was able to share the joy of mine and Rochester Schools Excellence in Education with my son Dylan. This was so special to me to have him there with me and experience all our teachers we celebrate and their hard work and dedication to their craft.
I want to congratulate all of our winners this year and I can’t wait for next year.
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Our second EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION winner. Once again so deserving and awe inspiring! Thank you RCSF for making sure this happens every year! 🩷

Congratulations to Jack Barraclough, Van Hoosen math teacher, for winning a 2026 Excellence in Education Award to recognize his unwavering support for students.

Mr. Barraclough was nominated by a Van Hoosen parent who said, “He views every academic challenge a student faces not as a barrier, but as an opportunity for personalized mentorship. He encourages students to explore unconventional solving methods, fostering a growth mindset that values creativity alongside mathematical rigor. He builds confidence.”

Mr. Barraclough is also recognized for bringing the AMC 8 (American Mathematics Competitions) to Van Hoosen, helping to boost academic self-esteem and foster a vibrant math culture.

The Excellence in Education Awards are presented annually by Michele Beitelshees and the Pino Insurance Agency in partnership with the RCS Foundation. Winners are surprised in front of their peers with this award, which provides $1,000 to use toward a classroom learning initiative.

Cold but so much fun! I am honored to be the sponsor of the poker walk every year at Oakland University! It is always fun to get out, share laughs and win PRIZES!!! Until next year.

As a Meemic agent for over 25 years now I take pride in celebrating my current teachers as well as the ones to come. Oakland University School of Education and Human Services does a Future Teachers conference every year and I am blessed to be a sponsor of it.
Over 350 high school students, from 14 districts across Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Genesee and Shiawassee counties, had a wonderful day learning about OU and all the ways we can support them in their goals to become the next generation of educators. They also heard an inspiring message from Stephanie, Jaskolski, the Region 9 Michigan Teacher of the Year!

I provided gift bags and much more. Cheers to OU for always making sure TEACHERS are on top!

Do you know an RCS employee that demonstrates exemplary performance towards improving the quality of teaching and learning for the students of RCS?

We invite you to nominate an RCS employee who radiates Excellence in Education!

Any employee of the school district is eligible.

Click here Excellence in Education at RCS 📝 TODAY to nominate YOUR favorite RCS employee, that has demonstrated exemplary performance towards improving the quality of teaching and learning, and be awarded $500+.

Nominations are DUE by Friday, April 10.
Thank You Pino Insurance Agency!
The Excellence of Education Award was developed by the RCS Foundation in 1997 to encourage outstanding efforts throughout the school district.

The selected RCS employee(s) will receive a monetary award, which is funded through a generous donation made by Michele Beitelshees of the Pino Insurance Agency.

Award dollars can be used to purchase materials or services to enhance a school district classroom, curriculum or facility.

Click here to see an amazing list of previous RCS employees that have been recognized for their EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION!

*All nominations and letters of recommendation must be submitted electronically.*

*Winners must be currently employed by the district of RCS. *

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