Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • June 2, 2010 Business Kevin R. Crossley of Ho-Ho-Kus, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Club Agency Insurance Brokerage, LLC in Garden City, has been elected regional director of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Inc. He will serve a two-year term. Crossley is among a group of officers and directors elected during IIABNY’s Annual Business Meeting at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, New York. He will represent the not-for-profit trade association’s members in the Metro-Suburban Region, which includes the New York City metro area. As an IIABNY director, Crossley elected to insurance group’s board Crossley will help guide the association’s board of directors on policies and issues vital to the interests of the organization’s members at more than 1,900 locations statewide. A member and past president of the Tri-County Independent Insurance Agents Association, Crossley is a past member of IIABNY’s Public Policy-Future Issues Committee and the Direct Response Carriers Task Force. He currently serves as borough councilman, commissioner of the ambulance corps, and deputy commissioner of the fire department in Ho-Ho-Kus. The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Inc. has represented the common business interests of independent insurance professionals since 1882. More than 1,900 agencies and their 18,000 employees currently rely on the DeWitt, New York-based not-for-profit trade association for legislative advocacy, continuing education and other means of industry support. In addition, many IIABNY members represent Trusted Choice®, a national consumer brand uniting more than 7,000 independent agencies across the United States. For more information, visit www.trustedchoice.com or www.iiabny.org. Students learn about banking at Atlantic Stewardship Atlantic Stewardship Bank recently hosted a group of young women from Mary Help of Christian Academy in North Haledon. The group, which contained the top four students in the senior class, completed an eight-week corporate internship program. The young women followed a rotating schedule job-shadowing a bank employee in the accounting, administration, marketing, and operations departments; and at the branch in Midland Park, where the bank is headquartered. Interns were given a detailed overview of the responsibilities of each department and received a welcome orientation, a banking presentation, and a career building/resume writing class. At the end of the eight-week session, each intern received a certificate in recognition of their completion of the program. Interns Cortea Burin and Jormirca Martinez; Megan Berninger, ASB human resources administrator; and interns Lizabeth Perdomo and Alysha Rodriguez. Break the Highway Trend! ...not your community’s back. Local businesses are the backbone of your community and the trend to shop the big guys on the highway hurts us all.Your local businesses have what you want... at the right price... and close to home. So, why hassle with the highways? Save Time! Save Gas! Save Money! SAVE YOUR COMMUNITY! We Need You SHOP LOCALLY. IT’S SMART. ...and besides, it’s so convenient!