Grinnell Mutual board elects new director

Mark Schmidt, president/treasurer of American Mutual Insurance Association of Grand Mound, Iowa, was elected to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Will Maas, who has served on the board since 2009. The term ends in June 2021. Schmidt is also the president/owner of Legacy Insurance Group, located within the mutual.

Prior to starting in insurance eight years ago, Schmidt worked at Wells Fargo Financial, where he was vice president of risk management, leading a team responsible for all enterprise technology projects, and played a key role in developing technology solutions that were used by risk management to do forecasting, modeling, analytics, and reporting.  

Schmidt graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a degree in finance and real estate. He also holds a Professional Farm Mutual Manager (PFMM) designation.

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