NAIFA Nation Remembers Terry Headley

“Terry was the best of the best: a role model for advocacy and great financial support for the same. A terrific leader and a friend.”

- Al Brodbeck

“Terry was a giant in NAIFA and his impact on our great organization and our industry will be one remembered for years to come. He had an impact on my life and my career and I am blessed to have known him as my friend.”

- David L. Lloyd

“Terry, when I first joined NAIFA and met you, I felt the presence of a true and tried absolute NAIFA member through and through. Your passion for the PAC was infectious and I am forever grateful that I am your good friend.”

- Peg Fraser

“I am the Past President of Oregon and Terry helped us so much to advance the NAIFA program. Here is to you, dear Terry!”

- Rita J. Robinson

“His loss is our loss. You walked away a better person for having known Terry Headley.”

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Matthew Tassey

Terry Headley, a NAIFA Past President, industry legend, advocacy champion, and IFAPAC Co-Commander-in-Chief, passed away earlier this year. He left a lasting impression on NAIFA Nation.

He was a shining example of good NAIFA citizenship. He adamantly promoted NAIFA membership, was a consummate advocate for agents and advisors on the state and federal levels, and was unmatched in his support for IFAPAC by anyone other than his close friend and IFAPAC Co-Comander-in-Chief Robert Miller.

NAIFA’s annual Headley Lifetime Defender Award is named in his honor.

“Terry was a leader of leaders. He was an amazing advocate for NAIFA. He also was an amazingly kind man.”

- Randy Ems

“I wanted to be like Terry! He influenced me to become involved with IFAPAC on the state level. He encouraged me to stay involved and I eventually served on the National IFAPAC Committee for eight years.”

- Johnny Johns

“The world just lost a great man with the passing of Terry Headley. … I will always remember him as being dedicated to the people we serve as well as his friendship. There was no ego standing in the way of Terry being a good human being.”

- Janet L. Heitzig

“He really knew the inner workings of NAIFA and our industry and we couldn’t have had a better representative on Capitol Hill than Terry.”

- Michael Struebing

“There are great men, which Terry Headley was. And there are great men who might make you want to be a great person. Terry Headley did that. He was an icon in our industry, and better than that he was just truly a good man. That’s what NAIFA is about and that’s what Terry Headley’s legacy is about.”

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Lawrence Holzberg

Contributions to IFAPAC

Terry’s wife, Wynetta, and his family asked that NAIFA members remember Terry by making or increasing contributions to IFAPAC. “Terry’s passion was IFAPAC and Terry would want any memorials directed to IFAPAC,” they said in a statement. In accordance with their wishes, NAIFA launched a campaign in Terry Headley’s memory to raise his lifetime giving total of $165,000 by IFAPAC’s founding date of August 18. You can contribute by logging in at www.naifa.org/ifapac.