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Education & Conferences
The Education & Conference Department offers more than 500 seminars annually to thousands of students in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire on a variety of topics, including the nationally recognized CIC and CISR programs.

You can also receive valuable information on meeting your state-mandated continuing education (CE) requirements. Many of PIA's respected education programs also can be conducted on-site at your agency or can be taken on-line through the PIA eTraining Center.

The Education & Conference Department also organizes and conducts PIA's annual conferences and regional networking events. Go to PIA's home page and select Education link of interest for more information.

Members registered for "member-only" information on the PIA web site can obtain staff email addresses by clicking here.


Connie Vecellio, CIC
Director of Education

Kim Zeoli, CISR
Director of Education & Conference Operations

Kimberly Zielinski, CISR
Conference Manager

Vera Murphy
Financial Coordinator

Athena Cancio
Marketing Coordinator

Jolene Nicotina
Meeting Coordinator

Suzanne Arndt
On-site Coordinator

Erin Becker
Administrative Assistant/Conference Coordinator

Wendi Fitzgerald
Administrative Assistant/Meeting Coordinator

Jillian Krynski
Education Coordinator

Kelly O'Connell
Education Coordinator

Jessica Morrison
Education Coordinator


Program Information
For information on the following activities please e-mail the Education Department.

CIC and CISR program and conferments

Continuing education requirements

Scholarship opportunities

On-Line Education

Conference Program Book advertising

Education and Conference registration

Conference trade show exhibits and sponsorships

Custom Class/on-site education sessions

Fundamentals of Insurance certificate program

Company Education Partners

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