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About ProValue Insurance

Local Decisions. Local Relationships. Local Commitment.

Since 1947

Enduring Strength is our story and our standard.

ProValue® Insurance is an independent agency providing customized insurance products and business services to organizations in need of risk transfer. Delivering unparalleled knowledge and experience, ProValue helps protect against more than organizational risk, offering coverages for personal assets to individuals throughout Mid-America.

Our Leadership Team

Learn about the leadership of ProValue Insurance and the roles they uphold both in the company and professionally.

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  • PRESIDENT & CEO

    Mitch Williams has served as President of ProValue since April 2012. Mr. Williams has an extensive and prosperous career in leadership, with a record of cooperative and independent agribusiness management experience at companies including Cargill Inc., Koch Industries, Garden City Cooperative, and Ag Partners Cooperative Inc.

    Mr. Williams attended the Oklahoma Panhandle State University where he obtained his bachelor of science degree in business administration. He currently serves on the board of directors for multiple industry associations

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  • CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO)

    Scott Anderson joined ProValue in 1991, serving in the Risk Management department while concurrently managing Ag Services LLC. Presently, Mr. Anderson oversees company-wide operations while providing strategic direction in operational processes and procedures in his role as the Chief Operations Officer.

    Hailing from Abilene, Kan., Anderson graduated from Emporia State University with a bachelor's degree in management and business administration. Mr. Anderson holds professional designations from the Insurance Institute of America and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.

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  • CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO)

    Shawnda Hembree was named Chief Financial Officer in October of 2018. Prior to her current position, Mrs. Hembree spent four years as the Controller of Accounting within the ProValue company. Her experience includes financial leadership positions with Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Dillon Companies Inc., Hugoton Energy Corporation, and Pierce, Faris and Company Chartered.

    As Chief Financial Officer, Hembree has responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities of the company and other affiliated or contracted companies.

    Ms. Hembree graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting, and passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination shortly afterward.

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  • CHIEF INSURANCE OFFICER (CIO)

    Lee Gleason serves as the Chief Insurance Officer for ProValue Insurance. Prior to transitioning into his current role, Mr. Gleason served as a commercial accounts manager from 2002 until 2005, when he was chosen to serve as General Manager of Elliot Insurance after its acquisition by ProValue. In 2007, Mr. Gleason received his Agribusiness and Farm Insurance Specialist designation.

    Mr. Gleason graduated from Hutchinson Community College and Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Okla., before starting his career in agribusiness and insurance sales.

    Gleason is a member of the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce, Hutchinson AMBUCS and serves on multiple boards including the board for the Training and Evaluation Center of Hutchinson (TECH), Interfaith Housing, and Kansas Association of Insurance Agents (KAIA).

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  • CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER (CHRO)

    Sara Kepley has spent nearly two decades as a human resource executive and consultant in the heart of America.  She is a trusted consultant to many CEO’s and other leaders within the agriculture and insurance space.

    Ms. Kepley has been a part of a ProValue Insurance-affiliated company since 2005. She served as a Human Resources Specialist for the Human Resource Alliance, LLC (HRA) until 2007 when the company was acquired by ProValue LLC. She then joined the human resources team, serving first as a Human Resources Consultant, then as CEO for ProValue LLC.

    Today Kepley leads a team operating human resource consulting services, internal HR, group benefit insurance sales, and marketing and branding efforts for all of ProValue Insurance. She personally performs CEO placement services, succession planning, and executive compensation plans for agriculture companies and cooperatives.

    Kepley graduated with a bachelor of science degree in human resource development from Southwestern College, Winfield, Kan. She holds the professional designation of SPHR from the Human Resource Certification Institute and a SHRM-SCP designation from the Society for Human Resource Management.

    Kepley is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (nationally and locally) as well as the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives.  She is also a member of the leadership committee planning and hosting DisruptHR Wichita. 

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Enduring strength Since 1947

Founded in 1947, ProValue Insurance has grown to become one of the largest leading independent
insurance agencies providing business risk protection and personal insurance coverages in the state
of Kansas and throughout Mid-America.

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    1947

    Kansas Farmers Service Association was incorporated under the laws of Kansas in 1947. The association was organized to provide insurance and auditing, taxation, and patronage, and by-law services for all types of cooperatives.

  • Close-up of a sign with partial text reading 'Farmers Service A' and the number '25' visible, featuring a logo with the letters 'S' and 'A' in red and blue.

    1972

    25th (Silver) Anniversary. Services were expanded to include all types of insurance for cooperatives, employees, and members of cooperatives, offering pension plans, group life, and insurance coverages.

  • KFSA logo with bold blue and yellow lettering and a wheat stalk in the center.

    1991

    Risk Management services, now known as Safety & Compliance, were introduced to customers.

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    1997

    KFSA celebrated its 50th (Golden) Anniversary.

  • Logo for A G Services LLC featuring a stylized red 'A' with black and red swooshes and the company name.

    1999

    Ag Services, LLC was established as an expansion of KFSA's Risk Management services (now known as ProValue | Safety & Compliance).

    The company is led by a 5-member board and managed by KFSA.

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    2002

    KFSA's main office was relocated to it's current location in Hutchinson, KS.

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    2003

    Rural Insurance Services of Kansas (RISK) was licensed and contracted through Elliot Insurance in Hutchinson, KS. This was the beginning of KFSA's farm insurance program.

  • ProValue logo with stylized 'PV' and the words 'ProValue' underneath.

    2004

    KFSA and Lindburg & Vogel (now Lindburg Vogel Pierce Faris, Chartered) joined together to create ProValue, LLC, a company focused on providing their common clients with business services such as assistance with mergers and acquisitions, feasibility studies and strategic planning.

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    2005

    KFSA purchased Elliott Insurance, located in Hutchinson, KS, expanding it's insurance services to include personal products such as home, auto and life.

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    2012

    KFSA purchased Rutter Cline Associates (RCA) based out of Garden City, KS.

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    2015

    ProValue, LLC, the human resource, payroll and training company, became a wholly owned venture of KFSA.

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    2019

    KFSA changes its name and rebrands to promote future growth as a cooperative and insurance agency.

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    2026

    Excited to see what comes next.