MEET THE TEAM AT GOOD NEIGHBOR INSURANCE

• Jeff Gulleson
• Founder/Owner/President

Jeff Gulleson was born and raised in Satsop, Washington. He graduated from PBC (PBI) in Alberta, Canada. He moved to Indonesia to work for an NGO for 30 years in training and leadership on Madura Island, and Java, including in Jakarta, the largest city (population) in Southeast Asia. He is fluent in Indonesian and has written several books on communication skills in that language. Upon moving to Arizona in 1997, he founded Good Neighbor Insurance. GNI provides international travel and health insurance for thousands of short-term travelers and international workers, as well as providing group insurance for over 80 international companies and organizations, and approximately 100 more that send out short-term teams. GNI also offers insurance to residents of Arizona and all the 50 states, including individuals, groups, and Medicare plans. Jeff also helped create a non-profit in 2003 that employs two full-time workers and nine part-time staff working alongside nationals throughout Indonesia. Jeff is married and has three adult children, all of which grew up overseas. He tries to return to Indonesia annually.

• Doug Gulleson
• Owner/Vice President

Doug Gulleson, MBA, RHU Doug was born and raised in Indonesia as a Third-Culture Kid (TCK). He graduated in 1986 from the Jakarta International School. After serving in the U.S. Army, Doug moved to Arizona in 1997 and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business at Western International University (WIU). Doug started working full time with Good Neighbor Insurance, Inc. in 2000, and is now Co-owner. In 2002, he graduated with a MBA in International Business from WIU. Doug also sits on the Board of Directors for a non-profit overseas. His major hobby is scuba diving and underwater photography. He has dived off the coasts of countries like Indonesia (Bali and Northern Sulawesi), Thailand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and the Caribbean.

• Nelma Maxwell
• Senior Agent – Individuals and Teams

Nelma Maxwell was born and raised in Elma, Washington. She has lived in many states including Nevada, California, Colorado, Texas, and Nebraska. Nelma obtained an A.A. degree in Business Administration from Metropolitan Technical College in Omaha, Nebraska, and later graduated from Bellevue College in Nebraska with a B.A. in Business Administration. She lived in Nevada where she worked in the service industry for many years, and then moved back to Washington where she owned and operated a distributing company. In 2004, she moved to Arizona and began working for Good Neighbor Insurance. She is a licensed domestic and international insurance agent and is our Short-Term Team Insurance Coordinator, serving individuals going overseas for a short time, and short-term teams throughout the world. She has three grown children and one grandchild.

• Pei Medill
• Group Manager

Pei Medill was born in Taiwan and immigrated to the USA at the age of thirteen. Mandarin Chinese is her native language. Pei graduated from Messiah College in Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Business Administration. She and her family served with an NGO in Central Asia for many years before returning to the USA. Pei is an insurance agent who has license authority in Accident and Health and manages our group insurance division. She understands the needs of overseas workers having lived overseas herself, and is committed to helping organizations, CEOs and H.R. Representatives protect their workers overseas. Pei has three children, one in college and two in high school.

• Steve Pinhero
• Insurance Agent

Steve Pinhero was born and raised in Southern California. Steve joined Good Neighbor Insurance in 2003 as a licensed domestic and international insurance agent after working primarily in the technology sector since 1984. Prior to moving to Arizona, Steve was a Project Manager for Qualcomm, Inc., in San Diego, California, a leader in the telecommunications industry. In his spare time Steve enjoys basketball (namely the Lakers and Suns), shooting (guns), and his wonder-dog, Kobe.

• Karen Bellas
• Agent - Group Specialist

Karen Bellas was born and raised in Columbus, OH. She graduated from Miami University with a BA in International Studies. Her love for travel took her to Turkey where she met her husband while studying Turkish. After marriage they returned to Turkey where they lead a team for 7 years for an NGO (non-governmental organization) there partly doing relief work with the Kurds after the first Gulf War. After a brief time in the U.S., they went to Bulgaria in 1998 where they did micro-enterprise development with YWAM among the Millet (Turkish-speaking gypsies). In 2003, they went back to Turkey with YWAM. They returned to the U.S. so their 2 children could attend high school.

• Trish Ordish
• Insurance Agent

Trish Ordish was born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin. She served as a Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy from 1986 to 1992 and was stationed both in the Philippines and Saudi Arabia. In the Philippines she worked in the Pediatric Ward of the Navy hospital and also helped run clinics in the villages. After 1992 she moved with her husband as he continued to serve in the Armed Forces. She was also been an Early Childhood Development teacher. Trish and her family moved to the Phoenix in 2002 and she joined the Good Neighbor Insurance team in May 2006. She works primarily with those going overseas short-term. Her heart is to serve people overseas, especially children, and helping those who are going overseas to serve. She and her husband have been married 21 years and have one child.

• Sharon Mahoe
• Customer Service

Sharon Mahoe grew up in as a Third-Culture Kid (TCK) in Thailand, and along with her oldest brother boarded in a MK children’s home in Canada while the rest of the family was overseas. Sharon began employment with Good Neighbor Insurance, Inc., in late 2001, having moved from Southern California to Arizona to care for her ailing mother. A good communicator, Sharon is multi-talented as an artist and writer and has published a women’s devotional book. She enjoys travel and in the early 1990s performed in a large choir in Leipzig, Budapest, and Prague--among other cities. She appreciates the opportunity to serve those calling GNI, as it gives her the opportunity to hear about their trips and lives overseas. Being our Customer Service Representative/Receptionist fits perfectly with her background and love of our big world and its beauty.

• Kevin Humphryes
• Renewal Specialist

Kevin Humphryes was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He lived in several other states including Ohio, Texas, Mississippi, and California. In 1984, Kevin joined the Arizona Air National Guard and served until 1999 in Columbia, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Germany, the Bahamas, and the United States. In 1991 he graduated from the Community College of the Air Force with an A.A. degree in Electronic Systems Technology. Kevin also earned a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in 1993. He has worked in both the Public and Private sectors. He joined our team at Good Neighbor Insurance in 2011. Kevin works as our renewal specialist.

• Ken Graham
• Project Coordinator | Marketing

Ken Graham was born and raised in Wareham, Massachusetts, and graduated from West Point in 1963 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Science.

Ken spent 6 years as a Captain in the US Army serving in South Korea, the Dominican Republic, and Vietnam. He also spent 21 years with The Navigators, serving in North Carolina, Texas and Arizona. He was Director for a business school in Amarillo, Texas, as well as a teacher. Ken joined GNI in 2009, and is now Project Coordinator for the Marketing Department. Ken and his wife JoAnne have been married for 42 years and have two grown children. Ken’s hobbies include reading, hiking and gardening.

• Mark Sequeira
• Marketing | Art Director

Mark Sequeira was born in Southern California and moved to Phoenix to become Communications Director for a large non-profit organization. His background is in language and intercultural studies having studied Arabic in London and Russian as well as Classical Turkish at UCLA. He spent many years as a graphic artist and marketing specialist. Mark joined the East Valley Tribune as their Senior Graphic Designer and worked for eleven years in their Marketing Department. He then started his own studio/consulting business, MJAStudios, doing consulting work for GNI before working part-time and in December, 2010 full-time as GNI’s Marketing and Art Director. Mark loves to travel and has spent a number of summers overseas. He has studied, visited or done relief/business development in Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Caucasus, Malaysia, Belgium, Finland and England. He loves his work, the discipline and craft of creating good design, and reading. He’s been married for 19 years and has four children.