October 2024 - We'd like to welcome Tino Kayafas to our team! Get to know Tino through these 10 fun questions.
1. Where is your favorite place to visit on vacation, or your favorite thing to do when you have time off?
I love to go to Ocean City, NJ with all of my cousins and walk the boardwalk. I also love to practice music (drums and piano) with my time off.
2. What is the weirdest, most unorthodox, or most interesting job you've ever had?
I was a dishwasher and custodian for a restaurant in college.
3. What is something interesting that you've learned within the past week?
Squirrels are very active from the hours of 7:30am to 9:00am.
4. When you were 10, what did you see yourself being when you grew up?
A musical conductor or a Naval officer.
5. What is a book you've read that you'd recommend?
How about 3? $100 Million Dollar Leads, Wounded by Love, and The Female Brain.
6. What is one surprising or interesting fact about you that people may not know about?
I was a wrestler in High School weighing 106 lbs in 9th grade and 120lbs in 10th grade.
7. If you could pick up a new skill in an instant, what would it be?
Pro jazz piano player, or fluent Greek speaker.
8. What advice would you give to someone who is interested in joining the Emmanuel team?
Leave your selfishness at the door. This team is full of self-sacrificial people and the only way to be apart of the team is giving everything you have for the client and for each other.
9. What are you enjoying the most about being a part of the Emmanuel team?
I am enjoying the excitement that comes with being a part of a growing and thriving organization. The cogs are always turning, there is always something to learn from, and opportunities seem endless.
10. What was it about Emmanuel Insurance that made you decide it was a company of which you wanted to be a part?
The top three administrators were the ones to train me on my first 4 days. I had their undivided attention, and I felt supported and understood from day one. A team with leadership that is masterful at their craft, humble, yet tenacious is one that I found here at Emmanuel.
