Julia Jennings joined The Sylvia Group in 1987 after a ten year career in marketing and underwriting for a national health insurance carrier. When she relocated to

Massachusetts from Connecticut, she handled marketing and sales for a self-funding plan administrator for two years before becoming an employee benefits broker with the Sylvia Group.

Rounding out her degree in foreign languages from American International College, Julie has pursued many professional designations in insurance. She is a Registered Health Underwriter (RHU), Certified Long Term Care Consultant (CLTC), Licensed Insurance Advisor (LIA) and is currently working towards her Registered Employee Benefit Consultant (REBC) certification. Her expertise in group insurance has benefited The Sylvia Group clients, large and small, fully insured or self-funded, with medical, life, disability, dental and long term care insurance programs.

Julie served as President of the Massachusetts Association of Health Underwriters and now continues to serve on the Executive Board of the association. She also serves on the National Legislative Council for NAHU. She is on the board of Junior Achievement of Southeastern MA, JA classroom volunteer and actively involved in church and community outreach programs. She lives with her husband and two children in Marion, MA, where they enjoy sailing and outdoor activities.

Don Bolia provides industry leaders with strategic advice on how legislative trends will impact their businesses and assists them in shaping policy debates at the state, federal, and local levels in Georgia. He manages clients' relationships before the Georgia General Assembly, as well as numerous city and county governments and agencies. His background and experience especially give clients an edge on conducting business with local governments. Because of his key relationships at the municipal level, his clients are able to clearly communicate their message to the pertinent decision makers.

Mr. Bolia began his political career working for then Congressman Newt Gingrich in Washington, D.C. In 1993, he was appointed the Political Director of the Georgia Republican Party. In that capacity, he was directly responsible for managing the GOP's statewide effort to elect Republicans to the Georgia General Assembly.  In 1993, he was appointed chief of staff of the Fulton County Commission chairman. During Mr. Bolia's first weeks in office, Fulton County, Georgia's most populous county, cut taxes for the first time in a decade and the chairman's office returned over $180,000 in savings from the chairman's budget alone. Mr. Bolia was responsible for directing the chairman's agenda and working with the Board of Commissioners.

In 1994, Mr. Bolia was appointed executive director of the Georgia Republican Party, during an election cycle that saw Republicans win six state-level offices for the first time since Reconstruction, including insurance commissioner, superintendent of schools, and a majority of the seats on the Public Service Commission.

Mr. Bolia was the president of D&B Communications, a government affairs and public relations firm he founded in 1995. Working in a bipartisan manner, he advocated for the passage of several important pieces of legislation on behalf of his clients and developed a unique niche that focused on lobbying county and city governments.

He served as treasurer of the G-8 PAC, the political fundraising arm of the GOP members of Congress from Georgia, and managed the transition team for the superintendent of schools, cutting the internal budget from $35 million to $19 million. He currently serves as treasurer of the Republican Leadership Fund.

Considered a leader in campaign management and grassroots training, Mr. Bolia has managed statewide campaign training seminars. Don continues to advise key political leaders on campaign and other strategic initiatives.

He has been named one of the state's top 40 business leaders under 40 by Georgia Trend magazine, and was recently named Jeff Dickerson's "Winner of the Week" on WAGA-TV's political roundtable program The Georgia Gang.