Meet Our Team Eugene

Whitney serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Columbia Insurance and Wealth Management, and as such, oversees all operations. Whitney understands the importance in protecting a business and its assets. She is passionate about educating her staff and clients on the various resources & programs available to them. While obtaining her undergraduate degree, Whitney became a co-franchisee with a major national brand and ultimately spent 4 years working for a Franchisor as part of their Marketing team. Whitney’s experience as both a franchisee and current insurance professional, allows her to connect, educate and relate to you from a businessowner’s perspective, thereby giving Columbia Insurance Group the insight and ability to build out the strongest and most cost-efficient Risk Management Strategy for each Franchisee. Whitney and her husband Mike have two children, Avery and Austin, and reside in Vancouver, Washington.

Judy has lived in Oregon more than 30 years. She worked in the public school system before re-entering the insurance industry. She worked for Hammerstad Insurance in Eugene for 30 years, focusing on personal lines and claim customer service. As Hammerstad Insurance became Columbia Insurance Group, she continues in the same capacity. Judy has found it fascinating to witness the insurance industry evolve from a highly personal to a highly automated form of sales and service; she views each phone call as an opportunity to bring some of that personal service back to clients.