Our Team
Meet Our Sales Team
Tom Scarlett
SENIOR VP, OWNER
Tom Scarlett
Tom Scarlett is the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President at WSR Insurance. Since 1986, he has placed coverages for his clients in the areas of property and casualty, workers’ compensation, and benefits. Tom’s clients consist of commercial accounts ranging from apartment complexes to agricultural risks. He holds a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation.
Tom graduated from University of California, Davis with a degree in Agricultural Economics and Business Management, where he also played on their golf team.
Jim Vann
CEO, PRESIDENT, OWNER
Jim Vann
Jim Vann currently serves as a Sales Manager and Vice President of Crop Insurance. He has been with the agency since 2003. Jim also holds an Agribusiness and Farm Insurance Specialist certification. With clients located in 11 western states, Jim serves businesses from ranches and agriculture to manufacturing and wholesale/retail.
A California State University, Chico graduate, Jim holds a degree in Agricultural Business. He’s a 5th generation cattle rancher and has lived in Arbuckle with his wife and son for the past 16 years. In his free time, Jim is an assistant coach and board member for Arbuckle Youth Football.
Kevin Hoppin
VP, OWNER
Kevin Hoppin
Kevin Hoppin has been a Commercial Lines Producer at WSR Insurance since 2003. He provides a wide variety of policies and industries for both Property & Casualty and Employee Benefits. He focuses mainly on the apartment industry, commercial property owners, manufacturing, contractors, and agriculture.
Kevin graduated from Arizona State University in 2005 with a degree in Business. In his free time, Kevin enjoys playing golf and volunteering on the First Tee of Greater Sacramento Board. He is also the past president of the Woodland United Way and was an active member of the Sacramento 20-30 Club where he helped raise money for local residents in need.
Kevin and his wife live in West Sacramento where they enjoy traveling and spending time with family, friends, and their pets.
Stephanie Myers
OWNER
Stephanie Myers
Stephanie joined the WSR team in 2015 in the Crop Insurance Division, specializing in Apiculture and Pasture, Rangeland and Forage policies. She has traveled the US and overseas to learn about the apiculture industry, and has a unique knowledge and perspective related to the similarities between cattle and bees. Stephanie is licensed in most US states and can write policies accordingly. A native 4th generation Northern Californian, Stephanie has strong roots in the agricultural world. She was raised in Eastern Oregon and Northern California on cattle ranches but spent large amounts of her time at her aunt and uncle’s vine, seed, and hay operation. Stephanie lives in Williams with her husband. They have one daughter who attends Kansas State University. She donates blood whenever possible and participates in local scholarship organizations.
Matt Griffith
SALES
Matt Griffith
Matt Griffith has an extensive agriculture-based background and helps provide farmers and ranchers with knowledgeable risk management and insurance products. He is a 4th generation Farmer/Rancher from Williams, California. Along with working at WSR, he is the owner of Griffith Livestock, LLC and raises Angus cattle.
Matt holds a Behavioral Science degree and is a proud supporter of FFA and the Colusa County Fair. He and his wife, Julie are horse enthusiasts and love spending time with their son and daughter.
Andrew Dyba
SALES
Andrew Dyba
His areas of expertise include the auto service, manufacturing, winery, non-profit, and technology sectors. If your business does not directly fit these industries, do not worry. He is an avid student and would love to learn more about you and your business. Andrew Dyba graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. He and his wife, Lindsey, raise their daughter in Sacramento. He actively volunteers with Kiwanis and enjoys family bike rides, basketball, golf, and camping.
Craig Huft
SALES
Craig Huft
Craig Huft focuses on helping small to mid-size companies with their property/casualty and employee benefits insurance. He joined WSR Insurance in 2000 with numerous years of commercial insurance sales experience under his belt.
He brings a wealth of technical knowledge in all lines of commercial insurance coverages, employee benefits and insurance company operations. He is known as an insurance problem solver and much of his success can be attributed to the invaluable skills he developed while working with various industries over the years.
Craig takes pride in understanding the needs of his clients and developing personal relationships with them. He sees himself as a partner and team player, protecting his clients against unforeseen losses.
A California native, Craig attended California State University, Hayward and majored in Exercise Physiology. Craig also played professional soccer for 10 years with the Salt Lake Sting, Milwaukee Wave, and Sacramento Knights. Craig and his wife live in Sacramento with their two sons. He is a member of the East Sac Chamber of Commerce and enjoys soccer, cycling, hiking, and camping.
Cris Armas
SALES
Cris Armas
Cris helps his clients make sustainable plans to keep employees informed and safer. Through these programs, he’s often able to offer his clients lower premiums. Additionally, Cris offers: a free review of Injury & Illness Prevention Program for Cal/OSHA compliance, hazard assessment observation of operations, and safety meetings. Cris believes a strong partnership is crucial to understanding and developing plans to protect a client’s business assets and future.
Cris graduated from California State University, Sacramento with a Communication Studies degree and is fluent in Spanish. Prior to WSR, he worked in the risk management field. During his free time, Cris enjoys playing golf and attending sporting events.
Quinn Briggs
SALES
Quinn Briggs
Quinn Briggs specializes in Pasture, Rangeland & Forage Insurance policies and has been with WSR since 2017. She attended Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Oregon where she received an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration. She is the daughter of second-generation ranchers and now resides in northern Nevada on her family’s ranch with her husband and son. In Quinn’s spare time, she enjoys breakaway roping and learning to golf.
Tanner Patzke
SALES
Tanner Patzke
Tanner Patzke specializes in Pasture, Rangeland & Forage Insurance policies. He has close ties in the agriculture community and has firsthand experience with the water issues farmers and ranchers experience. He has seen the affect the lack of water has on not only the agriculture community, but the economies of communities when agriculture production is shut down. Working with colleagues at WSR and meeting farmers and ranchers in various western states has given him the opportunity to develop a greater understanding and the skills needed to provide risk management solutions and products.
Prior to getting his insurance license in 2016, Tanner worked as a heavy equipment operator and truck driver for a large road construction company. He’s also a partner, along with his dad and brother, at Patzke Family Cattle & Equine.
Born and raised in the Klamath Basin, Tanner continues to enjoy roping at a competitive level. He also enjoys hunting, fishing, and all the outdoor activities the Klamath Basin has to offer.
Dugan Kelly
SALES
Dugan Kelly
Dugan Kelly’s love of agriculture drew him to WSR Insurance’s Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage program. He enjoys helping local ranchers, providing producers risk management tools to cover the precipitation needed to produce forage for their operations.
Dugan attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he was on the rodeo team. After attending college, he rodeoed professionally for fifteen years and qualified for the national finals rodeo seven times in the team roping. He has called California’s central coast “home” for the past 32 years.
Sid Sporer
SALES
Sid Sporer
Sid Sporer began working for WSR in 2017. He currently serves in the Crop Division as an Agent for Montana, Wyoming, and the surrounding areas.
Born and raised in Cody, Wyoming, Sid grew up in a small rodeo family and attended multiple rodeos every year. He attended the University of Montana Western. After college he continued to rodeo at the professional level.
Casey Ladner
SALES
Casey Ladner
Casey Ladner has been part of the agriculture industry for many years. He recently joined the WSR Insurance team and specializes in Farm and Ranch Revenue Protection. Casey also has more than 10 years of door and window manufacturing experience.
He has extensive cattle ranching experience and owns a small farm in Klamath Falls, Oregon. As an Agriculture Business graduate from California State University, Chico (2001), Casey currently resides in Klamath Falls, Oregon with his wife and two daughters.
Andy Fullerton
SALES
Andy Fullerton
Andy Fullerton joined WSR insurance in 2019 as an Employee Benefits sales person. Prior to joining the WSR team, Andy was co-owner of a supported living agency serving adults with developmental disabilities. From his experience as a business owner, he understands the importance of providing healthcare options for employers and their employees. Providing health benefits is not only beneficial for the employees and their families, but is also instrumental in creating a positive work environment that makes employees feel valued and committed to their employer. Andy enjoys building strong, valued partnerships with his clientele and believes it is essential in maintaining a successful business relationship. After moving from Southern California to attend UC Davis, Andy found his calling working with special needs children and adults. For more than 20 years, he taught developmentally disabled adults how to live independently in the community. Andy is compassionate and enjoys helping others. In his free time, he enjoys volunteering for Special Olympics, golfing, wine tasting, but most of all spending time with his wife and two young girls.
Bobby Alexander
SALES
Bobby Alexander
Bio Coming Soon
Shayne Myers
SALES
Shayne Myers
Bio Coming Soon
Brittany Begay
SALES
Brittany Begay
Brittany Begay specializes in Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance policies. She is a member of the Navajo Nation and grew up in Seba Dalkai, Arizona. She attended Arizona State University where she received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Brittany grew up in a Rodeo family and enjoys the western lifestyle and farming. She aspires to help her Native communities to create a better future for the youth.
Melissa Ladner
SALES
Melissa Ladner
Bio Coming Soon
Drew Smythe
SALES
Drew Smythe
Drew Smythe is a Commercial Insurance Agent and joined the WSR team in 2021 after spending three years in the public accounting industry. He currently can assist with coverage in property and casualty, workers compensation, crop insurance and whole farm revenue protection. With experience working on a local farm in Woodland and his family’s ranch, Drew understands the needs and exposures farmers and ranchers face, allowing him to provide the necessary insurance services for his clients.
Drew graduated from Jesuit High School in Sacramento and continued his education at Ole Miss, where he graduated with a masters in accounting in 2019. In his free time, Drew enjoys playing golf, making BBQ, and watching Ole Miss football. Drew and his wife live in Woodland where they enjoy traveling and spending time with friends and family.
Britney Creamer
SALES
Britney Creamer
5th generation cattlewoman from western Colorado where she owns Lazy JB Angus with her family. Britney is well versed in LRP, PRF & Livestock Mortality
Justin Viles
SALES
Justin Viles
My name is Justin Viles. I was born and raised in Cody, WY, where I still reside today with my wife, Lauren, and three kids; Cruz, Londyn, and Steel. I went to college at the University of Wyoming and received my bachelor’s degree in Finance there. After college, I went to work as a Station Manager and Sales Representative for Bonnie Plants, the largest bedding plant company in the United States. My background has always been in Rodeo and Agriculture, so I jumped at the opportunity to go to work for WSR. It is a passion of mine to preserve the western way of life, and I believe that helping my friends and neighbors protect their substantial investments in their ranches is a way I can help do this!
Shanna O’Sullivan
SALES
Shanna O'Sullivan
Shanna O’Sullivan joins the WSR commercial sales team after 20 years of operating her family farm with her husband, Chris. Shanna has spent the last 5 years as a commercial property owner and manager. In her previous life, Shanna was a middle school math teacher. The wide variety of life experiences make Shanna a great asset to the WSR team. Specializing in commercial property and casualty, Shanna is confident she can help with all your insurance needs.
Shanna currently resides in the Houston, Texas area with her husband and fellow agent, Chris. She enjoys the beach in Galveston, spending time with her adult children and her 3 French bulldogs.
Chris O’Sullivan
SALES
Chris O'Sullivan
Chris O’Sullivan joins the WSR commercial sales team specializing in property and casualty as well as crop insurance. During 27 seasons of operating his fully integrated multi crop family farm of 1500 acres, and managing another 1500 acres of other family farms, Chris grew many crops such as rice, wheat, corn, processing tomatoes, cotton, beans, safflower and almonds. He had his own agricultural commodity transportation business which included hazardous materials and heavy hauling. In 2018, Chris retired from farming and became a commercial property landlord and building manager. Chris’s diverse life experiences also took him through all aspects of tomato processing in both the US and Australia. After having utilized many different insurance products himself over the years, Chris is positive he can provide for all your insurance needs.
Chris enjoys hunting and fishing with his family all over Southeast Texas, where he currently resides with his wife and fellow WSR agent, Shanna, and has been an avid bodybuilder since 2015.
Meet Our Management Team
Vicki Watson
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Vicki Watson
Vicki Watson joined WSR Insurance in 1995 and became the agency President in 2009. She is responsible for the overall financial health of the company, which in her opinion, is best achieved by providing the highest level of service in the best interest of her clients.
With WSR’s commitment to giving back to the community, Vicki established a community service program at WSR that encourages all employees to volunteer with a charity of choice, all on compensated time. Vicki has been involved with several non-profit organizations and while serving the Woodland Chamber of Commerce board, she was recognized as “Chamber Member of the Year” in 2008. Most recently, Vicki completed a two-year term as Governor of Soroptimist International’s Sierra Nevada Region. This term was focused on improving the lives of women and girls. She graduated from University of Alaska with a degree in Business Administration and is a certified public accountant. Vicki was raised in Northern California and resides in Woodland with her husband and two daughters. She loves to travel, golf, read, and spend time with her daughters and grandchildren.
Jennifer Gill, CIC
TEAM MANAGER
jennifer gill
Jennifer Gill is a Team Manager in WSR’s Commercial Insurance department. Since joining WSR Insurance in 1990, Jennifer has performed various functions in all departments of the organization, including implementing standardized workflows that provide efficient strategies to best service policyholders. Jennifer holds a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation.
A Wyoming native, Jennifer moved to Northern California in 1986. She and her husband Henry set their roots in Woodland where they raised two children. Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband, family, and friends. She also loves traveling, golfing, and enjoying the outdoors.
