WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#GEICO–The GEICO Board of Directors recently announced updates to the GEICO
Insurance Agency (GIA) leadership team, promoting Melissa Gallaro to
president effective May 25. The GEICO Insurance Agency manages partner
companies for personal lines insurance products on behalf of GEICO,
including homeowners,
renters,
and other
specialty policies.
Gallaro, who is based at the company’s Fredericksburg, Virginia,
regional office, was elected president of the GIA to succeed John Zinno,
who is retiring. Gallaro joined GEICO in 2002 as a sales
counselor in the Woodbury, New York, regional office, where she advanced
through supervisory and management positions. She served as Woodbury’s
planning manager before moving to Fredericksburg as GIA sales director
in 2009. Gallaro then transferred to the Buffalo, N.Y., regional office
in 2011 as GIA sales and service director. She was elected GIA vice
president and GEICO assistant vice president in 2014, and promoted to
GEICO vice president in 2018. Gallaro earned a bachelor’s degree in
business administration from Mary Washington University and an MBA from
Long Island University – C.W. Post.
The Board also elected:
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GEICO Assistant Vice President Denise O’Malley to GIA vice president,
succeeding Gallaro. O’Malley started with GEICO in 2005 as a military
sales associate at the Virginia Beach, Virginia, regional office. She
held numerous positions before being promoted to motorcycle sales
manager in 2010. In 2013, O’Malley moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, to
help grow GEICO’s office there. She returned to Virginia Beach in 2015
after being named service director, and transferred to the GIA in
Buffalo a year later, where she stayed until being elected an officer
in 2018. O’Malley graduated from Indiana Institute of Technology with
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Sales and service director Pete Rizzo was elected assistant vice
president and will move into O’Malley’s spot in Buffalo. Rizzo started
his GEICO career as a customer service representative in Buffalo in
2005 and was promoted to service manager in 2010. He has managed sales
and service and directed operations at the North Liberty, Iowa, office
since 2015. Rizzo earned a degree in business management from Canisius
College in Buffalo, and is a 2014 graduate of GEICO’s Management
Seminar.
“We’re fortunate to have such experienced and well-prepared associates
ready to take on these new challenges,” said President and CEO Bill
Roberts.
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