MEET THE REED TEAM

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Pattie Reed Jones
CISR

Personal Lines Advisor - Agency Owner
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Pattie Reed Jones joined the team at Reed Insurance in January 2004. Pattie is a second-generation insurance agent, the daughter of Paul Reed, founder of Reed Insurance.  She is a lifelong resident of Concordia Parish and has been involved in the community in many ways including children’s sports programs and working with children at her church.  She is the founder of Operation GRITS which is dedicated to showing appreciation to our soldiers serving overseas during Christmas. 

In her free time, she and her husband Eddie enjoy entertaining friends and their six children and sixteen grandchildren at their home.   As motorcycling enthusiasts, they also love to ride the backroads of the U.S. 

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Melissa Calhoun
Personal Lines

Personal Lines
Account Manager

Melissa is a Personal Lines Customer Service Specialist.  Melissa enjoys spending time with her two boys, Ryland and Watson, and hanging out with her friends. In her spare time, Melissa enjoys shopping, organizing, and decorating different areas of her office and house. Melissa says that her boys inspire her to be a better mom and person every single day. 

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Joan McGuffey
Commercial Lines

Commercial Lines
Account Manager

Joan is the newest member of the Reed Insurance team and will be working alongside Brian Chandler in our commercial lines, handling the smaller commercial business accounts. She has 24 years experience in the Retail and Commercial Professional Industry’s. She has also worked with Non-Profit Organizations. She is a 2011 graduate from Hodge’s University in Lakeland, FL, where she raised her two boys for 20 years. Joan and her Husband, Joseph, are happily married with three boys, Andrew, Eddie, and Johnny, a daughter-in-love, Cera, and are new grandparents to Magnus Ray. Joan is passionate about mission work though her local Church, FBC Vidalia.

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Brian Chandler - Commerical Insurance and Risk Management

Brian Chandler
CIC, CISR

Commercial Lines Advisor
Risk Manager

Brian is a Commercial Account Manager at Reed Insurance and Chief Risk Manager.  He has specialized commercial Insurance and risk management training having earning the Certified Inurance Councelors (CIC) designation.  A 2010 graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, Brian is passionate about college football and baseball. His hobbies include hunting, fishing, and coaching youth league sports. He is active in the community serving on the Concordia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and as a member of the Lions Club.  Brian and his wife, Reve’ are happily married with two sons, Drew and Scott. In his free time, Brian enjoys hanging around his family and friends.

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Madi Vazquez

Social Media &
Marketing Specialist

Madi is the social media and marketing specialist for our team. She manages all of our social media accounts, including our YouTube channel, Beaux Knows Insurance. She joined our team in August of 2019.  Madi enjoys traveling with her husband, Jose, and hanging around her family and friends. She is currently attending college at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and is pursuing a degree in Risk Management and Insurance. 

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Charles Yajima
Assistant

Personal Lines
Customer Service

Charles provides back-office support and processing to make sure our clients are well taken care of.  He has many years of experience in insurance and enjoys spending time with his family, watching and playing sports, and reading.  

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Belle Legaspi
Assistant

Personal Lines
Customer Service

Belle provides back-office support and processing to ensure our clients are well taken care of.  She has many years of experience in insurance and enjoys spending time with her family, watching mystery/crime TV shows and movies with a good plot twist! She has been working with Reed Insurance since June of 2022. 

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Beaux Pilgrim
Boss Man

Agency Owner
CEO

Beaux is Reed Insurance's fearless leader. He is passionate about helping others and ensuring his team is well-taken care of. He leads an amazing culture here at Reed Insurance and is always happy to help by answering questions or helping agents understand how to better service our customers. When he is not working (which is rare), he enjoys running, hiking, traveling the world with his wife, Beth, napping with his cats, playing with his grandkids, and spending quality time with his family. 

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