AJ Scott, CPCU, CIRMS
AJ Scott began her insurance career in May of 2006, after graduating Pepperdine University (BA, English Literature, minor in Studio Art). Mentored by community association insurance legend Tim Cline, CIRMS, AJ worked for Cline Agency Insurance Brokers for 16 years, specializing in insurance for condominiums, HOAs, and other common interest developments throughout California, Oregon, and Washington.
In November 2014, AJ completed her CPCU® designation (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter) and was recognized as the Distinguished Graduate of her class. From 2012-2019, she was actively involved in the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association (the Big “I”) at the local, state and national levels. In 2016, she served both as Chair of the Greater Los Angeles I-Day Convention and as President of the Los Angeles chapter (IIABA-LA). She presented as a panelist at the 2016 IIABCal Blue Ribbon Conference and has participated in the Big “I” Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. five times (2013-2016, 2019).
Since 2018, AJ has served on the Community Associations Institute’s (CAI’s) Law Seminar CIRMS Planning Group and has presented at the National Law Seminar three times (2019, 2020, 2021). She completed her CIRMS designation (Community Insurance and Risk Management Specialist) in June 2019 and has participated in various other CAI roles including Co-Chair of the Education Committee for the Orange County Regional Chapter (2020-2022), Surfside Risk Management & Insurance Taskforce leadership (2021), and Insurance Taskforce for the California Legislative Action Committee (2021-2022). Finally, AJ has recently started her 3-year term on the Board of the Foundation for Community Association Research (2022-2025).
AJ moved to Idaho in 2022 with the vision of bringing friendly and accessible insurance expertise to the growing community association industry in the Treasure Valley, as well as representing Idaho at the national level. She lives in Meridian with her husband and two dogs.
Idaho License #8941053
Kendra Miller
Kendra grew up in Idaho and has a professional background in agriculture. Her nine years of experience as a broker in the vegetable seed industry, and her five years with the Boise Fire Department before that, give her a multidimensional approach to insurance and risk management and enriches our agency’s perspective and local identity. This trajectory has equipped her with the strategies and sensitivities necessary to match a customer’s needs with just the right provider (and vice versa!), along with a deep understanding of how fluctuating weather and natural disasters can impact production and livelihood in the Treasure Valley and beyond.
Driven by compassion and a resolute commitment to customer service, Kendra wants every Idaho community association to have the peace of mind that comes with the right insurance protection, personally tailored to their needs.
Kendra has a BS in Business Administration from Northwest Nazarene University and a Master of Arts degree in Communications and Leadership from Gonzaga University. She lives in Meridian with her husband and their two children.
Idaho License #20540782
CPIA started because of a lifelong friendship and what can only be described as providential timing.
AJ and Kendra met in preschool and remained friends through many changes, over many years, and across state lines. In late 2021, each had spent a considerable amount of her adulthood working for her respective employer, and both found themselves ready for a change in their professional lives. Moreover, all signs pointed to the timing (finally) being right for AJ and her husband to make good on their 5-year plan to move to Idaho. Ultimately, Kendra and AJ realized that AJ’s experience as an HOA and condo insurance specialist would meet a growing need in Idaho… and the affirmation and support they have received since making that determination have been compelling.
Thus, Community Partners Insurance Agency was born.