Peggy Echols retired in Charlottesville, VA in 2023, after a career with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Companies that spanned 34 years. She joined State Farm ® in 1988, and has served in a variety of leadership positions, including positions in Corporate Law, Public Affairs, Claims, and Underwriting. She was introduced to CFSI early in her career when she served as Director of Federal Affairs. For more than a decade, she was the State Farm Executive Sponsor of the Brookings Institution Global Perspective and Public Policy Program in Washington, D.C. She retired as a Vice President of Operations, which included enterprise responsibility for Personal Lines Auto and Fire Underwriting. In this capacity, Peggy was a member of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s Board of Directors, an organization committed to mitigating loss of property and life due to severe weather and wildfire by encouraging individuals and communities to build safer and stronger homes and businesses.
In addition to serving on CFSI’s Board of Directors, Peggy currently serves on boards for the United Way of Greater Charlottesville, Piedmont Valley Community College, and Martha Jefferson Hospital.
Peggy received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, and a juris doctor degree from the University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, OH.