Management Team
Ted Van Dorn
President
Ted Van Dorn is an entrepreneur and management professional with a strong record of achievement in sales, marketing, training, and motivation. He has extensive benefits consulting experience within the Fortune 500 and other large employer groups throughout the country, and he is currently in his thirty-second year of service in the insurance industry.
His particular area of expertise is benefits planning, and to date, he has assisted numerous corporations and associations in implementing customized benefit programs for their respective employee groups and memberships.
Prior to establishing Fairway Benefit Solutions, Mr. Van Dorn served as Senior Vice President of the Dynastic Benefits Group, Vice President of Sales for the Marsh Voluntary Benefits Practice, Regional Vice President of Group Sales for Answer Financial Inc., Assistant Vice President of Corporate Accounts for Zurich Personal Insurance, a Community Agent for Nationwide Financial Services, and a Registered Representative for Carlier Financial Services. In these roles, his responsibilities included sales management, sales, marketing, personnel training/evaluation, and fiscal planning.
In addition to the positions within the field of insurance identified above, Mr. Van Dorn possesses over twenty years of experience within the public education sector where he held such positions as mathematics teacher, coach, department chairperson, dean of students, director of athletics, assistant principal, principal, and superintendent within five different public school districts.
Mr. Van Dorn received his B.A. from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa where he triple- majored in mathematics, physics, and health & physical education. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and a Certificate of Advanced Study from the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois.
Ted was married to his wife, Patti, in 1980. They have two sons, Ted and Tim, and also three grandchildren.
Being an avid golfer, Ted organizes and coordinates several successful golf fundraising outings each year for national and local charities.