From Around the Farm

Get to Know Shawna!

Shawna Sampson
Underwriter
Q: How did you get into insurance?
A: I was an intern
Q: How long have you been in insurance?
A: 8 years
Q: What is your favorite part of being at Great American?
A: The people
Q: What is your favorite farm animal?
A: Cows
Q: Do you have any skills and talents that most people don’t know about?
A: I like to paint.
Q: What is #1 on your bucket list?
A: Buying a big farm with lots of cows.
Q: What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
A: Rocky Mountain Oysters
Q: What’s your favorite holiday?
A: Christmas
Q: What would be your personal motto?
A: One step at a time
Q: What is it that you think someone doesn’t know about you?
A: I played Lacrosse in high school.
Q: If you could instantly become an expert in anything, what would it be and why?
A: Mechanical engineering. I could figure any problem out.
Q: If your life were a movie, what would the title be?
A: The Jones Family Documentary
Q: What’s the most unusual job you’ve ever had (even as a kid)?
A: Mental Health Probate for the courthouse
Q: What’s your go-to karaoke song—or the one you’d never sing in public?
A: Jessie's Girl
Q: What’s one food you could eat every day and never get tired of?
A: Ice Cream
Q: What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
A: Calm down
Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
A: Mexico
Q: What’s something that always makes you laugh, no matter how many times you see or hear it?
A: When my dog rolls on the ground on her back and her ears get stuck in the upright position.