FICP Chairwoman Caryn Taylor Lucia, SEI, told attendees about how the organization was living out its new mission, vision, and brand positioning.

Getting into the swing of things: Michael Karr, Playa Resorts Management (center), with Anna Kirshenbaum (left) and Kelly Riche, both with Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company

Henry Cho, who served as master of ceremonies in the general sessions, brought down the house with his down-home observations on life as a husband, father, and the only person of Korean descent growing up in his small Tennessee home town.

Hallway meeting, from left: Goro Abe, AllianceBernstein; Kerry McMahon, Two Roads Hospitality; Christe Daddario, AIC Hotel Group

From left: Kathleen Kozminske, Associated Luxury Hotels International; FICP Executive Director Steve Bova; Anita Scott, Liberty Mutual, Mid-Atlantic Region

From left: Lindsey Garner, American Fidelity Assurance; Daniele Menache, AllianceBernstein; and Melissa Cummens, American Fidelity Assurance

Board of Directors Chair Caryn Taylor Lucia (left) congratulates Sheila Cleary, National Life Group, for her outstanding performance as this year's conference chair and as past-chair of FICP.

Abigail Bartholomew (left), with Sun Life Financial colleague Donna Costa, CMP

FICP attendees dressed the part for an evening in Nashville.

Enjoying the company at an evening reception: Kim Guerzoni, Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort; Simonetta Tortelli, Four Seasons Italy—Milano and Firenze; and Shawna Swartley, CMP, CPCU, ARM, Lockton Companies

From left: Sheri Moss, JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort and Spa; Bonnie Sherer-Herrera, CMP, Advisor Group, Inc.; Jo Ann Mercer, JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa

Trent Klingensmith, president, Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee (center), receives the check for $51,616.59 that was raised by FICP for his organization. On hand to present the check, from left: Silent Auction Committee Co-chair Chris Gilbert; Board of Directors Chair Caryn Taylor Lucia; Hospitality Partner Advisory Committee Chair Isabel Mahon; and FICP Executive Director Steve Bova

From left: Mark Ley, Las Alcobas; Allison Cooper, LPL Financial; and Jill Roth, CMP, Washington National

Opening keynote speaker and author Tom Koulopoulos made an impassioned plea for the need to break through old patterns of thought.

From left: Denise Langro, First Financial Security, Inc., and Marian Gardiner, CMP, Fiesta Americana Hotels and Resorts and Live Aqua Hotels and Resorts

Musician/songwriter Phil Vassar kicked off the final evening gala's entertainment.

Journey lead singer Steve Auguri joined the house band for a final evening gala surprise rendition of "Don't Stop Believing."

Brett Barrowman, American Fidelity Assurance (left), poses with Tom Foley, Atlantis, Paradise Island.

San Diego hoteliers and other area hospitality professionals took to the stage for a rousing song and dance set to the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun." San Diego will be hosting FICP's annual meeting in 2017.

FICP Chair-elect Joe Scully (left), John Hancock Financial Services, and FICP Executive Director Steve Bova held a morning-talk-show–style discussion on the association's agenda for 2017.

Captain Scott Kelly, the astronaut who spent an entire year in space, got a well-deserved standing ovation for his inspiring final-morning keynote.