“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today!”....Our   Story!

Scotto and Diana Albritton - www.enrollingamerica.com

Diana (Buffington) Albritton, is a native Floridian born in St. Petersburg, Florida and was adopted at three months old in  1961.

Diana  grew up with a military background and graduated from West Orange High School in 1980, located in Winter Garden, Florida.  She  then attended University of Florida and graduated in 1984 from the UF College of  Journalism and Communications.  She also  studied abroad as a college student.

Diana has lived in Highlands County (Sebring), Florida since 1986 after marrying her husband, Scott whom she met  while attending University of  Florida.   Together they have one daughter, Ricki  Vann who is also a UF Alumni.

Her  past employers were with hospital administration and she also spent over ten  years with a local stock brokerage firm before the birth of Albritton Insurance  Services in 2004.

If  you ask Diana how is she doing today, she will simply say, “Happy.”

In  2002, she discovered a breast cancer lump in her right breast and had a mastectomy and multi surgeries.  

In  Diana’s mind, removing the cancer was the easy  part.

She  found herself disabled in her right arm with nerve pain and unable to go back to  work at a local stock brokerage firm for almost two  years.

Diana’s  recalls many conversations with her mother when they rode together to the pain  clinic at Moffitt Cancer Center, but one is a constant reminder.  Diana’s mother said, "God has a plan for all our lives, we just need to trust Him and go  along for the ride."

Diana  prayed that this illness, that caused her disability, would change her life, to  become stronger and allow her to go back to work one day as she loved problem  solving and interacting with her  clients.

During  that time, from 2002-2004, Diana continued to attend insurance continuing  education seminars in Orlando and Tampa.  She wanted to keep her Health, Life and  Annuity License's in good standing.  She believed God had something bigger and  better for her and she wanted to be ready for that door to  open.

She  recalls putting on her wig (not able to style her hair) and wearing a jacket so she could hide the heart shaped pillow she placed under her right arm to give  her comfort.

Since  her recovery, in the summer of 2004, her pain changed from extreme to hurt. She went back to Moffitt and voluntarily had a mastectomy on her left side as she was ready to be considered a “Survivor” and  didn’t want Breast Cancer to control her life.

Diana  recognized God’s plan for her and it was to form a business plan where she could  serve others.  She opened her doors as  Albritton Insurance Services in 2004  and founded Lunch Club Wednesday in 2006, a ladies  networking club for women with over 400 members that are retired or career. A place where women could come  together once a month, make new friends, learn from each other and also  encourage them to “Rise and Shine".  Diana is also the Founder of Knotty Girl Loves, Inc., 2013, who is devoted to educating and saving lives by spreading the importance of monthly breast self-exams!

Life  goes on, she now enjoys working with clients from Florida, Georgia and North  Carolina. and serving on several community boards, helping women network, kayaking,  working out, shooting a bow, playing a guitar and Dragon Boat Racing with a Breast Cancer Survivor Team in Orlando, Florida (Warriors on Water) with an arm she thought was a negative destiny, but instead today proudly says, “Look what I CAN DO!”

Living  in pain is a constant reminder, that she has discovered, you may be pleasantly  surprised to find some of your worst problems, also reveal your greatest  blessings.   

Founder of www.knottygirl.org and www.lunchclubwednesday.com  grateful  for the gifts I was born with and  a STRONG Believer of Live by FAITH! 

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Scotto  Albritton is also a native Florida having been born and raised in Sebring, FL since 1962.

​Scotto graduated from Sebring High School and then attended the University of Florida and graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.  It was at college where he met his love Diana and luckily she said YES to the dress in 1986.  In 1991 their loves were enriched and blessed with the birth of their only daughter, Ricki Vann.  She  in turn blessed them a grand dog named Remi who loves to visit and play in the lake with their other dogs,  Murphy, Tia and Toby.

When Diana was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, Scotto recalls Diana  saying, "I don't have time to be sick.  I have Ricki and she has a  new horse with big dreams."  But Scotto knew that Ricki, the horse named Cooper and their Lord and Savior would heal Diana in a way to motivate others along their cancer journey.  Scotto witnessed Diana's unrelenting strength and determination to beat the deadly disease and when she wanted to open up her own insurance agency he knew Diana would be successful and help so many others with the ever changing healthcare market.

Since 1986, Scott has worked in the automotive industry in the both sales and financing and has assisted thousands of customers find a the vehicle of their dreams and arrange the necessary financing no matter what their credit situations were.  The harder the finance challenge the more motivated he was to bring a smile to a customer's face who thought they weren't likely to get approved.  But at the urging of Diana for the past several years, Scotto decided in November 2016 to leave the automobile industry and become a licensed  Life, health and Annuity Insurance Agent and joined Diana in her business.

Thus,  now we are the "A-Team" and Scotto's former customers can expect "A Plus" service as they truly look forward to assisting all clients to better understand their insurance options and making sure the insurance products meet their family needs.

Scotto continues to be an active member of the Highlands Sertoma Club where he has been instrumental for over 25 years with the club's fundraising for their annual  August Golf Tournament that  hosts over 250 golfers from all across Central Florida.   He also is the Club's  Race Volunteer Coordinator at  "The 12 Hours of Sebring Race" where every March he organizes 150 volunteers to work the front gate.  Sertoma is an International Civic Club that stands for Service to Mankind and raises money to help and support Speech and Hearing Impaired Children.

In January 2013,  Diana came back from her annual North Carolina "business plan meeting for 2013" and  shared with Scotto  and Ricki Vann about her vision to  start a 501 (C) non  profit organization called, "Knotty Girl Loves" and raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness Programs, also educate  men and women  on the importance of monthly  self-breast examinations should be included along with annual wellness exams and annual mammograms for the ladies.

​Scotto immediately said, "What a great idea and you must do it" .

Knotty Girl Loves was introduced to social media  and launched on February 24, 2014 and continues to grow not only with its fundraising for the foundation, but also  helping other breast cancer survivors re-connect with life by funding an annual Smoky Mountain  Retreat that includes lodging, meals, whitewater  rafting, fly fishing clinics and  zip lining.  Scotto continues to assist Diana with Knotty Girl marketing and fundraising activities.

Scotto enjoys family time, golf, fishing,  exercising his Labradors, hiking  and The GATORS!

In  summary, Scotto enjoys his NEW Career Opportunity and being able to assist former and new clients navigate thru the sometimes complicated insurance world.  Scotto's  direct contact number 863-441-5610.

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Wishing Everyone a life of  "Happy and Healthy" from
"Employer Group Benefit Team"
Diana Casey, Scott Albritton, Diana Albritton
​Doug Shellabarger and Millie Palmieri