Penny joined Bridlewood Insurance in 2014. Penny became interested in insurance while assisting her husband in his work and being a caretaker for her mother-in-law. The benefit of her experience and continuing education is invaluable. Her goal with Medicare is to make it simple, clear and a painless experience with satisfying results. Her ability to listen to people carefully to better understand their preferences, their doctors & specialists, their prescription medications and their budget for health insurance is essential to quality customer service.

Penny Carlson is a native from California, born and raised in Orange County. She worked at Disneyland (Club 33), and was a controller in an architectural firm. Penny met her husband on a blind date 25 years ago, and they have two children. They share the love of cooking (and eating), gardening, and traveling. Penny also enjoys painting and knitting.

Tamara has worked in various Healthcare environments including family practice, internal medicine, emergency services and urgent care for 11 years. She has been licensed in Health/Life since May 2017, ICA with United Health Care for 4 years and a Broker since 2021. Tamara partners with insurance companies and medical groups and has been a lead presenter for major insurance companies for 8 AEP’s. She specializes in MAPD, Medicare Supplement, and PDPs.

Tamara is originally from the Inland empire, and it is where she has resided for 40 years. She is married to Jaimaine and has 2 children. Jalen (currently 13) and Malcolm (currently 5). Tamara’s favorite past time was living in Seattle for 10 years. She enjoys outdoor activities and supporting her kids in the adventures they embark upon.

Tamara does not consider herself to have a job, but rather being a resource and providing information to the community to make informed decisions about their healthcare. She enjoys sitting down with people, having conversations, learning about how she can help them, and their friends and family navigate in this Healthcare maze.

Kim Wetzel has worked in the financial services and insurance industries for over 20 years.  Her passion for working with seniors was the catalyst for her making a career change to Medicare Insurance.  Kim’s husband, Jeff Wetzel, started Bridlewood Insurance and she left the stock brokerage business to work with him.  They have built Bridlewood into the award-winning Medicare insurance agency that it is today.  As the business grew quickly, it became necessary for Jeff to hand off some of his responsibilities, and who better than Kim to take over servicing his 1,000+ clients, and keep adding to that number with her own book of business?

President & CEO  Mr. Wetzel is President and CEO of Bridlewood Insurance Services Inc.  Jeff’s dynamic work ethic and straight-forward approach, has made him one of the top leaders in this field, and has helped guide Bridlewood Insurance Services into one of the fastest growing Medicare agencies on the west coast and in multiple metropolitan areas across the country.

Following college at UNLV with a business major, Jeff and his wife Kim, moved to San Diego, and settled in Poway. Here, they raised four children over the past 30 years. Jeff and his family enjoy sporting events, boating and playing golf.

Madison became a licensed Medicare Insurance agent in the fall of 2011 to help her father, Jeff Wetzel, with the heavy load of the Annual Enrollment time. For eight years, Madison was a elementary substitute teacher in both San Marcos and Poway school districts. She believes in good service and public relations and strives for excellence whether it is working with the over 65 community or the under 11.

Robert, or Bobby to his friends, graduated from Madison High (San Diego) in 1984.  He has worked in several different trades in construction, as a sub-contractor, and has always been able to stay busy.  He has worked with laying tile, lath and plaster, electrical installation, framing and painting, and ironwork.  He was a superintendent for Lennar Homes for years and when the recession hit in 2008, he was able to switch gears and work on tile installations, flooring and countertops.  Realizing that laying tile is a “young man’s” job, he knew he needed to make a change.  His older brother, Bill, had been selling Medicare for many years, and convinced Robert that he could still help people, but in a different and meaningful way.  He understood how confusing and daunting Medicare could be for people, and really enjoys the satisfaction of helping them understand it and make a well-informed decision that is good for them.  Robert offers everything from Medicare Supplement plans, which give you the flexibility to see almost any doctor you choose and which have a monthly premium, to Medicare Advantage plans that combine the Medicare Parts A (hospital), B (doctors and clinics) and D (prescription drugs) all in one nice, neat package.  He loves to see the smile of relief on seniors faces when he has helped them make this critical decision more easily and confidently.

Robert was born in San Diego – raised in Claremont and now resides in Poway with his wife, Shannon.  They have been together for 22 years and have 3 wonderful children, Teddy, Shasta and Austin.  Their daughter has blessed them with a beautiful granddaughter, Serenity.  With his intense love of fish, Robert has 9 fish tanks and raises African cichlids, peacocks and many other beautiful fresh water fish.  He loves fishing, raising fish, bike rides and camping.  He also enjoys barbecuing and smoking different food.  He recently bought 2 kayaks, and he can’t wait to kayak and fish in the lake and ocean.

Marc is considered a unicorn in the San Diego area. Men like Marc are hard to find because he has lived in San Diego his entire life. With two beautiful children Brady and Reed, he is a busy man. In his youth, Marc vacationed all over the US with his parents. Today he is doing the same with his family. They love it as much as he did as a kid. Marc spends most Saturdays at youth sporting events either coaching or cheering on his boys.

Medicare Agent

John began his insurance career as a life insurance specialist and gradually moved to health, property/casualty, and commercial with a large insurer. In 2017, he made the move to Medicare insurance only.  John holds health licenses in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Utah, Tennessee, and Minnesota. With over 16 years of experience in the insurance industry, John is extremely well-suited to assist with all of his client’s insurance needs.  He made the decision to join Bridlewood in 2017 with the help of my great childhood friend, who told him about the opportunity even before 2017, but he was not convinced until he attended an agent meeting with his friend. The energy and professionalism displayed at that meeting showed me enough to make the change.  As a new agent, the company provided all the training and marketing ideas to get his business growing. This led him to the best part; it is very gratifying when he sits down with a new clients and takes away the confusion they are experiencing and really educates them on the process and plans that fit their needs. This is not a sales position, it is about taking care of someone’s health insurance and providing a service.  He was excited at the prospect of helping Medicare-eligible seniors understand the complicated subject, educating them on their options, and finding the best coverage for their needs. He loves the opportunity to sit with seniors one-on-one and educate them about all the intricacies of Medicare and help them enroll in the best plan for their situation.

John Tovey is a California native, and a graduate of Madison High School and San Diego State University, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. John was born at Balboa Hospital, while his father was serving in the US Navy. Since graduating from SDSU, he has held management positions in retail, wholesale and regional distribution.   John, like his father, is a US Navy veteran and has been married to his wonderful wife, Sandy, for 43 years. Together they have two great kids, Brian and Jennifer. Jennifer’s husband is a designer for Adidas, working in Germany, so John and Sandy cherish the times they come home and bring their two grandsons, Parker and Beckett, to visit. They also recently rescued two entertaining and energetic cats, Buddy and Babs. John loves taking a 3-mile walk every morning to start his day off right. Both he and Sandy are members of the Rancho Bernardo Business Association, where John is a board member. They also love to spend time at the beach, cooking and entertaining, and John is excited that he recently brewed his first batch of craft beer![/read_more]

Ron has had a successful life insurance business as an independent agent for the past 23 years. As time has progressed he has come to recognize the growing need that individuals of his generation have in understanding all the options available to back up Original Medicare coverage. With Bridlewood’s full range of Medicare Advantage, Supplemental and Prescription Drug Plans Ron firmly believes there is no better place to provide for this service.

Agent Manager

Bill has been providing ‘Choices for Medicare Solutions’ to the Southern California community since 2009, and individuals, families and employer groups since 2006. Bill presently serves the needs of more than 500 clients.

Prior to health insurance, Bill was a Chief Operating Officer, Vice President and Division Manager in real estate finance for more than 30 years. He started, managed and administered business groups for Bank of America, California Federal Savings and Loan, Home Federal Savings and Loan, Crocker National Bank and Wholesale Funding Division of Residential Funding Corp. Bill also dabbled in real estate development where he built homes in Rancho Santa Fe, Poway, and Ramona.

Bill and Vicki, have three children, two of whom are married and three grandchildren.