Ta Juan (TJ) Campbell is a Insurance broker licensed in 10 states who started his own Insurance company GYI Services (Getyourins.com) in 2014. GYI was started with an idea to target the underserved and the belief that premium financial strategies and Insurance solutions should be available to all people no matter your income level. TJ utilizes practical working knowledge, technology and proven financial strategies to help clients obtain customized Holistic financial strategy which helps families, business owners and seniors Protect EARN, SAVE and KEEP more.
Whether it is health, life, pre-need products, personal or commercial lines, TJ’s “FREEDOM” 7-point Solution has helped hundreds of families, seniors and business owners protect, save and keep millions of dollars. TJ leads a team of agents who specialize in financial literacy and custom Insurance solutions. He currently offers over 100 nationally known carriers such as NGL, Nationwide, Anthem, Assurant, Colonial life and Midland to name a few.
As a team leader of a producer’s group, TJ has been extensively trained in agent recruitment, prospecting, product presentations, product pricing, processing for multiple carriers, and different methods of payment. He frequently holds seminars teaching financial literacy throughout the country.
The seminar is used to educate families, small business owners and institutions on the importance of planning ahead, understanding risk and the role Insurance plays in our daily lives. Part of TJ’s seminar covers financial literacy information like the importance of budgeting and saving to meet family and business goals.
After college Tj started the Thoroughbred Sports Academy, a basketball program that teaches hoop as a discipline not just a sport. He has held an annual summer basketball camp for 26 years in his local community. Along with camps and clinics during the year and his high school coaching Tj has reached over 2000 youths through basketball. His program is rooted in fundamentals under the philosophy “balance means options”. It teaches that all the challenges and lessons learned on the court will translate to life. Tj has used basketball to train, inspire, mentor, and develop the youth for 24 years. Tj has seen his former players go forward to play at the college and professional level. Tj’s passion for the game of basketball has been his guiding principles of service to the community. TJ spends a great deal of his time out in the community educating families on the socioeconomic implications of failure not having a financial plan, proper insurance, and what plagues our society today. Community health and development is a life-long mission that TJ is passionate about and fully committed to.
In 2009 TJ founded the Tyra Lynn Foundation in memory of his sister called the “Tyra Lynn Foundation”, a non-profit organization that advocates for Carbon Monoxide education and awareness in homes. In May 2010, the Tyra Lynn Foundation was a catalysis in the “California Safe Home ACT” being signed into law requiring all California homes to be equipped with carbon monoxide alarms. Today the Tyra Lynn Foundation is building support for a national comprehensive approach to the leading cause of accidental deaths in America CO poisoning, the silent killer.
TJ has an extensive community service record prior to founding the Tyra Lynn Foundation, working in the non-profit sector for many years in a wide range of positions. He got his start at CD Tech (Community Development Technologies) in Los Angeles working to educate immigrant workers in LA's garment district, about the importance of having a bank account and signing them up to CD Techs (Individual Development Account) IDA programs.
He then worked with SAJE (Strategic Actions for a Just Economy) as a grassroots organizer helping displaced residents in the Downtown Staples Center area and documenting the gentrification process in the Staple Center and USC area.
TJ worked as a Campaign Coordinator in 2000 on Proposition A - a 1.245-billion-dollar bond measure for the Los Angeles Community College District - the first billion-dollar school bond measure ever passed in America. His work continued once the bond passed as he represented the community on the Los Angeles Trade Technical College Oversight Committee for the $182 million-dollar redevelopment project funded by the unprecedented bond measure.
TJ’s community development experience continued when he began to work at Los Angeles LDC, Inc., a (CDFI) which specializes in Community Development lending. TJ also completed the Federal Reserve Banks national community development lending school in 2002. He was one of the first (CPED) fellows in 1999, a Community Planning and Economic Development program at Los Angeles Trade Tech College. This first of its kind program was designed by world renowned Community educator and Activist Denise Fairchild Ph.D. and taught by established community organizers. This curriculum has since been duplicated and is now offered in Colleges and Universities across America.
In November of 2018 TJ was voted President of the San Gabriel Valley NAACP. Realizing the time is now, TJ has embraced his role as a community leader and is humbled to represent the NAACP in our community. He is ecstatic to be associated with such a historical organization and is quickly learning his new role as a community leader. TJ has also been appointed to the NAACP CA/HI State Conference executive committee as Chair of the Cannabis Task Force. TJ is looking forward to engaging with other community partners to help develop collaboratives that are sustainable in our community.
