Leadership
Meet our talented leadership team.
Operating Committee
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Anurag Batta
Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President - Wholesale Brokerage Segment

Mike Bruce
Senior Vice President – Retail Segment

Kathy H. Colangelo, CIC, ASLI
Senior Vice President - Wholesale Brokerage Segment

John M. Esposito, CIC
Senior Vice President – Retail Segment

Joseph S. Failla
Senior Vice President - Wholesale Brokerage Segment

James C. Hays
Vice Chairman

Michael L. Keeby
Senior Vice President – Retail Segment

Richard A. Knudson, CIC
Senior Vice President – Retail Segment

Robert Mathis
Chief Legal Officer

Tom Kussurelis
Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President – National Programs Segment

Donald M. McGowan, Jr.
Senior Vice President – Retail Segment

Mary Raveling
Senior Vice President – Retail Segment

Paul F. Rogers
Senior Vice President – Retail Segment

H. Vaughn Stoll
Senior Vice President & Director of Acquisitions
Mergers & Acquisitions Team

J. Scott Penny, CIC
Executive Vice President & Chief Acquisitions Officer

H. Vaughn Stoll
Senior Vice President & Director of Acquisitions
Board of Directors

J. Powell Brown, CPCU
President & Chief Executive Officer, Brown & Brown, Inc.

J. Hyatt Brown, CPCU, CLU
Chairman, Brown & Brown, Inc.

Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III
Former Chairman of the Board and CEO, Cousins Properties Incorporated

Jim Hays
Vice Chairman, Brown & Brown, Inc

Theodore J. Hoepner
Former Vice Chairman, SunTrust Bank Holding Company

James S. Hunt
Former Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide

Toni Jennings
Chairman, Jack Jennings & Sons; Former Lieutenant Governor, State of Florida

Timothy R. M. Main
Head of Investment Banking EMEA, Barclays Plc

Jaymin B Patel
Executive Chairman, Perennial Climate Inc.

H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer/ Director, Ameris Bancorp and Chief Executive Officer, Ameris Bank

Wendell S. Reilly
Managing Partner, Grapevine Partners, LLC

Chilton D. Varner, Esq.
Senior Counsel, King & Spalding LLP

Hugh M. Brown
Director Emeritus