Leadership
Meet our talented leadership team.
Operating Committee
J. Powell Brown, CPCU
President & Chief Executive Officer
R. Andrew Watts
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
J. Scott Penny, CIC
Executive Vice President & Chief Acquisitions Officer
Robert W. Lloyd, Esq., CPCU, CIC
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Julie K. Ryan
Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer
Anthony T. Strianese
Executive Vice President & President – Wholesale Brokerage Division
Chris L. Walker
Executive Vice President & President – National Programs Division
Senior Leadership Team
Steve M. Boyd
Senior Vice President
Richard A. Freebourn, Sr., CPCU, CIC
Senior Vice President – Internal Operations
Jim Hays
Vice Chairman
H. Vaughn Stoll
Senior Vice President & Director of Acquisitions
P. Barrett Brown
Senior Vice President & Regional President – Retail Division
Thomas K. Huval, CIC
Senior Vice President & Regional President – Retail Division
Sam R. Boone, Jr.
Senior Vice President
Richard A. Knudson, CIC
Senior Vice President & Regional President – Retail Division
Paul F. Rogers
Senior Vice President & Regional President – Retail Division
J. Neal Abernathy
Senior Vice President
Mike Egan
Senior Vice President & Regional President - Retail Division
Michael L. Keeby
Senior Vice President & Regional President – Retail Division
Kathy H. Colangelo, CIC, ASLI
Senior Vice President
John M. Esposito, CIC
Senior Vice President & Regional President – Retail Division
John R. Berner
Senior Vice President
Joseph S. Failla
Senior Vice President
Donald M. McGowan, Jr.
Senior Vice President & Regional President – Retail Division
B. Carl Owen
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
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.
Wendell S. Reilly
Managing Partner, Grapevine Partners, LLC
Toni Jennings
Chairman, Jack Jennings & Sons; Former Lieutenant Governor, State of Florida
Timothy R. M. Main
Chairman of Global Financial Institutional Group, Barclays Plc
Theodore J. Hoepner
Former Vice Chairman, SunTrust Bank Holding Company
Samuel P. Bell, III, Esq.
Former Of Counsel Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
James S. Hunt
Former Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide
Hugh M. Brown
Founder and former President & Chief Executive Officer, BAMSI, Inc.
H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer/ Director, Fidelity Bank
Chilton D. Varner, Esq.
Senior Counsel, King & Spalding LLP
Bradley Currey, Jr.
Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Rock-Tenn Company
Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III
Chairman of the Board and CEO, Cousins Properties Incorporated
Jim Hays
CEO, Hays Companies