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
Steve M. Boyd
Executive Vice President & President– Wholesale Brokerage Segment
P. Barrett Brown
Executive Vice President & President - Retail Segment
Gray Nester
Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer
J. Scott Penny, CIC
Executive Vice President & Chief Acquisitions Officer
Julie Turpin
Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer
Chris L. Walker
Executive Vice President & President – National Programs Segment
Senior Leadership Team
Anurag Batta
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
Senior Vice President – National Programs Segment
Donald M. McGowan, Jr.
Senior Vice President – Retail Segment
Pattysue Rauh, CPA, CIC
Senior Vice President & Chief Audit Officer
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
Paul Krump
Former Vice Chairman, Global Underwriting and Claims, Chubb Limited
Timothy R. M. Main
Head of Investment Banking EMEA, Barclays Plc
Bronek Masojada
Former Chief Executive Officer, Hiscox Group
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