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
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