The Dream Team

Adrienne Lamon
Senior Client Manager
Allyson Smith
Client Manager
Amanda McAvoy
Senior Consultant Leader - Employee Benefits & HR
Angelena McCurry
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits
Barrow Wade
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits
Betty Smith
Accounting
Billy DeBuys
Vice President – Employee Benefits
Brandon Mundie
Chief Financial OfficerBrandon works closely with our leadership team and all aspects of the agency—employee benefits, property and casualty and personal lines—to maintain financial and operational due diligence. With a background in mergers and acquisi...

Brendan Reilly
Risk Consultant
Brian Moody
Client Support Specialist
Brittany R. Reynolds, PHR
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits & HR
Brooke Bobbitt
Lead Account Manager - Employee Benefits & HR
Chanda Hutton, CISR
Client Manager
Chanel Liveoak
Commercial Insurance Account Manager
Charlie Guntharp, Jr., CPIA
VP - Commercial Insurance & Bonds
Chris Townes
Senior Administrative Assistant
Cooper Johnson
Partner, Benefits Practice LeaderAs our employee benefits practice leader, Cooper oversees the entirety of our benefits practice at all branch locations. Based in Birmingham, he has built a “beyond benefits” approach to solving the most complex people problems th...

Craig Helms, Jr.
VP Division Sales
Dan Coulter, CLCS
Partner, Property & CasualtyDan joined Valent Group in 2014 after serving in commercial lending with First American Bank. The bank’s insurance division was part of Birmingham-based ANB Insurance Services, which was acquired by Valent in 2007.
At the University of A...

Danelle R. Stokes, CISR
Senior Client Manager - Commercial Insurance & Bonds
Deborah Aldrich Wood, ARM, CPCU, CPIA
Senior Client Manager
Dick Fountain
Senior VP, Employee Benefits - Huntsville Market Executive
Gordon Walden, CIC
VP - Commercial Risk
Hawkins Tatum
Partner - Employee BenefitsHawkins brings a wide lens of experience to our Employee Benefits team, having previously managed employer health plans for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama and led the corporate HR department for Mrs. Stratton’s Salads. His combined emp...

Izabela Carter, PHR
Consultant - Employee Benefits & HR
Jade Foster
Senior Marketing Coordinator
Jennifer Goodall, SHRM-CP, PHR
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits & HR
Joanna Hull
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits
Joy Wellington
Client Manager
Juanakee Jones
Client Manager - Personal Insurance
Katelyn Whitt, CISR
Client Manager
Katrena Smith, CISR
Claims Coordinator
Katrina White
Client Support Specialist
Kayla Hodge
Assistant Account Manager
Kayla Sosebee
Senior Client Manager
Kelli Bramblett, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits & HR
Kris A. Kahalley, CIC
VP - Commercial Insurance
Kurt Close
PresidentKurt is a transformational executive who brings both deep technical experience and keen leadership that touches all aspects of the agency’s sales, customer service, carrier marketing and value added teams across all branches. He set...

Kyle R. Sandlin
VP - Claims Management
La Donna Douglas
Senior Producer - Personal Lines
Lindsey Cook
Senior Client Mananger
Lyndsay Colbert, CISR
Senior Client Manager
Mandy Holderfield
Client Manager
Maree Milner
Marketing Analyst - Employee Benefits
Mark Hamby
Vice President - Employee Benefits
Marsha Greene
VP - Commercial Insurance & Bonds
Mary Watson
Client Manager
McLean Allen
Risk Services Associate
Melissa Thornton
Marketing Analyst - Employee Benefits
Mick Knerr
Vice President of Carrier Relations
Natalie Fowler, CIC, CRM, CISR
VP - Client Management
Nicole Davis
Senior Client Manager
Olivia Harbin
Marketing Account Associate
Phillip Moultrie, CPCU, ARM, AIS
VP - Client Services
Ray Morring
Senior VP - Employee Benefits
Rich Sappenfield
Safety Manager & Loss Control Specialist
Rich Williams, CIC
Partner, Property & CasualtyRich came to the insurance industry and Valent Group in 2017 after working for AT&T for about ten years. He has been in several production roles, including sales consultant, application sales consultant and client solutions executive, a...

Robert Reich
Risk Consultant
Robyn Nunley
Accounts Payable
Savannah Hunt, CIC, CISR
Client Manager
Seth Stone
Partner, Property & CasualtySeth joined Valent Group in 2016 after two years as a risk consultant with Cobbs Allen where he specialized in the public transit space. In fact, Seth was an endorsed broker with the Community Transportation Association of America and worke...

Shelley E. Luck
Client Manager - Personal Insurance
Sheri Washburn
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits
Sherri Coker
Client Manager - Personal Insurance
Sherrie Faulkner, SHRM-CP, PHR
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits & HR
Stefania Holly
Client Manager
Stephanie Dye
Client Manager
Tammie Cutchen
VP - Personal Insurance
Tammy Williams, CISR
VP - Operations & Client Management
Teresa LeMay
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits
Teresa Smith, CIC
Senior Client Manager
Terry Widman
VP - Finance
Tiffany Hailston
Director of People
Trey Caltagirone
Risk Consultant
Valerie Hughen
Account Manager
Vicky Guin, CPIA
Senior Client Manager - Personal Insurance
Whitney Pyle
Account Manager