Experience the Difference
Birmingham, AlabamaA Fortune 1000 Experience for Birmingham businesses.
We believe that Birmingham’s privately-held, middle market businesses, employer benefit groups and individuals deserve the same level of expertise and trust that have traditionally only been reserved for the largest of companies. That’s why our team of passionate, service-oriented consultants is dedicated to delivering a Fortune 1000 risk consulting and insurance experience to companies like yours.
Contact Us
Phone: (205) 262-2700
Fax: (205) 262-2701
Address
3500 Blue Lake Drive, Ste. 120
Birmingham, AL 35243
We love what we do
and who we do it with.
Meet Our Birmingham Team
Adrienne Lamon
Senior Client Manager
Allison Strouse
Senior 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
Brittany R. Reynolds, PHR
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits & HR
Brooke Bobbitt
Lead Account Manager - Employee Benefits & HR
Chanel Liveoak
Commercial Insurance Account Manager
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...
Deborah Aldrich Wood, ARM, CPCU, CPIA
Senior Client Manager
Forrest Cook
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits & HR
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
Joanna Hull
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits
Juanakee Jones
Client Manager - Personal Insurance
Katrena Smith, CISR
Claims Coordinator
Kayla Hodge
Assistant Account Manager
Kayla Sosebee
Senior Client Manager
Ken Goforth
Risk Consultant
Kimberly Lewis
Senior Client Manager
Kyle R. Sandlin
VP - Claims Management
Lindsey Cook
Senior Client Mananger
Maree Milner
Marketing Analyst - Employee Benefits
Mark Hamby
Vice President - Employee Benefits
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
Nicole Wolkow
Senior Client Manager
Olivia Harbin
Marketing Account Associate
Phillip Moultrie, CPCU, ARM, AIS
VP - Client Services
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
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
Sherrie Faulkner, SHRM-CP, PHR
Senior Consultant - Employee Benefits & HR
Stephanie Dye
Client Manager
Tammie Cutchen
VP - Personal Insurance
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
Wilma Caston
Client Support SpecialistInsights
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