The Dream Team
 
		Adrienne Lamon
Senior Client Manager 
		Allison Strouse
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 
		Connor McNatt
Risk Consultant 
		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 
		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 
		Ken Goforth
Risk Consultant 
		Kimberly Lewis
Senior Client Manager 
		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 
		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 
		Nicole Wolkow
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 
		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 
		Tonya Taylor
Client Manager 
		Trey Caltagirone
Risk Consultant 
		Valerie Hughen
Account Manager 
		Vicky Guin, CPIA
Senior Client Manager - Personal Insurance 
		Whitney Pyle
Account Manager 
		