About Us

Read Davis

CEO, McGriff Specialty and Middle Market

Read Davis is chief executive officer, Specialty and Middle Market, at McGriff. He is responsible for commercial property and casualty solutions for McGriff’s larger clients, as well as employee benefits, captives and alternative risk transfer programs, and industry specialty groups.

Davis has worked in the insurance industry for over 33 years and held various risk management, producer and leadership roles, including regional president, president of Georgia, real estate practice leader, and producer.

Davis earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia.

Renee Keen

CEO, McGriff Small Business and Personal Lines

Renee Keen is chief executive officer, Small Business and Personal Lines, at McGriff. She leads McGriff’s national Personal Lines and Small Business practices, as well as the McGriff Sales Center and Client Center, agency distribution of personal lines, and the Family Risk Management practice.

Keen has worked in the insurance industry for over 30 years and held various roles, including sales center manager, Small Business and Personal Lines practice leader, claims manager, and wholesale marketing and product development manager.

Keen earned her bachelor’s degree from Meredith College.

Keith Scroggins

Chief Administrative Officer

Keith Scroggins is chief administrative officer at McGriff. He oversees McGriff’s administrative functions, including administrative services, business systems, market conduct, marketing and communications, real estate and facilities, training and development, regional accounting, and Integrated Relationship Management (enterprise-wide cross-selling strategy).

Scroggins has worked in the insurance industry for over 20 years and held various roles, including operations leader, and manager for risk control, claims, and producer recruitment and development.

Scroggins earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his MBA from Wake Forest University.

Carolyn Littlefield

Chief Operating Officer

Carolyn Littlefield is Chief Operating Officer at McGriff. She is responsible for managing McGriff’s day-to-day operations, such as implementing strategies, setting and monitoring performance goals, managing budgets, ensuring that McGriff is meeting its objectives, and the organization's overall efficiency.

She earned her bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College.

Murali Sethuraman

McGriff, Head of Technology

Murali Sethuraman is the head of retail and insurance services technology at McGriff.  His primary responsibilities are to accelerate business outcomes with digital transformation by leveraging cloud technologies.

Sethuraman has worked in the technology industry for over 25 years and held various roles, including online and mobile banking delivery manager, head of branch technology and head of cards and ATM systems.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering, Guindy.

Jon Boone

Chief Financial Officer

Jon Boone is chief financial officer at McGriff. His primary responsibilities are to oversee the accounting and finance divisions.

Boone has worked in the insurance industry since 2014 and held various roles, including director of financial planning and analysis and strategic finance director.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech and master’s degree from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Doug Hodo

President of Specialty and Middle Market

Doug Hodo is President of Specialty and Middle Market for McGriff. He will continue to focus on top-line growth initiatives, including specialty vertical development, employee benefits, carrier relations and marketing, national sales initiatives, and program and product development.

Hodo has worked in the insurance industry for over 25 years and held various roles, including producer, director and president.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin.

Jeremy McCaslin

Chief Innovation Officer

Jeremy McCaslin is Chief Innovation Officer at McGriff. He leads business technology initiatives related to operations, process development, account management and production, coordinating with our accounting and other business functions. He also supports Patrick Dessauer in leading the former West Region states of California, Oregon, and Washington.

McCaslin has worked in the insurance industry for over 22 years and held various roles, including producer, aviation practice leader and president.

Patrick Dessauer

Regional President (West)

Patrick Dessauer is president of the West Region at McGriff. He manages frontline production, recruiting, team development, financial modeling and forecasting for the West Region, which includes Colorado, Minnesota, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, and Washington.

Dessauer has worked in the insurance industry for over 34 years and held various roles, including administrative manager and regional operations officer.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University.

Robert Drew

Regional President (South)

Robert Drew is president of the South Region at McGriff. He manages frontline production, recruiting, team development, financial modeling and forecasting for the South Region, which includes Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, New York and Tennessee.

Drew has worked in the insurance industry for over 30 years and held various roles, including producer, construction leader and president.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Auburn University.

John Haase

Regional President (East)

John Haase is president of the East Region at McGriff.  His primary responsibilities include frontline production, recruiting, team development financial modeling and forecasting for the East Region, which includes Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

John has worked in the insurance industry for 40 years and has held various production and leadership roles.  He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut.

Rachael Yelverton

Director of Strategic Projects

Rachael Yelverton is Director of Strategic Projects at McGriff. Her primary responsibilities are leading our digital strategy, shaping line-of-business market strategy and development, and execution of market strategies across the Small Business and Personal Lines divisions.

Yelverton has worked in the insurance industry for over 20 years and held various roles, including corporate insurance specialist, account executive, ServiceNow service manager and director of business development for Small Business and Personal Lines.

She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia.

Crystal Sanderson

National Director, Strategic Placements & Partnerships

Crystal Sanderson is national director for Small Business and Personal Lines at McGriff. Her primary responsibilities include management of main street and premier segment personal lines, the McGriff Sales Center, McGriff’s Service Center, McGriff’s small business segment, and small business carrier relationships.

Sanderson has worked in the insurance industry for over 22 years and held various roles, including agency executive and sales center leader.

She earned her bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Mike Breedlove

National Director, Middle Market Segment

Mike Breedlove is middle market national director for McGriff. His primary responsibilities are to oversee the strategic direction of McGriff’s middle market segment through sales and placement and coordination with the McGriff specialty practice groups.

Breedlove has worked in the insurance industry for over 34 years and held various roles, including regional president and national property and casualty sales leader.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Concordia University.

Patrick Maguire

National Director, Specialty Practices

Patrick Maguire is the specialty practice group national director for McGriff.

Maguire has worked in the insurance industry for over 16 years and held various roles, including producer and energy practice leader.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Marist College and master’s degree from Vanderbilt University.

Dusty Cahill

National Director, Executive Risk Advisors

Dusty Cahill is co-national director of the McGriff Executive Risk Advisors division. He helps manage the strategic direction of the Executive Risk Advisors division and the placement and servicing of many of McGriff’s largest and most complex clients. 

His expertise includes directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, errors and omissions insurance, crime, and kidnap and ransom.

Cahill earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia.

David Sellars

National Director, Executive Risk Advisors

David Sellars is co-national director of the McGriff Executive Risk Advisors division. He helps manage the strategic direction of the Executive Risk Advisors division and the placement and servicing of many of McGriff’s largest and most complex clients.

Sellars has worked in the insurance industry for over 27 years and held various roles, including senior vice president, producer, senior financial and professional liability practice leader, and executive liability broker.

Sellars earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Georgia.

Jed Skeete

National Director, Employee Benefit Solutions

Jed Skeete is senior executive vice president at McGriff. His primary responsibilities are to actively engage with geography leaders to drive growth in our Employee Benefits business as well as advocating for our Employee Benefits broader national initiatives. Jed has worked in the insurance industry for over 39 years, with the last 28 at McGriff. He has held various roles including prior national practice lead of the original McGriff, Seibels & Williams. He earned his bachelor's degree in finance and marketing from the University of Texas.

Matt Whitley

National Director, Data Enablement

Matt Whitley is the national director of data enablement at McGriff. His primary responsibilities include working closely with key line-of-business and technology partners to evaluate current prioritization and development processes to maximize value generation through internal and client-facing applications and solutions.

While new to the world of insurance, Matt has spent most of his career leading product development teams and managing enterprise digital information. He has held various leadership roles including ADS services manager, head of retail digital product management and senior director of digital banking and digital account opening.

He earned his bachelor's degree in accounting from North Carolina State University and completed his MBA at University of North Carolina, Kenan Flagler Business School.

Milton Smith

National Director, Surety

Milton Smith is the national director of surety at McGriff. His primary responsibility is to lead McGriff’s surety operations and drive overall growth of our surety practice.

Smith has worked in the insurance industry for over 28 years and held various roles including senior underwriter and senior vice president.

He earned his bachelor's degree in finance and marketing from the University of Alabama. He holds the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist (CRIS) designations.