Leadership
Executive Committee
Your business deserves the best. When you partner with Holmes Murphy, you’ll be represented by some of the industry’s most knowledgeable, experienced professionals – starting with our Executive Committee. So we want to introduce the Holmes Murphy Executive Committee members who lead our team to compete to win every day. These six are true game changers!
Back row left to right: Kari Cooling, John Hurley II, Tom Stewart; Front row left to right: Jay Reavis, Dan Keough, Charisse Vaughn
Board of Managers
Now that you know our Executive Committee, we’d like to introduce you to our Board of Managers. Each are incredible at what they do and bring value to Holmes Murphy that is unmatched in the industry! Want to know a bit about them? Take a peek by hovering over each board member; you may find something interesting you didn’t know about the men and women leading Holmes Murphy.
My dream is to win on the TV show Lip Sync Battle! My three favorite things to do outside of work are watch my boys compete in sports, travel with my family, and drink wine and break bread with family and friends. One thing you may not know about me — I worked in a restaurant in Yellowstone Park one summer. I made it two weeks and came home because I was homesick! A little fun fact about me: I’ve ridden more than 100,000 miles on my bicycle over the past 15 years! My biggest passion outside of work is exercise/fitness! If my body would allow it (and I had the time), I would work out 2-3 times a day every day in various different ways! A fun tidbit about me — I love to cook and do 95 percent of the cooking in my household. In fact, in another life, I would be a chef! The three things I dislike the most are paying taxes (who likes that?!), working out and waiting between my kids’ tournament games. My favorite things to do outside of work are taxi drive my children (unpaid) to all their activities, spend time outside, run, and Pilates! Most people don’t know that my dream job (outside of Holmes Murphy of course!) is to be a Michelin Restaurant Critic. Outside of work, I’m most passionate about my family, our friends, and being in the outdoors. Fun fact about me…I love to travel. In fact, I’m in the process of hitting all 50 states. I only have 7 to go! Fun fact about me...I married my high school sweetheart. Also, my second favorite passion (behind captive consulting) is cooking for my wife and four kids!
Charisse Vaughn
Senior Vice President, Employee Benefits
Dan Keough
Chairman & CEO
Doug Muth
Senior Vice President, Property Casualty
Gerald Johnson
Senior Vice President, Property Casualty
Jay Freiermuth
Senior Vice President, Surety
Jay Reavis
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Brokerage Services
John Hurley II
President, Brokerage Services
Kari Cooling
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Brokerage Services - Iowa
Lauren Roth
President, Avant
Roger Cornett
Senior Vice President, Property Casualty
Stephani Manning
President, Innovative Captive Strategies
Tom Stewart
President, PLUS