Brown & Brown Insurance, Inc.

David is the Commercial Sales Manager of Brown & Brown Insurance of the Lehigh Valley, where he leads the sales team as well as finds commercial insurance solutions for middle to large market clients. David offers extensive knowledge and experience writing insurance for the home health, transportation, construction, and hospitality industries.

Prior to working at Brown & Brown, David worked in service support then sales at Paychex, quickly becoming successful in the HR and insurance industries. David was named Rookie of the Year during his first year of selling at Paychex and consistently maintained his status within the top 5% year after year. David then joined Brown & Brown Insurance, where he continued to exceed sales expectations. He achieved President’s Club status in 2015 and was awarded for “Most New Business Clients” and runner up for “Rookie of the Year” in 2016. David was then promoted to the Lehigh Valley office as the Commercial Sales Manager, where he is committed to continuing his trajectory of success by leading a new generation of insurance professionals.

David is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he obtained his Bachelors and Masters in Flute Performance and Literature. David has performed throughout the country, including a notable performance with the Eastman Wind Ensemble in Carnegie Hall.

David currently resides in Doylestown, PA with his wife Sue, and French bulldog Oscar. In his free time, David enjoys playing basketball, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

Mr. Mathew Burtt was promoted to President of Brown & Brown Lehigh Valley office in April of 2015. He is responsible for operations and production in the Lehigh Valley office. He began with the company in 2002 in the Clark NJ office. He since moved to run the Marmara NJ office and soon after was promoted to run the Mt. Laurel NJ office. Prior to joining Brown & Brown, Mathew worked as an Executive Vice-President with The Turner Group in Parsippany NJ.

Mathew manages accounts in the tri-state area and specializes in the formation and implementation of guaranteed cost insurance programs for public and private educational institutions. He is a frequent speaker at Charter School risk management and insurance conferences. Mathew takes pride in teaching our Brown & Brown process to our young sales staff to differentiate ourselves against the competition.

Mathew earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Mathew and his wife Kimberly have three young children and reside in Center Valley PA. Mathew & Kimberly spend most of their free time with the kids and can usually be found cheering them on at lacrosse games, basketball game, and cheerleading events.

Tiffany is a Vice President and Risk Management Advisor for Brown & Brown of Lehigh Valley. Tiffany joined Brown & Brown in 2009 and creates and adapts insurance and risk management programs for organizations across the Tri-State Area. Her responsibilities include strategic direction on insurance coverage design, negotiation, placement and implementation, with a focus on the highest quality protection at the lowest possible cost. She makes it a priority that her clients understand all new and existing risks that their organizations face and what they can do to protect themselves.

Tiffany holds a Bachelor of Science degree from East Stroudsburg University in Business Management, Finance. In 2011, she earned her Associate in Risk Management Designation and her Certified Insurance Counselor Designation in 2014. She also received her Master in Business Administration Degree from Moravian College in 2013.

Tiffany resides with her husband and three kids in Easton. She enjoys spending time with her family, as well as staying active and participating in fundraising events with her clients.

Jillian has been an Account Executive with Brown & Brown for over 10 years with a distinct focus and specialization in community associations. Since joining Brown & Brown, Jillian has built and acquired a direct client base of over 130 community associations. She takes pride and is passionate about educating board members and property managers on how each association’s policy would respond in the event of a loss. Jillian also regularly attends board meetings to educate community residents on how their personal policy should dovetail with the association’s insurance policy.

Jillian’s expertise is concentrated in the unique coverage and risk management needs of community associations. For new and existing customers, she reviews policy coverage terms and conditions as well as monitors the claims handling process. Jillian also assists to insure that proper contractual risk transfer is in place with all outside vendors.

Jillian is an active member of the Community Association Institute of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Jillian earned a Bachelor’s degree from Bloomsburg University. She and her husband Matthew reside in Lehigh Valley, PA with their two children Michael and Ava.

Mr. John F. Ehresman is a Senior Insurance and Risk Management Advisor for Brown & Brown. After Graduating from the University of Scranton in 1990, John started his professional career at Brown & Brown, Inc. (Previously Henry S. Lehr, Inc.) as a commercial lines insurance producer. In 1991 John earned the Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI) designation from the Insurance Institute of America and began a specialty practice of working with Human Service/Behavioral Healthcare organizations.

After receiving extensive training by the St. Paul Companies in medical malpractice and related lines, John went on to be named the St. Paul Partnership Producer of the Year in 1993. As a result of his outstanding client service and account retention rate John was named the Henry S.Lehr, Inc. Account Executive of the Year in 1994, 1995 and 1997.

Over the last 26 years John has designed new property and casualty programs for over 150 commercial entities with a concentration in Non Profit/Human Service organizations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Brown & Brown is now the single largest insurance broker for community mental health centers and children’s residential facilities in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

In recognition of his dedication to New Jersey human service accounts, in 2011 John received the “Community Partnership of the Year” award from the New Jersey Alliance of Children, Youth and Families. In 2013 he received the “Courage and Compassion” award from the New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies.

John enjoys participating in regional fund raising events and advocating on behalf of his clientele. He currently serves as President of the Board of Directors of The LifePath Foundation, Inc., which has one of Pennsylvania’s largest fund raising divisions for non-profit corporations serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Paul has been an Account Executive for Brown & Brown, (formerly Bowers Schumann and Welch) for over twenty five (25) years. His primary focus is in the administration of insurance programs for municipalities, municipal authorities and regional police departments. He currently administers the Pennsylvania Municipal Insurance Program (PAMIP) and the Keystone Municipal Insurance Trust (KMIT) for over 125 Brown & Brown clients. Prior to his Agency experience with Brown & Brown, Paul held various positions with insurance companies in New York City, Los Angeles and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

In addition to assisting individual clients with their insurance and risk management needs, Paul has conducted seminars and presentations for local government associations as well as for the PLGSA (Pennsylvania Local Government Securities Association and PSATS (Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors). He has also published an article on Law Enforcement Liability for the Agent and Broker Magazine. Paul currently serves as a member of the Hanover Township (Northampton County) Planning Commission.

Paul is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton and has earned his Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation.

Bob is a Senior Vice President for Brown & Brown Insurance of the Lehigh Valley. Bob brings a unique perspective to Brown & Brown accounts having been both on the company and agency sides of the business. He has been actively engaged in insurance marketing, sales and underwriting for over thirty (30) years.

Bob started his career with Aetna Casualty and Surety in their Marketing Department in 1973. He worked through the position and was on the Management Promotion list when, in 1980, he left to accept a position with an insurance agency, Henry S. Lehr, Inc. Bob held various positions with Lehr from account executive to Senior Vice President from 1980 through 2001. In October of 2001, Bob accepted a position with Brown & Brown as Sales Manager. In February, he took on the responsibilities of Marketing Manager as well. In June of 2002, he returned full-time to the position of Sales Manager. In 2006, Bob was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President.

Bob has a CIC designation and has also successfully completed some CPCU coursework. He has attended numerous management, sales & marketing courses and currently handles a book of commercial business for Brown & Brown. This translates into the “best of class” understanding of risk and service of accounts through Brown & Brown, a world class broker.

Mr. Robert McCormick currently serves as a Senior Vice President with Brown & Brown of Lehigh Valley, LP. He has more than 30 years of experience in insurance and risk management. Bob has been commended for his exceptional efforts in assuring the best insurance products, expedient claims resolution and insightful business advice.

His insurance career began in 1978 as an account executive at a small retail insurance agency. In 1981 Mr. McCormick joined Henry S. Lehr, Inc. He developed a clientele of larger commercial clients and was involved in the formation and growth of their national Health and Human Service practice. In 2001 Bob moved to Brown & Brown (BRO) when they acquired Henry S. Lehr, Inc. He was named a Vice President in 2006 and promoted to Senior Vice President in 2011.

Bob coordinates the development of insurance and risk management programs for members of associations, affinity groups, and larger commercial organizations primarily in the not-for-profit Health and Human Service sector. He specializes in programs that provide property and casualty, professional liability, workers’ compensation and health and related insurance coverage. He works with clients throughout the United States.

Mr. McCormick received his B.A. in Psychology from Moravian College. He holds both the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Certified Risk Manager (CRM) designations. He is married with three children.

Mr. Ryan Weiner is Senior Vice President of the Community Association Department at Brown & Brown Insurance of The Lehigh Valley. After graduating from the University of Richmond in 2001, Ryan began his professional career at Brown & Brown, Inc. as a member of the Internal Auditing team in Daytona Beach, Fl. He spent most of his time conducting financial audits throughout Brown & Brown’s 200 Nationwide offices. In 2004 Ryan earned the Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI) Designation from the Insurances Institute of America. With his newly earned designation he dovetailed his expertise in the industry to begin a specialty practice working with Community Associations. In addition, Ryan has since obtained his Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) Designation.

As a result of his efforts in providing the highest level of Insurance and Risk Management services for Community Associations, Ryan has developed and currently maintains a portfolio of over 300 Associations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He is actively involved with The Community Associations Institute and has conducted several speaking engagements on topics related to association risks linked to insurance.

Brown & Brown Insurance has various local and national officers and is currently the 7th largest insurance broker in the United States.

Don is a Commercial Account Sales Vice President handling accounts nationwide with a focus on Towing, Travel Plazas, and Petroleum and Environmental accounts.

After spending 18 years in the Automobile Services and Towing industry Don decided to you use this experience to help others by designing comprehensive risk transfer programs for these industries.
While in the Automotive Industry Don’s activities included being a founding member of the Pennsylvania Towing Association and member of Towing and Recovery Association of America (TRAA) Education Committee. Don also was the Pennsylvania state representative with TRAA and studied Heavy Vehicle Recovery under Bill Jackson, Ross Kinman and Mark Anderson.

Don has been with Brown & Brown for over 25 years and is the endorsed agent for AMBEST, the premier marketing group of independent Travel Plaza’s nationwide. He also consults with a towing industry magazine and breakdown service provider on insurance industry trends affecting their constituents.

Don is passionate about those industries he serves and enjoys mentoring young agents, helping them in developing their career of helping others protect their assets.

Don resides in Blue Bell, PA with his wife Ann Marie. He has two grown children, Westley and Brittany and considers remodeling his home his hobby.

Dave is a National Account Executive for Brown & Brown Insurance of the Lehigh Valley. In this role he is currently responsible for insurance sales and Risk Management Services to health and human service organizations throughout the country. He has been actively engaged in the insurance industry for more than 30 years. In addition to his responsibilities to his clients Dave also acts as a liaison with several trade organizations that endorse Brown and Brown of the Lehigh Valley.

Prior to joining Brown and Brown Dave worked as an underwriting supervisor at several major insurance companies. Dave holds an undergraduate degree from Susquehanna University and an MBA from Lehigh University. He has an Associate in Underwriting designation as well as his Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation.