Leadership Team

Read Davis is CEO, McGriff Specialty and Middle Market. Davis 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.

Prior to joining McGriff in 1996, Davis held risk management, producer, and leadership roles at Rock Tenn Company, Johnson & Higgins, and Alexander & Alexander.

Davis has served in leadership roles at several nonprofits and community organizations based in Georgia, including the American Diabetes Association, where he served as the Georgia president; Families of Children Under Stress, where he served two past terms as president; and Andee’s Army as a founding board member.

Davis holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia.

Renee Keen is CEO, McGriff Small Business and Personal. Keen leads McGriff’s National Personal Lines and Small Business Practices, as well the McGriff Sales Center, agency distribution of Personal Lines, and the Family Risk Management Practice.

Keen began her career with Beam, Cooper, Gainey and Associates in 1986. She served as manager of the Claims Department until 1993 when her responsibilities shifted to wholesale marketing and product development for bank-related and CAT-prone products. She joined McGriff in 1999 when it acquired Beam, Cooper, Gainey and wholesale arm NXS.

Keen earned her bachelor’s degree from Meredith College and is a graduate of the Appalachian State University Executive Insurance program.

Mary Kay Caldwell is chief operating officer of McGriff. She joined the organization in 2018 through the acquisition of Regions Insurance Group, Inc., where she also served as chief operating officer.

With over 28 years of experience in the insurance industry, Caldwell’s prior roles include chief financial officer at Regions Insurance Group, managing director at Marsh USA, chief administrative officer at MM Corporation, and senior manager at Coopers & Lybrand.

Caldwell holds a bachelor’s degree from Rhodes College and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

With over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, Wes Dasher is president of McGriff’s Mid-Atlantic Region.

Dasher began his career in 1995 as a surety producer and then was promoted to producer and agency executive at an insurance agency in Columbia, South Carolina, which was acquired in 2005 by McGriff.

Dasher holds bachelor’s degrees in finance and management from the University of South Carolina. 

With nearly 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, Robert Drew is president of McGriff’s South Region. Prior to joining McGriff in 2009, Drew held various roles at Willis Towers Watson from 1992 to 2009.

Drew holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Auburn University.

Patrick Dessauer joined McGriff in 1998 and was promoted to president of McGriff’s West Region in 2021. His prior roles at McGriff include Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Texas-Louisiana Regional Operations Manager.

With more than 34 years of experience in the insurance industry, Dessauer holds the following licenses in the state of Texas: General Agent License, Surplus Lines License, Managing General Agents License and Risk Manager License.

Dessauer earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Louisiana State University. 

Rocco Orlando serves as National Property & Casualty Leader for commercial insurance at McGriff. With over 30 years of insurance industry experience, Orlando has experience in underwriting, field leadership and home office roles. Prior to joining McGriff in 2016, Orlando held various executive positions with Chubb, The Hartford and CNA.

In his free time, he enjoys volunteering with Habitat for Humanity.

Orlando earned bachelor’s degrees in finance and real estate from the University of Denver. He also holds the following designations: Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Certified Risk Manager (CRM). 

Jon Trevisan is the National Employee Benefits Practice Leader at McGriff. Prior to joining McGriff in 2017, Trevisan held various senior leadership roles at a competing global advisory firm. He began his career as a healthcare underwriter at a national healthcare insurer.

He currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Brantley Risk & Insurance Center at the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University. Trevisan is the former Vice Chairman and Chairman of The Council of Employee Benefits Executives (CEBE), a part of The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB).   

Trevisan graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and holds a Life, Health and Accident Insurance license in the state of Massachusetts.

Steve Aldrich is Managing Director for the National Practices at McGriff. In this role, he collaborates with clients, McGriff’s industry practice leaders and other McGriff areas to develop products, programs and services that meet clients’ risk management objectives. In 2020, Aldrich was also named Managing Director of McGriff Captive Solutions, where he will develop and implement a strategy to expand the firm’s capabilities in the area of captives and alternative risk transfer.

Aldrich is a veteran of the insurance profession, with over 40 years in the industry. Prior to joining McGriff in 2001, he held positions at various national insurance brokerage firms and at an Indianapolis-based bank holding company.

Aldrich holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Indiana University.