Meet the Leadership Team

Patrick Dessauer is president of the Southwest Region at McGriff. He manages frontline production, recruiting, team development, financial modeling and forecasting for the Southwest Region, which includes Texas, Louisiana and Missouri.

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 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 and New York.

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.

Jeremy McCaslin 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 Washington, Oregon and California.

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

Rachael Yelverton is chief distribution officer for Small Business and Personal Lines 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 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 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 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 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 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.

David A. Larson is national director of Risk Services at McGriff. He provides end-to-end risk management solutions to better assist clients in risk quantification (data and analytics), pre-loss strategies (risk control), and post-loss support (claims) under one umbrella.

Larson has worked in the insurance industry for over 37 years and held various roles, including Risk Services Director and Risk Services Practice Leader.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University at Buffalo and a graduate certificate in data analytics from University College Dublin.

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 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.