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Meet our dedicated leadership team behind Bankers success.
John has served at the executive level in the insurance industry for more than a decade following an accomplished career as a physician. As President and CEO of Greensboro Radiology, Dr. Strong championed the conversion of Greensboro Radiology into a technology company and subsequent leader in health care digital transformation. As CEO and Chairman of Bankers Financial Corporation, John brings focus and commitment to social responsibility and believes it is critical to the company’s overall success. He has grown collaborative partnerships with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Habitat for Humanity, Metropolitan Ministries, and the Salvation Army. John has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Duke University. He received his M.D. from Michigan State University. He completed his radiology residency and fellowship at the Duke Medical Center. John serves on several private and public boards of directors.
Rob has more than 40 years of experience in both the insurance industry and information technology sector. At the holding company, he oversees all Insurance strategies and operations. Rob served as the primary architect for the IT platform that remains in place at Bankers Insurance today. During his career, he was instrumental in Bankers becoming the second largest flood carrier in the Federal WYO program, writing $180,000,000 in premium annually. Rob previously served as President and CEO of Riscserv, LLC, an IT insurance consultancy. Rob holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management and Information Technology and a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Florida.
With over 30 years of Commercial Insurance experience, Walt brings both expertise and a strong passion for underwriting. He holds a BA from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and launched his insurance career at RSA as a multi-line P&C underwriter, sparking his interest in complex risk underwriting and innovative approaches to enhance business underwriting efficiency. Walt held increasing levels of Underwriting Leadership roles with Chubb Limited before leaving to join Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (CorSo) in 2020. He holds the CIC designation from the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research, has a Certificate of Business Leadership from the University of Georgia, Terry College of Business – Executive Programs, and completed the Black Executive Leadership Program of McKinsey & Company. Walt is passionate about growing talent, fostering diverse cultures, and driving profitable growth through disciplined underwriting.
Brian has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, specifically in surety bonds. Brian began his career with Bankers Financial Corporation (BFC) in 1985 and accepted the role as President of Bankers Surety in 1993. Brian continues to focus on the growth and profitability of bail surety. Brian holds Florida Property & Casualty (2-20) and Managing General Agent (0-60) licenses as well as multiple non-resident licenses throughout the U.S. Brian earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Clarion University of Pennsylvania.
Cabell joined the company in 2022 at the start of its transformation in the risk management space and played a key role in launching Beacon—Maverick’s online operating system designed to modernize how insurance and risk products are delivered to the residential construction industry. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Cabell’s career spans Fortune 50 companies and early-stage startups, reflecting an intentional path through nearly every function of a business. His journey at Maverick has been no different, having held leadership roles in product, underwriting, technology, and operations—experience that now informs his approach to leadership. With broad experience and sharp commercial instincts, Cabell brings a focused, disciplined lens to driving operational excellence across the business. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Vanderbilt University.
Richard brings over 28 years of experience handling a wide variety of legal matters, leading the company’s internal and external legal teams, and providing support and proactive legal guidance to the company’s senior executives and directors. He started his career at Bankers in 1994, then from 2001 to 2007 he served as the Assistant General Counsel for a publicly traded Fortune 500 company based out of Boston, MA. In 2007, he returned to Bankers in his current role. Outside of the company, Richard is an active member of the Tampa Bay legal and business community, serving on the Board of Directors for the Association of Corporate Counsel (Tampa Bay Chapter), and chairing the Salvation Army’s Kettle Classic Golf Tournament Committee (the Pinellas Chapter’s largest annual fundraiser). Richard also sits on the Association of Corporate Counsel’s national Financial Services and Employment Law committees. Richard earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and Marketing from Florida State University and his J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law, both with honors. Richard is admitted to the Florida and Massachusetts Bar.
Colleen has a wealth of HR experience from various roles in the financial services sector, spanning both large and medium-sized companies. Her main focus revolves around propelling the human resources organization to formulate and execute best practices that have a positive influence on every phase of the employee journey. A significant portion of her career was dedicated to her home state of New York, where she held the role of Global Head of HR at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. Colleen’s most recent position was as the Vice President of HR at PennyMac in Tampa. She holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University and a Bachelor of Science in Management from Post University.
Nathan has over 20 years in the IT space and has held many different roles throughout that time servicing the technology needs of financial services and insurance companies. He currently provides oversight and leadership throughout all aspects of BFC’s technology landscape including application development and delivery as well as infrastructure, information security, and business intelligence. Nathan holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from the University of Cincinnati.