Founding Partners

Lowry Baldwin has served as Chairman since co-founding the Company in 2011. Mr. Baldwin’s insurance career began in 1981 at Aetna Property & Casualty. Two years later, he joined Baldwin & Sons. In 1991, Mr. Baldwin and Chuck Davis merged their firms to found Davis Baldwin Insurance and Risk Management. In 2006, Mr. Baldwin and his partners, Elizabeth Krystyn and Laura Sherman, formed what is today the Middle Market Operating Group. In 2012, Mr. Baldwin and his partners formed Baldwin Risk Partners to serve as a holding company for further investment into the insurance brokerage space.

In 1997, Mr. Baldwin co-founded Advantec Solutions, Inc., a national Professional Employer Organization serving small and mid-size businesses by providing outsourced payroll, human resources, employee benefits and benefits administration and workers compensation.

Mr. Baldwin earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Wake Forest University.

Elizabeth co-founded Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS) in 2006 and Baldwin Risk Partners (BRP) in 2012. BKS consistently posts industry-leading growth and superior client retention rates and is the recipient of numerous local and national awards, which recognize the firm’s growth and excellence in the insurance industry and as an employer. Elizabeth was Senior Vice President of Wachovia Insurance Services and led both their regional Benefits Administration Operations and national Bank Sales Integration efforts when she left after an 18 year tenure. During that time, Elizabeth managed Wachovia’s largest employee benefits group client as well as Wachovia’s largest Fortune 50 client. She is particularly passionate about translating an employer’s unique culture to their benefits offering to increase employee engagement. A pioneering insurance geek, Elizabeth obtained her Certified Employee Benefits Specialist designation from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and has taught a number of CEBS courses. She has been recognized by many periodicals, such as Tampa Bay’s 40 under 40 by Tampa Bay Business Journal in 2001, featured in Tampa Bay Times Top 100 Workplaces: special awards as a top leader in 2013, Insurance Business America’s Elite Business Woman in 2016, Employee Benefit Adviser’s most influential women in benefit advising in July 2017 and was recently featured in Leader’s Edge Professional Profiles.

She and her husband have two sons, and she enjoys spending time with them doing anything outside, even pulling weeds.

Laura Sherman, CAPI, CPRM, has over twenty-five years of experience solving the risk management needs of family offices, collectors and successful families and currently leads the Family Office practice group at BKS. As a cofounder of Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS Partners) and Baldwin Risk Partners (BRP), she built the Private Risk Management Team and marketing presence for the firm and served as one of the primary cultural evangelists for the first twelve years of the firm. Previously, she served as a Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the Private Risk Management Group for Wachovia Insurance Services in Atlanta, GA. Laura also worked with Chubb where she held various roles from underwriter to the Assistant Worldwide Marketing Manager for the personal insurance division and was responsible for the creation of the Ferrari Insurance Program, marketing collateral, national public relations and traveled with the PBS television show, Antiques Roadshow.

A primary focus of Laura’s is client education, loss prevention and resiliency and helps spread the word by authoring white papers, speaks at various educational forums and conferences and is a resource on various articles to help further the industry and empower the next generation of insurance colleagues. She serves on several industry and insurer boards, such as the PURE National Broker Council, Advisory Board of the Council for Insuring Private Clients (CIPC), AIG Private Client Group National Broker Council and National Alliance advisory board for the CPRM designation. Laura is a two-time winner of Risk & Insurance Power Broker for Private Client by Risk & Insurance, a 2018 Agents of the Year by Insurance Journal, one of Insurance Business America Magazine’s Elite Women in Insurance multiple times, and has been a Tampa Bay Business Journal BusinessWoman of the Year honoree. She earned the Certified Advisor of Personal Insurance (CAPI) designation in the inaugural class in conjunction with Chubb and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the Certified Personal Risk Manager (CPRM) designation in the inaugural class and is an instructor with the National Alliance for the CPRM designation.

Laura serves on the Board of Directors for Meals on Wheels of Tampa, Children’s Dream Fund, the Council of Professional Advisors for the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, Devin White’s Get Live 45, small group at church and as a board member of Fe League, a women in leadership group to advance women in corporate roles. Laura has a bachelor’s degree in economics from DePauw University and has done graduate work at The J. Mack Robinson College of Business of Georgia State University. She and her husband have two sons and they enjoy spending time with family, traveling, college football and the outdoors.

Trevor is the Chief Executive Officer of Baldwin Risk Partners. Trevor joined the Firm in 2009 as a Commercial Risk Advisor working primarily with healthcare and private equity clients, over time he led the firm’s Commercial Risk Management Group as Managing Director, followed by being BRP’s President & CEO.

Trevor has a background investing in and working with companies to shape their goals and success. Before joining Baldwin Risk Partners, Trevor worked at the private equity firm HealthEdge Investment Partners, LLC. While at HealthEdge, Trevor divided his time between working with portfolio companies on operational improvements and assisting in the execution of new transactions.

Trevor graduated from Florida State University with a BA in Risk Management & Insurance. He received his FAA Pilot’s license and USCG Captain’s license. Trevor is an avid outdoors enthusiast, enjoys spending time with friends and family, and resides in Tampa.