Our Team
Greg Buonocore
Greg retired as President of RSUI Group, Inc. after 20 years of service in various management roles at the company. RSUI is a leading underwriter of wholesale specialty insurance. RSUI serves insurance wholesalers to provide a wide range of insurance products, including: property, casualty, professional liability, and management liability coverage. In addition, RSUI's Binding Authority unit provides coverage through appointed Managing General Agents and its Alternative Structures unit considers unique risks that are outside of RSUI core product lines. RSUI provides insurance to thousands of companies nationwide. RSUI is rated "A+ XIII"("Superior") by A.M. Best and “A+” by Standard and Poor’s. The Company is based in Atlanta, GA, with offices in Sherman Oaks, CA. RSUI is a member of Alleghany Insurance Holdings LLC.
Valerie Golson
Valerie Golson is an innovative and results-oriented hospitality, entertainment, gaming, and business development expert with two decades of experience and a proven track record of developing and implementing agile and performance-driven strategies. Currently, Valerie is an executive and consultant with Vonn Jett International, a consulting company providing seasoned and in-depth advisory services for partners and clients like DQK Productions, Talon Partnerships and The Scigliano Group that produce profitability, increase brand awareness, and captures market share. Golson translates her experience to architect business optimization strategies in entertainment, gaming, hospitality, and service-oriented industries. She has a keen ability to design customer centric initiatives to strategically position people and organizations for growth.
Tom Hawkins
Tom launched Forté Ventures in 2012 with more than 24 years of venture capital, entrepreneurial and operational experience. Prior to Forté Ventures, Tom co-founded the Venture Capital line of business at Arcapita Bank in 2005 and raised a $200 million growth stage venture capital fund in 2006. Tom managed investment activity in the IT, communications, energy and industrial technology sectors. Prior to Arcapita, Tom was an Investment Partner with the Corporate Fund of Siemens Venture Capital, the $850 million venture capital arm of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), where he managed investment activity in IT, communications and industrial automation & control. Prior to Siemens, Tom served as a member of the General Partner of two funds at Cordova Ventures, a $250 million venture capital firm in Atlanta, where he focused on digital media, Internet & e-commerce, enterprise and infrastructure software, communications and industrial technology.