Allen Westmoreland

As senior vice president of risk management at Batson-Cook, Allen Westmoreland plays a vital role at the company by identifying and minimizing uncertainties that challenge the construction industry. With more than 30 years’ experience, he brings extensive knowledge in construction risks, engineering, insurance and brokerage, and safety best practices. Allen leverages that background to manage the organization’s exposures through assessments of liabilities and enact precautionary steps to mitigate those that are unacceptable.

Allen joined Batson-Cook in 2017 and oversees risk, contracts, procurement and the company’s safety program.

HOMETOWN

•  Originally growing up in the Florida panhandle but has lived the last 30 years in Atlanta

EDUCATION

• Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• Georgia State University, Master of Business Administration in Risk Management and Finance

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS

• CFMA, RIMs, AGC Risk and Insurance Committee
• Dunwoody United Methodist Church, Dunwoody, Georgia

PERSONAL

• Wife, Shari; two children, Brady and Grace
• Long time board member and president of one of the country’s largest youth sports organizations; baseball, football, cheerleading
• Hobbies include spending time with family, golf, reading and girls travel softball