Our Team

Katie Woods Glenn was born and raised in Bluffton, South Carolina, along with her sister, Becky, by her parents, Edgar and Karin Woods. She graduated from Clemson University in 2014 with a degree in Spanish and a minor in Business. In November of that year, she was hired by Townsquare Interactive as a Digital Marketing Specialist, where she was promoted to the management staff within a year and a half. Katie is in the process of moving to Sumter, South Carolina, and has shifted her career to become a crop insurance provider for growers in and around that area. Katie’s hobbies include spending time with family and friends, hiking, travelling, and horseback riding.

Jacob Johnson lives in Wilson, North Carolina and works primarily in eastern NC. He helps farmers navigate the ever-changing world of agriculture risk in an area that is also in the process of changing what they grow and how they grow it. Using federally subsidized and private crop insurance products, Jacob works tirelessly to make sure his growers are aware of where their risk lies and ways to alleviate that risk while maintaining a profit under ever-increasing tight margins.

Jacob has been a crop insurance agent for three years now and has worked with farmers that grow tobacco, cantaloupes, and everything in between. Jacob was a crop adjuster for over ten years before becoming an agent, working for companies such as ADM, Climate Corp, and NAU. It was as an adjuster that Jacob really developed a heart and desire for helping NC farmers. Due to his (literal) time on the ground, Jacob has a perspective and understanding of crop insurance that few can offer.

Jacob has a wife named Becky to whom he’s been married for 13 years. They have three children, Clark, Addie, and Clay. Like any family with three young children, Jacob and Becky find themselves very busy with church, school, and sports but consider themselves blessed to be that busy with three healthy children. Since Becky is a public school librarian and has summers off, they try to relax (and stay cool) by getting to the beach and to the pool as often as possible!

Mary Katherine Harrington grew up on a traditional southern row cropping operation in Bamberg, South Carolina. Because of her enthusiasm and love for the American farmer, she attended Clemson University. She graduated in 2018, earning a degree in Agricultural Mechanization and Business, as well as a minor in Plant Environmental Science. Mary Katherine’s purpose for pursuing a degree in ag was not to become a farmer, but to aid other farmers. Following graduation, Mary Katherine returned home to live on the family farm alongside her family and husband, where she serviced multiple lower state counties as the Clemson Cooperative Extension Row Crop Agent. MK made the decision to join the Silveus Southeast team in December of 2018. MK is fortunate to see and understand crop insurance from both the agent and farmer perspective. She is located in Bamberg, SC still today where she and her husband intend to carry the family farm on to the fifth generation. In her free time, MK enjoys hunting, shooting sporting clays, and visiting her alma mater, Clemson University, to reconnect with friends and family for sporting events.

Brenton and his wife Ashley have 3 children – Mary Clanton, Banks and Letha Marie (Bootsie). They live outside of Ridgeland, SC in Jasper County. The family attends and are active members and supporters of The Parish Church of St. Helena in Beaufort.

Brenton enjoys coming home after work to play backyard pickup games of whichever sport is in season with his children. He loves spending time with his family and friends in the SC salt water creeks and rivers and in the mountains of NC and TN. He is an avid college football fan especially his alma mater, the Clemson Tigers. Outside of the office Brenton serves on the Board of Trustees at Holy Trinity Classical Christian School.

Brenton grew up in St. Matthews, SC graduating from Calhoun Academy in 1991 and went on to Clemson University where he received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics in 1995.

He has been employed by Palmetto Grain Brokerage since 1998 where he was brought on board to help start and build the Pinnacle Marketing advisory program. Brenton is a licensed Series 3 commodity trader and values the relationships he has built with the producers of SC. He is passionate about educating the farmer on their local cash markets as well helping them understand the tools available to them in the futures market. Brenton was instrumental in bringing Silveus Insurance Group to the southeast to partner with Palmetto Grain. He is very proud of the impact this partnership has had for the producers and seeing it grow into Silveus Southeast.

Mary Frances Lowrey grew up in Texas and graduated from Southern Methodist University. She moved to Atlanta, GA where she worked as a technical writer and technical teacher in the corporate environment. She brings her experience of working with clients, communicating and developing processes and procedures to best serve the sales team and ultimately the client’s needs.
Mary Frances has been married to her husband Lawson for 19 years. They have two children, Maximilian (15) and Jacqueline (12).