Our Company

The Liberty Company is an independent insurance broker handling the insurance needs of individuals, families, and businesses for 25 years, through trusted providers such as Mercury, Safeco, Hartford, Fireman's Fund and virtually all other preferred markets.

From our different locations, the professionals at The Liberty Company manage the personal and business insurance requirements for over 30,000 clients with nearly $50 million in premium. Our sales and servicing environment is highly automated to ensure the greatest efficiency and accuracy in working with each account, but our people, their personable approach, and careful attention to detail are at the core of our longstanding client relationships.

The Liberty Company is owned by Bill Johnson, who founded the company in 1987, and Tom Leach.



We are a proud member of the Atlantic Pacific Insurance Brokers affiliation of Independent Insurance Agencies.

Name Title Phone Email Address
Woodland Hills Office - Corporate Office
Tom Leach - AAI, CRIS
President 818-914-3961 tleach@libertycompany.com
Chris Leach Admin Assistant 818-914-3960 cleach@libertycompany.com
Veronica Jones
Accounting Mgr 818-914-3975 vjones@libertycompany.com
Christine Beauvais - CPCU
CL Account Mgr 818-914-3971 cbeauvais@libertycompany.com
Matt Welling CL Account Mgr 818-914-3962 mwelling@libertycompany.com
Esther Hur - CIC, CRM
CL Account Mgr 818-914-3970 ehur@libertycompany.com
Kim Chouinard - CISR
PL Account Mgr 818-914-3964 kchouinard@libertycompany.com
Paul Boulet - CLU
Producer 818-914-3965 pboulet@libertycompany.com
Sheldon Canter Producer 818.914.3966 scanter@libertycompany.com
Barry Gunches Producer 818-914-3969 bgunches@libertycompany.com
Scott Kreuzberger Producer 818-914-3969 skreuzberger@libertycompany.com
Jeff Minderhout - CIC
Producer 818-914-3974 jminderhout@libertycompany.com
Julie Naines Producer 818-914-3963 jnaines@libertycompany.com
Yoana Cruz CSR 818-914-3977 ycruz@libertycompany.com
San Jose Office
Daniel Law - ARM, CRIS Branch Manager 408-245-5666
dlaw@libertycompany.com
Johanna Carrillo Admin Assistant 408-246-5666 jcarrillo@libertycompany.com
Cheri Amaro Operations/HR Manager 408-246-5666 camaro@libertycompany.com
Monica Escobedo Account Mgr 408-246-5666 mescobedo@libertycompany.com
Tricia Prendez Account Mgr 408-246-5666 tprendez@libertycompany.com
Salinas Office
Seth Word Branch Manager 831-233-7199 sword@libertycompany.com
Shelly Bartholdi CL Account Mgr 831-233-7199 sbartholdi@libertycompany.com
Chris Ferderer PL Account Mgr 831-233-7199 cferderer@libertycompany.com
Lonnie Duncan PL Producer 831-233-7199 lduncan@libertycompany.com
Pete Hernandez Producer 831-233-7199 phernandez@libertycompany.com
Fabiola Felix 
CSR
831-233-7199
ffelix@libertycompany.com

Irvine Office
Rick Butts - ARM
V.P., Branch Mgr 949-777-0571 rbutts@libertycompany.com
Lyle Matsushita VP/Producer 949-777-0575 lmatsushita@libertycompany.com
Kathy Jesser Account Mgr 949-777-0572 kjesser@libertycompany.com
Monica Gomez Account Mgr 949-777-0573 mgomez@libertycompany.com
Wendy Neria CSR 949-777-0574 wneria@libertycompany.com
Liberty Entertainment Insurance, LLC - Woodland Hills Office
Daniel R’Bibo
President 818-914-3983 drbibo@libertycompany.com
Diann Peterson
Vice President 818-914-3984 dpeterson@libertycompany.com
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